The rector of Estonia’s Tallinn University of Technology, Tiit Land, has effectively conceded the presidential race to his rival, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, ERR reports. After the national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, decided to support Madise’s candidacy, Land noted that she was likely to be the only candidate with enough support to be officially nominated…
Estonia’s national-conservative opposition party, Fatherland, will support Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise’s candidacy for president, ERR reported. Fatherland chairman Urmas Reinsalu said that the decisive factors in the party’s decision to back Madise were her “Estonia-centred vision” and “national positions,” ERR reported. Madise’s candidacy was first proposed by the opposition Social Democratic Party, and she…
Estonia’s Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, has officially confirmed that she is running for president, ERR reports. She said that the president’s duty was to safeguard Estonia’s “people, language, culture, nature, freedom, and peace,” stressing the importance of clean nature, of culture and atmosphere, of freedom and responsibility, and of a “caring and developing state.”…
Latvia’s United List continues to oppose the ratification of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on violence against women, but is not committed to withdrawing from the treaty immediately, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs stated, LETA reports. He said that the question should not be made into a top political priority, given that the treaty had…
The leader of the Estonian Reform Party, Prime Minister Kristen Michal, expects Tiit Land, rector of Tallinn University of Technology, to be nominated officially as a candidate for president, ERR reports. He said that Land’s nomination should make the election process in the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, “interesting.” However, Michal said that he supported the…
Representatives of parties in the Estonian parliament, the Riigikogu, are meeting with the two leading presidential candidates, Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise and Tallinn University of Technology rector Tiit Land, ERR reports. Land met with Fatherland and Estonian Centre Party MPs on 12 August 2026, and Madise will meet with MPs from Fatherland, the Centre…
Estonia’s two-party ruling coalition has lost its majority in the parliament, the Riigikogu, after two MPs resigned from their parties, ERR reports. Meelis Kiili of the Estonian Reform Party and Kalev Stoicescu of Estonia 200 (E200) announced that they were leaving their respective parties. As a result, the coalition now has 50 votes in the…
Estonia’s Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, said that she would “seriously consider” running for president if there was sufficient support for her candidacy in parliament, ERR reports. Madise noted that as head of an independent constitutional institution, she cannot put herself forward as a candidate. The chancellor of justice “does not and cannot associate herself…
Lithuania’s first prime minister after the restoration of independence, Kazimira Prunskiene, was laid to rest at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius on 6 August 2026, ELTA reports. Earlier, Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius stated that today’s government could draw inspiration from Prunskiene’s commitment to public service and sense of responsibility, LRT reported. Juozas Olekas, speaker of the…
