Azerbaijan | EPDE Co-founder Anar Mammadli Sentenced to 13 Years of Imprisonment
Today, a court sentenced human rights defender and election observer Anar Mammadli to 13 years imprisonment in Azerbaijan. Anar has been held since 29 April 2024. The charges were then expanded in March 2025. The term handed down is the longest possible under the charges brought. What Anar Mammadli did is a matter of public […]
Webinar | Ukraine’s Post-War Elections Challenge: Ensuring a Credible, Secure, and Inclusive Process | 9 September | 14:30 CET
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Civil Network OPORA hosted the webinar “Ukraine’s Post-War Elections Challenge: Ensuring a Credible, Secure, and Inclusive Process” on 9 September at 14:30 CET Ukraine is sustaining democratic institutions through a full-scale war with Russia, while preparing for a return to competitive politics once conditions allow. Massive internal and external […]
“The world must not look away”: Viasna’s Uladzimir Labkovich on Human Rights, Repression, and New Challenges for Belarusians
On 26 August, EPDE hosted a meeting with Uladzimir Labkovich, a Belarusian human rights lawyer, election observer, and Board member of the Human Rights Organisation Viasna who was held as a political prisoner for five years before being released on 13 December 2025 together with 122 others amongst them Ales Bialiatski, and forced to leave the country. […]
Training in Kenya: Multi-stakeholder Engagement on Youth and Elections
On 25-27 August 2026, the European Exchange and the EPDE, together with its local partner the Election Observation Group (ELOG), brought together ELOG’s member network and partner organizations for a three-day training on meaningful youth participation in Kenya’s electoral process. The training brought together representatives of youth-focused and election-related civil society organisations to reflect on: […]
Germany: Citizen Observers Conduct Election Observation Mission for the 6 September Saxony-Anhalt State Election
Plattform Wahlen, an initiative of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and its German member, the European Exchange, is conducting an independent election observation mission based on international standards for the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September 2026. Plattform Wahlen is the only domestic election observation initiative that follows the methods of international […]
Russian Election Monitor: 2026 State Duma Elections – Candidate Registration
The Election Atlas project reviews the nomination and registration of candidates for the State Duma elections. The registration process is formally not yet complete, but all party lists have already been registered. The only outstanding questions concern a small number of self-nominated candidates, the overwhelming majority of whom are unlikely to be registered. REM is publishing an […]
Russian Election Monitor: Supreme Court Bars Yabloko – Inside the Lawsuit and the Regime’s Fear of Losing Control
On August 10, the most pivotal event of the current Russian electoral cycle unfolded: Russia’s Supreme Court annulled the registration of the Yabloko party’s candidate list following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. While framed as a routine legal dispute, the verdict points to a broader systemic shift—the authorities’ growing fear of losing control over the […]
ElectLab Academy 2026: Action Plans to Strengthen Resilience of Citizen Election Observers
ElectLab Academy 2026: Action Plans to Strengthen Resilience of Citizen Election Observers 62 citizen election observers from 22 countries attended EPDE’s ElectLab Academy 2026 in Bergamo, Italy, from 13 to 18 July, for a week of training addressing organisational resilience, engaging youth as strategic actors, and train-the-trainer approaches to expertise transfer. The ElectLab Academy has […]
Webinar | After the Vote: FIMI Tactics and Their Reach in Moldova and Armenia | 6 July | 14:30 CET
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) is pleased to invite you to the webinar “After the Vote: FIMI Tactics and Their Reach in Moldova and Armenia” on 6 July at 14:30 CET. Following elections in both Moldova (2025) and Armenia (2026), this session assesses the foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns that targeted both votes […]
Money in Politics Conference: EPDE in Chișinău
The fourth edition of the Money in Politics conference, held on 16–17 June 2026 in Chișinău, brought together electoral oversight bodies and civil society from across Europe to address the growing challenges of political finance in the digital age. EPDE partners were among the key voices: Building on the Romanian experience, Septimius Pârvu (Expert Forum, […]
