Five minutes with Estonia’s Foreign Minister Urmas Paet: “I think Europe...
Estonia was the first nation in the world to hold legally binding general elections over the Internet. In an interview with EUROPP editors Chris Gilson and Julian Kirchherr Estonia’s Foreign Minister...
View ArticleBook Review: The European Union and the Baltic States: Changing forms of...
Following their accession to the EU, the Baltic states continue to approach the EU through a Nordic lens. Allan Sikk finds that The European Union and the Baltic States holds excellent insights into...
View ArticleThe reform of the Estonian health care system in a time of crisis is a role...
In the midst of the European financial and economic crisis, Estonia fundamentally reformed its health care system. Triin Habicht describes which changes were introduced. She argues that the Estonian...
View ArticleFive minutes with Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi – “I honestly haven’t...
After experiencing a sharp recession at the beginning of the economic crisis, Estonia has recorded growth figures well above the EU average. Combined with the country’s austerity policies, this...
View ArticleThe Estonian experience shows that while online voting is faster and cheaper,...
Estonia is the only country in the world where citizens have used remote internet voting in municipal, national and European elections. Meelis Kitsing offers a brief overview of the last five...
View ArticleThe situation in Ukraine highlights the need for Estonia and Latvia to...
One of the key factors in the Ukraine crisis has been the role of the sizeable ethnic Russian population in the country. David Smith writes on the implications the crisis might have for two other...
View ArticleEstonia’s 2015 election result ensures the Reform Party will continue to...
Estonia held a parliamentary election on 1 March. Allan Sikk writes that while the nature of the coalition which emerges from the election remains to be seen, the result was another success for the...
View ArticleThere is more to the Eurozone than the division between ‘North’ and ‘South’
Opposition to the proposed Greek bailout deal has generally focused on the role of Germany, but how do other Eurozone states view the debt crisis? Daniel Kral notes that while there is a tendency to...
View ArticleMergers and splits: How party systems have changed in Central and Eastern...
The party systems of Central and Eastern Europe are generally viewed as being less stable than those in Western Europe, with a greater level of volatility in terms of the parties that compete in...
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