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Tuesday's dramatic events have certainly brought uncertainty to the Porto Franco development with it becoming a centerpiece of a government corruption scandal. While it is likely that it will not be finished in the projected time, the favorable location will still make it a desirable real estate object. Construction on Porto Franco was still ongoing on Wednesday but head of the development Rauno Teder, son of businessman Hillar Teder who is in the middle of the donation and corruption scandal, was unavailable to ERR, ETV's daily affairs show "Aktuaalne kaamera" reported on Wednesday. On Thurs...

Center Party leader and outgoing prime minister Jüri Ratas says his resignation early Wednesday means that the coalition of the Center Party, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) and Isamaa is over. Ratas added that now is not the time for hanging around on setting up its replacement.

Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kolvart (Center) has never discussed the Porto Franco development in Tallinn with Mihhail Korb (Center), nor has he met Hillar Teder. Both men are suspects in a corruption investigation that sparked the resignation early on Wednesday of Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister. Kõlvart also says the city government is not under suspicion of wrong-doing, had not engaged in wrong-doing regarding Porto Franco, and was cooperating with the security services. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Kõlvart said that the city government is not susceptible to influence ...

Leading members of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDE) think that Jüri Ratas (Center) resignation as prime minister early Wednesday morning should be followed by his party going into opposition, since the latest scandal involving a loan to a real estate development proves the party still needs to clean itself up. MEP Sven Mikser (SDE) says that Reform Party leader Kaja Kallas holds the key to this, with SDE's leader Indrek Saar saying Center continuing in office would be unethical. Ratas resigned early Wednesday following an Internal Security Service (ISS) investigation into a €39...

0"> The riigikogu sitting in December, where the marriage referendum bill passed its first reading. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR A controversial bill on holding a referendum on the definition of marriage has been removed from Wednesday's Riigikogu agenda. The bill had been due to be put before the chamber for its second reading. However, the resignation of Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister early on Wednesday means that the bill, presented jointly by the coalition of Center, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) and Isamaa, has become a moot point. Coalition sour...