Estonia

Estonian party ratings: Centre, EKRE ahead of SDE

October 2, 2024

There were significant changes in the ratings of political parties last week. The Social Democratic Party (SDE), which had regularly been in third place among parties, this week allowed the [..]

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Estonia 200 general assembly elects Kristina Kallas as party leader

September 1, 2024

At an extraordinary meeting on Saturday, the general assembly of the Estonia 200 party, a junior partner in the government coalition, elected Kristina Kallas as the party’s leader, with 172 [..]

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Survey: Michal starts term as Estonian PM with lower support than Kallas

August 18, 2024

Prime Minister Kristen Michal, who took office in July, had lower support in the August prime minister survey than previous premier Kaja Kallas in the June Turu-uuringute AS survey, the [..]

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Minister: Uncertainty over Kaja Kallas’ future hampering government work

June 14, 2024

Uncertainty over Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ (Reform) next step – to remain head of government at home or to leave for a top-level European Union job per the speculation – [..]

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Four leading EKRE members expelled in party’s ‘night of the long knives’

June 14, 2024

The Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. [..]

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Isamaa wins Estonia’s European Parliament elections

June 10, 2024

Opposition party Isamaa won the highest vote share in the European Parliament elections on Sunday (June 9) with over 79,000 ballots. The top three parties were Isamaa (79,170 votes), the [..]

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Estonia’s economic affairs, IT minister survives censure vote

June 4, 2024

A motion of no confidence in Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and IT Tiit Riisalo failed in the Riigikogu on Monday. The censure motion was supported by 23 MPs, while [..]

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EKRE extended board criticizes voter turnout for recent EP elections as too low

May 20, 2024

In a statement made on Saturday, the extended board of the opposition Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) encourages people to go to the polls, noting that voter turnout for the [..]

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Ieva Ilves divorce

December 21, 2023

Former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and his wife, Ieva Ilves, have terminated their marriage. “In this pre-Christmas spirit, it is with deep sadness that I have to inform you [..]

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Elections, car tax top list of Google searches in Estonia in 2023

December 12, 2023

The most popular keywords entered by Estonians into the Google search engine this year were “2023. aasta valimised” (“2023 elections”), “automaksu kalkulaator” (“car tax calculator”) and “tehisintellekt” (“artificial intelligence”), according [..]

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EKRE leader says early elections the way out of impasse in Estonia

November 29, 2023

In a letter sent to the leaders of Estonia’s political parties on Wednesday, Martin Helme, chairman of the opposition Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE), stated that not only the car [..]

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Margus Tsahkna elected as new leader of Estonia 200

November 20, 2023

At the convention of the Estonia 200 party in Tallinn on Sunday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the party’s government delegation Margus Tsahkna was elected as new leader [..]

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Lauri Hussar announces decision to resign from Estonia 200 chairman position

November 7, 2023

Estonia 200 chairman Lauri Hussar announced at a party board meeting on Monday his wish to step down from the position of chairman of Estonia 200 and devote himself to [..]