Europe

German parties go into next round of coalition talks on Friday

March 27, 2025

Lead negotiators for Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc are to resume talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday with the aim of forming a viable coalition, the three parties [..]

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 [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania elects its 11 MEPs – BNS REVIEW

June 10, 2024

Lithuania elected eleven members of the European Parliament on Sunday. Preliminary figures from the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) show that the seats were shared between eight political parties. Here are [..]

Estonia

Isamaa wins Estonia’s European Parliament elections

June 10, 2024

Opposition party Isamaa won the highest vote share in the European Parliament elections on Sunday (June 9) with over 79,000 ballots. The top three parties were Isamaa (79,170 votes), the [..]

Latvia

New Unity and National Alliance each gain two seats in EP

June 10, 2024

In the elections to the European Parliament (EP) in Latvia, New Unity has gained the most votes, leaving the National Alliance (NA) in second place, and both political forces have [..]

Lithuania

SocDems remain most popular party in Lithuania – poll

March 14, 2024

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 [..]

Latvia

New Unity and National Alliance lead the party ratings ahead of European Parliament elections

February 19, 2024

Ahead of the European Parliament (EP) elections in early summer, the leaders in the party ratings are the New Unity and the National Alliance, but overall support for the political [..]