There are currently five political parties represented at the Riiigikogu (the Free Party - Vabaerakond - lost its seats at the March general election).

IRL and Reform lose, Center and EKRE gain members

Tartu mayor Urmas Klaas (Reform).

Mayor announces Reform-Center coalition in Tartu

Tallinn deputy mayor Mihhail Kõlvart has replaced Edgar Savisaar as the Center Party's superstar with Estonia's Russian-speaking electorate.

Kõlvart’s rise to Center Party stardom may change Estonian politics

Invalid ballot paper from the local elections in October 2017: “I want politicians for Estonia who care about their people and don’t stuff their pockets with the people’s money,” writes this protester.

Election complaints lead to four criminal investigations

No longer attracting tens of thousands of votes: former Center Party chairman Edgar Savisaar.

Ratas: Center Party may stop paying salary to Savisaar

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (first right) at the Center Party's election party, Oct. 15, 2017.

Analysis: Ratas holding keys to Center Party, Savisaar history

Chairman of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) Mart Helme.

Helme calls for way to check e-vote, calling Tallinn result ‘not credible’

Taavi Rõivas.

Harassment scandal unlikely to affect Rõivas’s election result by much

ELECTION RESULTS

Failed to turn his party around: IRL chairman Helir-Valdor Seeder voting online in the 2017 local elections.

Nationwide results: IRL crash, Center win, independents close second

The Center Party's candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Taavi Aas.

Local elections: Center Party win 40 of 79 mandates in Tallinn

Urmas Klaas.

Reform Party wins in Tartu, Klaas most likely to continue as mayor

TALLINN & TARTU PLATFORMS

Chairwoman of the Estonian Greens, Züleyxa Izmailova.

Estonian Greens: Tallinn platform

EKRE's candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Martin Helme.

EKRE: Tallinn and national platforms

IRL's candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Raivo Aeg.

IRL: Tallinn and Tartu platforms

The Social Democrats' candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Rainer Vakra.

Social Democrats: Tallinn and Tartu platforms

The Reform Party's candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Kristen Michal.

Reform: Tallinn and Tartu platforms

The Center Party's candidate for mayor of Tallinn, Taavi Aas.

Center Party: Tallinn platform

2017 Elections: Opinion

Martin Repinski, candidate in Jõhvi for the Center Party, promises a 30,000-seat stadium and 500 new jobs, among other things.

Lying their way to power: Parties' absurd promises and their consequences

Mayor of Viljandi Ando Kiviberg.

Opinion digest: Party politics increasingly unpopular at local level

Reform Party ad in Viimsi, summer 2017.

Rene Kundla: Parties making themselves appear bigger than they are

Legally living in two different places for the time of the local elections: Martin Repinski and Siret Kotka-Repinski.

Loophole in Estonia's election law: Live in one place, run in another

Businessman Urmas Sõõrumaa as he and Jüri Mõis, the leaders of Active Tallinn, met with representatives of Edgar Savisaar's election coalition on Friday. Aug. 25, 2017..

Samost: Adage that businessmen can't cope in politics proven once again

Opinion digest: This year’s elections unlikely to turn out as expected

ID card security issues

Estonian ID card.

Cracking of one ID card would require Estonia to deactivate 750,000 cards

The detected security risk affects all ID cards issued after October 2014, when Estonia switched to a different kind of chip.

Estonian IT authority: Solving ID card security risk going as planned

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Patch for Estonian ID card security risk available in November

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Supreme Court rejects EKRE's appeal of e-vote in upcoming elections

17:33

RIA recommends state officials use Mobile-ID to minimize security risks

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RIA working on solution to minimize ID card security risk

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EKRE challenges electoral committee's decision to allow e-voting

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Electoral committee: Online voting in October elections still on

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Potential security risk could affect 750,000 Estonian ID cards

Getting ready for the debate

First election debate: Focus on modernization and competitiveness

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