19.07.19 INTERVIEWS ... Estonia held two elections in 2019, with the general election on March 3, and the European elections following on May 26. In both cases, voters had a range of options on how and when to vote. The most celebrated of these is undoubtedly e-voting, which is open in advance of polling day itself (in the case of the European elections, from May 16 to 22).

16.06.19 NEWS ... The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) has launched a misdemeanor procedure with regard to "Räägime asjast," a radio broadcast by Minister of the Interior Mart Helme and Minister of Finance Martin Helme, chairman and deputy chairman, respectively, of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), aired on Tre Raadio on the day of the European Parliament election in Estonia, daily Postimees reports.

13.06.19 NEWS ... Since the 2019 Riigikogu elections on March 3, the coalition Centre Party has lost support among Russian-speaking and older voters, allowing its junior coalition partner, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), to catch up with it in popularity, it appears from the results of a June survey commissioned by ERR and conducted by Turu-uuringute AS.

28.05.19 NEWS ... Social Democrat Sven Mikser has decided to accept his elected seat in the European Parliament, which also means he is giving up his run for chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDE).

28.05.19 NEWS ... The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) has launched an investigation to determine whether "Räägime asjast," a broadcast by Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) politicians Mart and Martin Helme aired on TRE Raadio, constituted a breach of the Penal Code with unlawful campaigning on Election Day.

27.05.19 NEWS ... Ida-Viru County registered Estonia's lowest turnout in Sunday's election at just 24.3 percent. Yana Toom (Centre), reelected to the European Parliament on Sunday, thinks that this is due to several recent events, including Raimond Kaljulaid leaving the Centre Party, a local corruption scandal in Narva revolving around a former Centre Party councillor, and the decision to enter government together with EKRE.

27.05.19 NEWS ... Overtaken by fellow Reform member Urmas Paet, former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas (Reform) has missed election and won't be going to Brussels. Still, he isn't disappointed, Rõivas says: his result was "decent," and Isamaa did better than expected, hence his missing out is "logical."

27.05.19 NEWS ... Speaking to ERR on Monday morning, Centre Party chairman and Prime Minister Jüri Ratas said that he was satisfied with his party's results in the 2019 European Parliament elections, but nonetheless referred to its limited financial means for campaigning this time.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Adjusted voter turnout for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Estonia totaled 37.6 percent, ERR's Estonian-language online news reported.

27.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The European parliamentary election results for Estonia are in, and have proved almost exactly what the polls predicted, with the Reform Party getting two seats as projected, the Social Democratic Party (SDE) getting two, with the most popular candidate, Marina Kaljurand, and the Centre Party, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) getting one each.

27.05.19 NEWS ... Social Democrat (SDE) Marina Kaljurand, who earned the most votes of any individual Estonian candidate in the 2019 European Parliament elections, said that the win felt great, but despite the very large mandate she received, she still wasn't interested in chairmanship of the SDE.

27.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Guy Verhofstadt, leader of The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) European Parliament group said Sunday's voting projections indicate the European Parliament will have a "new balance of power," and that the long-dominant conservative European People's Party (EPP) and social democratic Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) groups will have to share much more power, Baltic News Service reports.

27.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The 2019 European elections produced, as predicted, Marina Kaljurand (SDE) as most popular candidate on 66,143 votes, 19.7 percent of the vote - more than any entire party, other than Reform, and obviously her own. Again, there were no suprises with the most popular party, Reform, which got 87,158 and is sending Andrus Ansip to Strasbourg, as well as returning Urmas Paet for his third stint.

27.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... As they did in the March general election, the Reform Party won the European election, with 87,158 votes, taking two MEP seats, with Andrus Ansip and Urmas Paet. The Social Democratic Party finished second, with 77,384 votes, the bulk of these for its number one candidate Marina Kaljurand, who received 66,143 votes, the most of any single candidate, and more than either the Centre Party, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) or Isamaa did as entire parties.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The Electoral Committee (VVK) has overruled a complaint from Igor Gräzin (Centre). Gräzin, who formerly sat as an MEP for the Reform Party, ran for Centre at the current election, and argued that the e-vote should be cancelled, ERR's online news in Estonian reports.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Tunne Kelam (Isamaa/EPP) ran in his fourth European parliamentary elections on Sunday, having been an MEP since 2004. Appearing on ETV current affairs show "Aktuaalne kaamera", he passed on some of his wisdom ahead of the results.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... European Union citizens resident in Estonia had the option to vote in the European Elections here, rather than their home countries. Over 1,600 did just that, according to a report on ETV current affairs show "Aktuaalne kaamera."

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The new makeup at the European Parliament should become clear some time after midnight Sunday. Polls have closed in most countries at the time of writing, but are still open in some cases. Voting in Italy ends at 11 p.m. local time (midnight in Estonia); the results thus cannot be published before that time.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Two major political groupings in the European Parliament, comprising Europe's christian democrat and social democratic parties, are expected to lose seats on Sunday, writes ERR's Brussels correspondent Epp Ehand. Conversely, smaller groups, including those from Eurosceptic parties, are expected to make gains. If this comes to pass, the resulting fragmentation could make voting through decisions more complicated.

26.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The number of seats in the European Parliament is to be reduced from 751 to 705, after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, currently scheduled for Oct. 31.

26.05.19 NEWS ... The forecasts of Estonian pollsters Turu-uuringute AS, Emor, and Norstat for the 2019 Estonian EU election are identical: all three predict that the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and the Reform Party will win two seats each, while of the remaining two mandates one will go to the Centre Party, and the other to the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE). The most popular candidate in all three forecasts is Marina Kaljurand (SDE).

26.05.19 NEWS ... Estonia is electing its members of the European Parliament today Sunday. With advance and e-voting closed, this is the last chance for EU citizens entitled to vote in Estonia to do so. A total of 444 polling stations are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.

24.05.19 NEWS ... Based on the results of a recent poll commissioned by daily Postimees and conducted by Kantar Emor, Estonia will elect two Reform Party candidates and two Social Democratic Party (SDE) candidates to the European Parliament, with the remaining two seats most likely to go to the Centre Party and the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE). Differences in levels of support are small, however, indicating that results may differ.

23.05.19 NEWS ... Online and early voting in the 2019 European Parliament elections in Estonia ended on Wednesday. By Wednesday evening, a total of 223,870 people, or 25.4 percent of voters, had cast their vote, including 155,521 online and 68,349 in person at polling places.

21.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Recent surveys suggest the 12 weeks since the March 3 general election has not been long enough for voter patterns to change dramatically, according to head of pollsters Turu-uuringute Juhan Kivirähk, if the Riigikogu elections were to be held tomorrow. However, it is not the Riigikogu elections which are about to take place, but the European Parliamentary elections, which take place on Sunday. This is a different story.

21.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Current European Commissioner for Estonia, Andrus Ansip (Reform), has said he thinks he will not be able to continue in the role after the May 26 European elections, which he is running in, and that his replacement would most likely be a woman.

20.05.19 NEWS ... From Monday through Wednesday this week, all 444 polling places across Estonia will be open for early voting in the 2019 European Parliament elections.

20.05.19 NEWS ... The inclusion of lists of actual candidates currently running for election to the European Parliament had a significant impact on party rankings in a recent poll — Marina Kaljurand's personal popularity boosted that of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) to outstrip the Reform Party and the Centre Party alike, indicating that the SDE could walk away from the current elections with two of Estonia's six mandates.

19.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... Close to 70,000 voters had cast their ballot ahead of the European Parliament on Saturday evening, part of the so-called advance voting period ahead of the May 26 election day.

17.05.19 NEWS ... As of Thursday evening, a total of 25,865 people had already cast their votes early and online in the 2019 European Parliament elections, the National Electoral Committee (VVK) said.

01.05.19 NEWS ... Sunday, May 26 is European parliament elections day in Estonia, elections which come at a time of uncertainty over the future of the union perhaps unprecedented in its history. Broadcast live at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, ERR News' Andrew Whyte moderated an eight-strong panel discussion, covering some of the issues and personalities in the mix.

14.05.19 NEWS ... The Centre Party's secretary-general, Mihhail Korb, believes that the main reason behind the current record low ratings of the Centre Party is their coalition with EKRE and Isamaa. Korb also said that the new government hasn't reversed any developments seen over the last 20 years.

10.05.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... President of the European People's Party (EPP) Joseph Daul is visiting Estonia on Friday and Saturday, guest of Isamaa, whose MEPs sit with the grouping at the European parliament.

10.05.19 NEWS ... EU government leaders met in Sibiu, Romania, on Thursday to discuss the tasks facing the union during the five years to follow the 2019 European Parliament elections taking place later this month. Also on the agenda at the summit was the allocation of the EU's top jobs.

09.05.19 NEWS ... In a statement issued Thursday, President Kersti Kaljulaid encouraged all European citizens to vote in the European elections on May 26.

07.05.19 NEWS ... A joint group formed by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group and La République En Marche! (LaREM), the party of French President Emmanuel Macron, in the European Parliament would significantly boost the strength of liberal forces in the EU, as well as mean some key leadership positions, said Reform Party honorary chairman Siim Kallas.

07.05.19 NEWS ... Independent MP Raimond Kaljulaid, who was elected to the Riigikogu as a member of the Centre Party before quitting in connection with the coalition talks that led to the current government, sees possible election to the European Parliament later this month as an opportunity to influence Estonian policy.

06.05.19 NEWS ... Based on the aggregate results of polls conducted during the past three weeks, the opposition Reform Party has the most popular candidate list ahead of the upcoming 2019 European Parliament elections, it appears from the results of a survey commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues and conducted by Norstat.

02.05.19 NEWS ... In its 15 years as a member state of the European Union, Estonia has received in excess of €10.4 billion in investment out of the union's cohesion fund and budget.

02.05.19 NEWS ... Estonia's course will remain the same in terms of its EU relations, and this is backed by all three coalition parties as well, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Centre) said at a meeting of heads of state and government of those countries that have joined the EU since 2004.

01.05.19 NEWS ... In a video message on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Estonia's accession to the European Union, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Centre) said that the country's years as a union member have been its best.

30.04.19 NEWS ... The parliamentary group of the Reform Party called on President of the Riigikogu Henn Põlluaas (EKRE) on Tuesday to have EU flags returned to the White Hall of the Riigikogu. Põlluaas had the flags removed after his confirmation as speaker.

29.04.19 NEWS ... Riho Terras, running in the number one spot for Isamaa at the May European elections, has stated his opposition to Turkey acceding to the EU, as things stand at present.

29.04.19 NEWS ... Jevgeni Ossinovski is not seeking re-election as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDE), BNS reports.

28.04.19 NEWS ... The Green Party decided Saturday to retain their current leadership and board, meaning Züleyxa ('Zuzu') Izmailova stays on at the helm.

27.04.19 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ... The Estonian Green Party is convening Saturday, voting to appoint members both to organisational posts, to the party's leadership. A change to party regulations would see the party have potentially dual-leaders, if the amendment – which is to be the subject of a vote – passes.

21.04.19 NEWS ... 32% of Estonian voters have promised to vote for a Reform Party candidate in next month's European Parliament elections, according to the results of a survey commissioned by ERR and conducted by Turu-uuringute AS. Should Estonia continue with six seats, this would mean at least two mandates.

20.04.19 NEWS ... Estonia 200 on Friday introduced its programme for the upcoming European Parliament elections, titled "Estonia IS Special!" The programme highlights Estonia's opportunities to make Europe more innovative and digital and less bureaucratic.

16.04.19 NEWS ... The National Electoral Committee (VVK) on Tuesday registered Estonia's candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections — 66 candidates in all, including 61 candidates from nine parties and five independent candidates.

15.04.19 NEWS ... A survey commissioned by the Institute for Societal Studies and carried out by pollster Norstat has Marina Kaljurand (SDE) at 11%, Andrus Ansip (Reform) at 10% and Yana Toom (Centre) at 9%.