While not all coalition agreements have been signed following the 2021 local government council elections, incoming rulers have been determined in all of Estonia’s 79 local governments. Election coalitions will be involved in running most local gov...

The Tartu University Hospital has sent a letter to Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik (Center) according to which the hospital is working at capacity both in terms of premises and staff. The hospital wrote...

The Estonian police and international colleagues have spent nearly a year tracking a criminal network that empties Estonians’ bank accounts by making fraudulent phone calls. The scheme has now been unmasked and law enforcement is poised for a count...

Estonia can stand out in climate diplomacy by proposing an alliance for streamlined collection of environmental data and participating in EU initiatives, Kaja Tael, ambassador at large for climate and energy policy, said on the second day of the Glas...

The signing of the new coalition agreement in Narva was canceled on Tuesday after Sergei Gorlatš (Reform Party), who ran in incoming mayor Katri Raik’s election coalition, was detained on suspicions of vote-buying.

Estonian Minister of Culture Anneli Ott (Center) announced on Tuesday that she is stepping down from her position because she is unable to implement the ideas needed for preserving the field of culture in the government led by Prime Minister Kaja Ka...

Unlike in neighboring countries, Estonia does nothing to contain Russian propaganda in the country as relevant legislation holds no effective levers. Television services providers keep Russian national networks in their standard packages.

Moldova is set to pay a heavy price this winter for failing to address its dependence on Russian gas over decades.

Wearing masks in public indoor premises will become mandatory for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people from Friday. Children between the ages of 12 and 17 will also have to present Covid certificates to access events where documents are checked bu...

The looming coronavirus winter will likely not see a second Baltic bubble, while there is a clear dividing line between the Baltics, skeptical of government messages, and the rest of Europe, President Alar Karis tells Postimees in an interview.

For the next month, Tallinn trolleybus lines will be catered to by a 24-meter trolleybus sporting two bellows that can also operate on battery power as opposed to only relying on power lines.

Public prosecutor Denis Tšasovskih says in an interview that former education minister, MP Mailis Reps has been stripped of her Riigikogu immunity and that the Prosecutor’s Office can now move forward with criminal proceedings.

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said at a public sitting of the Riigikogu Social Affairs Committee on Monday that Estonia is now in a code red situation regarding the coronavirus, with 21.5 percent of all tests returning positive and hospitals tr...

The Estonian government has imposed stricter coronavirus related restrictions from Monday, according to which a negative coronavirus test is no longer sufficient to enter various public venues.

Several members of the opposition Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) said on Sunday that they will quit the party following an anti-vaccination rally held in Tallinn’s Freedom Square on Saturday and the party leaders' statements there.

After several days of waiting and still waters, the Center Party has approached the Social Democratic Party (SDE) for coalition talks in the capital.

Estonia has an exception for coronavirus vaccine booster doses. They have been made available to medical workers, teachers, social workers and people 65 or older for whom six months have passed from their second shot. At the same time, those administ...

The government on Monday decided to order additional coronavirus restrictions. For example, a negative test result will no longer replace a Covid certificate in some establishments. A simplified quarantine procedure will enter into force after the Oc...

The 2021 local elections saw more than a few key developments. The Center Party lost its absolute majority in Tallinn, with Katri Raik’s Election Coalition winning Narva and premise created for a so-called Süku coalition in Tartu. Tallinn’s Must...

Sunday marked polling day of the 2021 local government council elections in Estonia. Preliminary results put voter turnout at 54.7 percent, with record 275,587 votes cast electronically between Monday and Saturday. People supported election coalition...

Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said that confirmation from the Competition Authority means it is virtually certain Estonia will pay part of the electricity transmission fee for all consumers and offer less fortunate households additional ...

President Alar Karis’ meetings with President of Latvia Egils Levits and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö were postponed due to Covid.

The police will be paying more attention to companies’ obligation to ask patrons to produce Covid certificates in order to contain the spread of the virus.

The Estonian National Museum will be run by the outgoing head of the Estonian Cultural Endowment Kertu Saks who takes a deep and personal interest in cultural history and especially folklore and considers museums and visitors’ centers her specialty...

A major political storm is brewing in Lithuania concerning a barbed wire tender from Estonia.