Webinar: Citizen Election Observation in Africa: Between Pressure and Resilience | 27 February 2026 | 11:00 CET
Across Africa, citizen election observers play a vital role in safeguarding electoral integrity, transparency, and public trust. Yet in many contexts, their work is increasingly conducted under pressure — from restrictive legal frameworks and accreditation barriers to intimidation and shrinking civic space. This webinar will examine the current state of citizen election observation in Africa, […]
Putin’s Party to Institutionalize Fake Election Observation Ahead of 2026 Duma ”Elections”
In January 2026, the United Russia party announced plans to establish a party-controlled “network of professional international observers,” dismissing established, international election monitoring organizations such as OSCE/ODIHR as “provocative” and replacing them with bilateral party-to-party arrangements. According to Andrey Klimov, a member of United Russia’s supreme council bureau, one such deal is already being finalized […]
Far-right MEP tries to silence EUobserver over election-monitoring ban
Moldova Lessons Informing Armenia’s 2026 Election
This year’s elections in Armenia are significant, both for its citizens and for a region facing conflict, external pressure, and disinformation from the Russian Federation and its ideological and political allies. At EPDE, we have observed that small democracies often face comparable challenges: external funding influencing campaigns, rapid spread of online FIMI, and pressure on […]
GNDEM | Global launch of the first-ever report on the Global State of Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observers’ Rights.
The Global Network for Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) recently published the first ever “Report on the Global State of Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observers’ Rights”, based on a study of 66 organizations across 53 countries. On 3 February, 1–3 PM UTC, GNDEM is hosting a global launch webinar on the findings from the study, detailing the […]
Teterower Bürgermeisterkandidat war Mitglied eines rechtsextremen Vereins
Webinar: Moldova Lessons Informing Armenia’s 2026 Election | 19 January 2026 | 14:30 CET
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), in cooperation with Transparency International Anticorruption Center, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor, and the Promo-LEX Association, is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Moldova Lessons Informing Armenia’s 2026 election.” The session will present lessons from Moldova’s 2024–2025 elections and apply them to Armenia’s 2026 pre-election challenges. The discussion […]