Editor: Andrew Whyte

Key to a current controversy on the nomination of Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus to the poast of Estonia's representative to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is the extent to which the minister was involved in that nomination process...

A City of Tallinn official has been detained by the Internal Security Service (ISS), on suspicion of involvement in bribery. On Tuesday, a court allowed Liinat to be detained for up to two months. Tõnis Liinat (Center), who is elder of the Pirita...

State officials met more with private sector lobbyists than those from any other sector, over the past year, according to data whose collection the justice ministry made mandatory from last March. Meetings involving the third sector (NGOs) accounted...

The coalition Center Party has been charged with influence peddling in respect of a central Tallinn real estate development. The party's former secretary general, Mihhail Korb, and businessman Hillar Teder, have also been charged with the same...

An Internal Security Service (ISS) investigation into opposition MP Kert Kingo (EKRE) over suspicions of the misuse of expenses benefits has raised conflict of interest questions, given the MP heads a Riigikogu committee which oversees the ISS,...

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the coalition Center Party, over an illegal donation to the party. The ruling means Center must pay €850,000 to an advertising agency for work done. The work in question, electoral advertising and campaign...

The party finances watchdog body in Estonia has submitted a report to the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), asking it to initiate proceedings relating to an alleged prohibited donation concerning a current Tallinn deputy mayor, who ran in the...

The police on Tuesday detained a former interior minister on suspicion of bribery. The alleged bribes, totaling €100,000, were aimed at heading off bankruptcy proceedings or obtaining a favorable decision in same, potentially to the detriment of...

The Ministry of Education and Research is seeking damages of close to €120,000 from former education minister Mailis Reps. Reps stepped down over a year ago over an expenses scandal and the alleged misuse of ministry funds, though the sums mentioned...

Estonia remains in sixth place on the Global Corruption Index (GCI), issued by Global Risk Profile (GRP), a third party risk management and due diligence service provider. Finland topped the list with a score of 5.23 ("very low"), followed by Norway...