09.11.25 NEWS ... Scrapping the Liivalaia tänav tramline and scaling back a tram link in North Tallinn will cost the city around €40 million in European Union funding, soon-to-be opposition politicians in the capital say.

07.11.25 NEWS ... Newly elected Reform Party secretary general Kristo Enn Vaga said the party will meet the next general election with its current chairman and must offer a credible vision.

07.11.25 NEWS ... Viljandi's leading local parties, Isamaa and EKRE, signed a four-year coalition agreement Thursday, giving them a slim majority in the 27-seat city council.

07.11.25 NEWS ... President Alar Karis, in office since October 11, 2021, signaled he likely won't seek a second term, saying a seven-year single term would be ideal.

07.11.25 NEWS ... Center Party chair Mihhail Kõlvart urged Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) to show some restraint amid what he called bitter social media posts and attacks on rivals.

06.11.25 NEWS ... Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said any enthusiasm to see Isamaa in the Estonian government has cooled as the already conservative party grows more EKRE-like.

06.11.25 NEWS ... The Center Party and Isamaa started their formal Tallinn coalition negotiations Thursday.

06.11.25 NEWS ... According to political experts, Isamaa and Center Party have begun preparing for parliamentary elections, using the apolitical mayor role to their advantage.

06.11.25 NEWS ... A social media post with Isamaa's name in the Cyrillic alphabet crossed no lines, Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) said.

05.11.25 NEWS ... Isamaa leader Urmas Reinsalu declined to clearly explain why his party gets the mayor's seat but also why he won't take up the post despite the Center Party's clear win in Tallinn's local elections.

05.11.25 NEWS ... The Center Party and Isamaa, who have agreed to form a ruling coalition in Tallinn, will begin coalition talks Thursday. The agenda is not yet finalized.

05.11.25 NEWS ... The Political Parties Financing Supervision Committee (ERJK) has ruled that ads backing the Estonian men's ice hockey team and featuring sitting mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) constituted an illegal donation, which must be returned.

05.11.25 NEWS ... Entrepreneur and former Reform Party candidate Urmas Sõõrumaa says he would turn down any offer from Isamaa leader Urmas Reinsalu to become Tallinn's nonpartisan mayor.

05.11.25 NEWS ... Support for Isamaa has grown over the past two weeks, while backing for the ruling Reform Party and the coalition overall has hit a record low, a new poll shows.

05.11.25 NEWS ... An MP who withdrew from a Riigikogu report criticizing two former Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commanders said he disagrees with the tone and nature of that criticism.

04.11.25 NEWS ... At a Tallinn coalition press conference, Isamaa's leader said a potential new four-party alliance would've had even more disputes than the previous one.

04.11.25 NEWS ... Maris Lauri, who ran for Tallinn mayor as Reform's top candidate, said Isamaa's decision to form a coalition with Center amounts to misleading voters.

04.11.25 NEWS ... A report which heavily criticizes two former Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commanders for allegedly neglecting the country's security reflects disagreements and even "ego trips" among officer hierarchy, Defense Minister Hanno Pekvur (Reform) said.

03.11.25 NEWS ... A damning Riigikogu report charges previous Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) commanders-in-chief with shifting responsibilities away from that post via the creation of one new state agency and the expansion of another, Delfi reported.

04.11.25 NEWS ... The Center Party and Isamaa have agreed to begin coalition talks in Tallinn, the parties announced in a joint statement.

03.11.25 NEWS ... Authors of Riigikogu report criticizing former commanders of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) were vague, not needed, and possibly political in nature, one of those former commanders told ERR.

04.11.25 NEWS ... Fifty-seven MPs from five of the six parties represented at the Riigikogu have signed a statement reaffirming support for the Istanbul Convention against violence toward women.

03.11.25 NEWS ... The Riigikogu's Anti-Corruption Select Committee has decided to check the declarations of interest of officials working in national defense and internal security, citing the risks associated with increased funding in those fields.

03.11.25 OPINION ... Martin Mölder notes in his Vikerraadio daily commentary that after a brief period of calm, the Riigikogu election process will effectively begin at the start of the new year and the local elections were just a qualifying round.

03.11.25 NEWS ... The Ministry of Education has deemed excessive a national language council proposal to amend legislation on the language requirements of local councilors.

03.11.25 NEWS ... A vaguely worded provision in the law is causing debate over whether a person convicted of an intentional crime can serve on a municipal council.

03.11.25 NEWS ... Isamaa's Tallinn branch board will meet early this week to decide whether to begin coalition talks with Center or the three other parties, Riina Solman said.

02.11.25 NEWS ... Isamaa could hold the Tallinn mayoral post in a coalition with the Center Party, the latter's leader Mihhail Kõlvart suggested.

31.10.25 NEWS ... There is ongoing debate within the Reform Party about its future and efforts to find new momentum ahead of the next Riigikogu elections in 2027 following the poor results of the recent local elections.

30.10.25 NEWS ... The U.S. has confirmed it will not reduce the number of troops stationed in Estonia, Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said on Wednesday, following months of speculation about the USA's withdrawal from Europe.

30.10.25 NEWS ... The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) for a recount of the e-vote at the recent local elections.

30.10.25 NEWS ... Reform Party honorary chair Siim Kallas says internal debate over values and strategy is ongoing, and by early next year, the party's direction should be clear.

29.10.25 NEWS ... Observers say the organization of electronic voting could be improved after the Supreme Court agreed that the monitoring and verification of electronic voting has been restricted.

28.10.25 NEWS ... Isamaa responded Tuesday to the Center Party's questions concerning Tallinn. The Center Party, in turn, also replied to questions posed by Isamaa.

28.10.25 NEWS ... The Center Party on Tuesday published its responses to Isamaa's core questions on life in Tallinn. Isamaa had answered the Center Party's questions the same day.

28.10.25 NEWS ... Newly released data shows the average monthly salaries at companies owned by the state vary from over €5,500 to €1,700 per month.

28.10.25 NEWS ... The opposition Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has taken to the Supreme Court its request for a recount of the e-vote at the recent local elections in Estonia.

28.10.25 NEWS ... More delays to Tallinn coalition talks will have a negative impact on the capital's governance, sitting mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) said.

28.10.25 NEWS ... Despite mixed signals about a possible Isamaa–Reform Party coalition in Tartu, talks continued Monday at City Hall. Isamaa's local board recalled Kris Kärner.

28.10.25 NEWS ... The Supreme Court ruled that the State Electoral Office acted unlawfully by failing to publish the source code for e-voting before the start of the test vote in September, but the result has not been affected.

28.10.25 NEWS ... Politicians in Narva suspect both vote-buying and voter coercion in Estonia's recent local elections. Police say the highest number of violation reports came from Ida-Viru County.

27.10.25 NEWS ... The Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives (ERK) will move forward despite running in 19 municipalities and winning no council seats in Estonia's recent local elections.

27.10.25 NEWS ... The Lithuanian economy is growing faster than the Estonian economy, and the Lithuanian government has been bolder in stimulating the economy with tax reliefs, a new report by the Foresight Center, an independent think tank based at the Riigikogu.

27.10.25 NEWS ... Tartu mayoral candidate Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) said he hasn't personally given up the mayor's post to the Reform Party, calling the decision a collective one.

27.10.25 NEWS ... The Social Democrats invited the potential participants of a possible four-party coalition in Tallinn to sit down together on Monday morning, but Isamaa refused the offer.

24.10.25 NEWS ... Three parties have said say they do not plan to answer Isamaa's 15-point questionnaire ahead of potential coalition talks in Tallinn.

27.10.25 NEWS ... Social media campaigning at the recent local elections in Estonia surged compared with previous years.

27.10.25 NEWS ... Weak car sales may mean the Ministry of Finance's projected motor vehicle tax revenues will only be partly met by year-end.

26.10.25 NEWS ... More and more defense infrastructure is being built across Estonia and due to its sensitive nature, information is often not released to the public. Officials say communication must not compromise the country's defense capabilities.

26.10.25 NEWS ... At Thursday's European Union summit, member states' leaders decided that the Emissions Trading System ETS-2 should be reviewed. This could open the door to Estonia's wish to delay the system's implementation.