Riigikogu in a sentence

Center MP and chair of the party's Riigikogu group Andrei Korobeinik finds that the opposition's work at parliament shouldn't be limited, and he doesn't approve of changing the work arrangement at the Riigikogu.

Helme said since there was no quorum, the session can not be considered a Riigikogu committee session and thus it does not matter whether it was held in an official committee room or in the cafe of the Riigikogu building.

Lang told ETV's "Aktuaalne kaamera" on Thursday that he had signed a contract with the Chancellery of the Riigikogu for the political counseling of the Second Vice-President of the Riigikogu, the focus of which would be issues concerning state reform.

At the same time, Nestor, 69, said he would not rule a return to the Riigikogu, if he were to win a seat: "I believe that that option is unlikely to reach me, but if it does, I would consider it.

Center was also satisfied by the eventual rise in old age pension and child and family benefits, even as its own legislative efforts to do this did not make it past the first Riigikogu reading, last spring/summer.

Estonia will continue to support Ukraine until it has overcome and repelled invading Russian forces, Riigikogu speaker Lauri Hussar (Eesti 200) says.

I am not running for the Riigikogu this time, even though I believe it is the job of a politician to participate in parliamentary elections.

In the final vote, 48 Riigikogu members voted in favor of adopting the law, while ten members of the Center Party opposed it.

In the previous configuration of the Riigikogu, Reform had 34 seats.

Irja Lutsar (left) at the Riigikogu, with another new MP, Karmen Joller (Reform).

Once approved at governmental level, the budget bill is sent to the Riigikogu for processing, with the aim of it passing its third and final reading in December.

On the other hand, Riigikogu elections are only held every four years, and since the last election took place only in March this year, the next is a long way off.

Riigikogu Vice President Toomas Kivimägi said that the coalition cannot yet say what will be its next steps should the other side continue recent practice.

Russian-speaking respondents to the Norstat and Kantar surveys are Estonian citizens, since the franchise at Riigikogu elections is restricted to citizens.

Sildam said that the presidential office budget was a "hot topic" at that point in time, as was the internal political situation at the Riigikogu – where extensive filibustering had been used by the opposition parties.

The Center Party is putting forward its chair, Jüri Ratas, for the position of deputy Riigikogu speaker, Ratas told ERR on Thursday.

The chair of the economic affairs committee of the Riigikogu, Kristen Michal, said that the idea did not become law.

The Riigikogu Board of Elders should convene in the summer and hold a relevant debate," Ratas added.

The Riigikogu via the statement has also expressed the hope that Israel cane achieve rapid success in its military and anti-terrorist activities in relation to the Gaza Strip, where the October 7 attacks were launched from.

The Social Democratic Party (SDE), which has fewer Riigikogu seats than standing committees, opted not to select a representative to the rural affairs committee.