WHDC Side Event: Citizen Observation under Pressure: Safeguarding the Space to Monitor Elections
All guests of the 2025 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (WHDC) are invited to attend EPDE-ODIHR side event scheduled for 7 October, 18:30–19:30 in Meeting Room 1 – Belweder Foreign interference, disinformation, and opaque political financing are reshaping elections across the OSCE region, creating new demands on citizen observers. As these risks grow, domestic monitoring organisations […]
Moldova: Promo-LEX Election Observation Mission: Summary statement of findings and conclusions on the September 28 Parliamentary Elections
The Promo-LEX Association, a member of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), has released a statement on observing Moldova’s 28 September 2025 parliamentary elections, highlighting both improvements and persistent systemic challenges. Introduction On 28 September 2025, citizens of the Republic of Moldova were called to elect a new Parliament. The elections were competitive and […]
FURIC 2025 | Technologies for Trust: Innovating for Election Integrity in a Changing Global Order
The Follow-Up on Recommendations’ Implementation Conference (FURIC 2025) returned to Brussels for its third edition on September 23–24, 2025, this year organised in cooperation with European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). In times of increasing digital interference and authoritarian influence on elections […]
Russian authorities shelve plans for mass rollout of electronic voting
Russian authorities have decided to scale back the use of remote electronic voting (REV), which is no longer seen as a priority project. According to the outlet Verstka, the system will not be widely deployed in the State Duma elections scheduled for 20 September 2026. There are several reasons for that. Firstly, the Kremlin is reportedly […]
REPORT NO. 4 | Promo-LEX presented Report no. 3 of the Observation Mission for the Parliamentary Elections of 28 September
The Promo-LEX Association has presented today Report no. 4 of the Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections of 28 September, covering the period from 11 September to 24 September 2025. The report contains observations and findings regarding the end of the electoral campaign, the behaviour of competitors, and the transparency of campaign financing. The full […]
Moldova: The infrastructure of an information war
Between September 1 and 23, the networks monitored in the Republic of Moldova generated 9,882 videos, which accumulated 93.1 million views on the TikTok platform. We are talking about a huge flow of mass-distributed content: over 204,000 shares and 1.5 million likes. In a country with only 2.3 million citizens, these figures indicate a propaganda […]
Voter Lists and Voting Abroad: Accessibility, Accuracy, Integrity
Moldova has improved the accessibility and transparency of its electoral lists and expanded voting opportunities abroad, including postal voting. However, several risks remain, such as concerns about voters’ list accuracy, organized manipulation of Transnistrian voters, and intense FIMI attacks targeting Moldovan society, especially the diaspora. The credibility of the electoral process will rely on ensuring […]