Estonia’s incumbent president, Kersti Kaljulaid, is well liked and popular with ordinary voters. Unfortunately for Kaljulaid, it is Estonia’s MPs who will...
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Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
The toxic, far-right Conservative People’s party (EKRE) no longer forms part of Estonia’s government. Repairing the damage it has done to the country’s reputation...
Estonia’s two largest parties agree to form a government led by Kaja Kallas, who is set to become the country’s first female prime minister. Kaja Kallas is...
A corruption scandal involving his Centre party has forced the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, to resign. The biggest losers, however, could be the far-right EKRE...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
The Estonian prime minister Juri Ratas has announced a joint decision to sack the Minister of Rural Affairs, Mart Jarvik, from office. In a statement made on November...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Estonia’s days as one of the best places in the word to be a journalist could be over. Over the past seven days two renowned Estonian journalists have resigned from...
The story of Estonia since gaining independence is with no doubt one of success. The small country, with a population less than the German city of Munich and the area of...
The opposition centre-right Reform Party, which ran a campaign promising to lower taxes, has won Estonia’s general election, beating the ruling Centre Party...