Lithuania

Lithuanian lawmakers begin debate on allowing 16-year-olds to vote in local elections

November 30, 2025

By Reda Gilytė, Aistė Valiauskaitė, Goda Malinauskaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt. The Lithuanian parliament last week opened debate on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote [..]

Estonia

Electoral alliances receive most votes at Estonia’s local elections

October 20, 2025

At the local elections, electoral alliances received the highest number of votes nationwide, followed by the opposition Center and Isamaa parties. Electoral alliances received the highest number of votes nationwide [..]

Estonia

31.1 percent of ballots cast after 5 days of advance voting in Estonia’s local elections

October 18, 2025

As of 8 p.m. on Friday, 120,303 voters had cast their ballots at polling stations and 192,270 had voted electronically in Estonia’s local elections. A total of 312,573 people have [..]

Estonia

Over 113,000 votes cast at Estonia’s local elections so far

October 15, 2025

As of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 113,217 votes had been cast across Estonia’s 79 local municipalities. Polling day at the local elections is this coming Sunday, and advance voting started [..]

Estonia

Advance voting and e-voting start on Monday for Estonia’s local elections

October 13, 2025

Advance voting in Estonia’s local election starts on Monday, both at polling stations and online. For the first time, the Smart-ID app can also be used for internet voting. In [..]

Estonia

Parties concentrating on nationwide issues these local elections

September 18, 2025

The “Valimisstuudio” local elections debate echoed the message that this year’s elections will be dominated by discontent with government decisions. Representatives of all major parties took part in ETV’s first [..]

Estonia

Nearly 72,000 people in Estonia lose the vote ahead of October’s local elections

September 7, 2025

Over 70,000 people resident in Estonia no longer have the right to vote in local elections following this year’s constitutional amendment. According to Ministry of the Interior data, the precise [..]

Estonia

Parties: Meta political ad ban will not affect October’s local elections much

July 30, 2025

While political parties in Estonia see the halting of political advertising by Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta as a potential threat to democracy, the European Union regulation which prompted [..]

Latvia

Latvian PM: Local elections were secure

June 13, 2025

Latvia’s recent municipal elections were secure, and no external influence was detected, the country’s prime minister, Evika Silina, told Radio Latvia on Thursday. The premier said that this was confirmed [..]

Estonia

Tallinn to establish 44 polling stations for upcoming local elections

April 10, 2025

The Tallinn City Government has approved the locations of polling stations for the 2025 local elections. The updated list reflects voters’ preferences for casting their ballots in shopping centres, improved [..]

Estonia

Eesti 200 MP: No ‘loyalty test’ for foreign nationals voting in local elections

November 28, 2024

A constitutional amendment under discussion in the Riigikogu which, if it became reality, would strip Russian nationals resident in Estonia of their voting rights runs into two possible obstacles, according [..]

Latvia

Political parties start drawing up electoral lists for 2025 local elections in Riga

August 30, 2024

Political parties have started drawing up their electoral lists for next year’s municipal elections in Riga, Latvian Television reports. The Union of Greens and Farmers, which currently is not represented [..]