Democracy

60% of Latvian residents are confident about the strength of EU democracy in the next five years

Around 60 percent of Latvian residents are very or somewhat confident about the strength of European Union (EU) democracy in the next five years, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. [..]

European sports stars encourage citizens to vote in European elections

Footballers, football clubs, tennis tournaments, and Paralympians have joined in with the EU’s #UseYourVote campaign ahead of the European Parliament elections on 6-9 June. Leading footballers including Belgian Red Flames [..]

Early voting in Lithuania’s presidential election, citizenship referendum kicks off

Early voting for Sunday’s presidential election and referendum on dual citizenship got underway in Lithuania on Tuesday. Eight politicians are vying for the presidency, including Gitanas Nauseda, the incumbent, who [..]

Estonia climbs to 6th place in 2024 World Press Freedom Index

Estonia rose by two places to sixth place after Finland in the 2024 edition of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. Norway continues to top the World [..]

314,000 signatures collected for petitions via Rahvaalgatus.ee platform last year

Last year, a total of 314,000 signatures were gathered for various petitions via the Rahvaalgatus.ee civic initiative website, which is 172,000 more than in 2022, according to a report prepared [..]

Lithuanian president’s re-election campaign collects over 38,000 voter signatures

The campaign staff of Gitanas Nauseda, who is seeking a second term as Lithuanian president, has collected more than 38,000 voter signatures in support of his candidacy. Povilas Maciulis, Nauseda’s [..]

SocDems remain most popular party in Lithuania – poll

The opposition Lithuanian Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania, followed by the ruling conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, according to a new Spinter Tyrimai [..]

Matto: Street section in front of Russian embassy in Tallinn could be named after Navalny

Hanno Matto, member of the supervisory board of the North Estonia Medical Center and head of the State Elder August Rei Foundation, is of the opinion that the section of [..]

7 out of 10 people in Lithuania against voting from age of 16 – survey (media)

Seven out of 10 people in Lithuania do not think that voting in municipal council and mayoral elections should be allowed from the age of 16, according to a survey [..]

Central Election Commission could be given the right to revoke councilors’ mandates if they do not attend municipality’s meetings for prolonged time

Saeima Public Administration and Local Government Committee today decided to submit to Saeima for consideration amendments to the Law on the Status of Local Government Councilors, which envisages giving the [..]

Signature drive for referendum on dissolution of Saeima has collected 23,000 signatures so far

The signature drive for referendum on dissolution of Saeima in five days has collected about 23,000 signatures, according to information published on Latvijas.lv portal. As reported, two signature drives were [..]

Around 400 people signed during first hours of signature collection campaign on dissolution of parliament

Around 400 people signed during the first hours on initiating a referendum on the dissolution of the 14th Saeima, according to information published on Latvija.lv portal. The collection of signatures [..]

EU will ban on third country entities from sponsoring political advertising in the three-month period before an election or referendum

EU co-legislators reached a provisional deal on new rules to make election and referenda campaigns more transparent and resistant to interference. The new rules will regulate political advertisements, notably online [..]

Lithuanian formin, Khodorkovsky discuss state of Russian opposition, challenges

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday met with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, one of Russia’s opposition figures and founder of the Open Russia Foundation, in Vilnius and discussed the goals and [..]