Hungary Budapest's liberal mayor announces election bid to oust Viktor Orbán Gergely Karácsony hopes to run as the united opposition's candidate for prime minister when Hungary goes to the polls next year. 15/05/2021
United Kingdom UK elections: London Mayor Sadiq Khan wins second term Khan's victory will be a boost to the Labour party which has suffered major losses in England's local elections. 09/05/2021
The Cube Voter fraud claims show Dutch far-right 'copying Trump's playbook' Unfounded claims of voter fraud have published online by far-right accounts in the Netherlands in the lead-up to the elections. 17/03/2021
Uncovering Europe All you need to know about the Dutch general election The Netherlands has begun voting in a general election. What impact will COVID-19 and a child welfare scandal have on the outcome? 16/03/2021
Uncovering Europe Could COVID-19 help oust pro-independence parties in Catalonia? Optimism, a political calculation or democratic necessity? 14/02/2021
The Cube President Trump repeats false claims before US Senate vote in Georgia United States President Donald Trump has been accused of undermining the electoral process in Georgia by sharing and amplifying false claims. 05/01/2021
Kosovo Kosovo to hold unprecedented early election after court ruling The country's constitutional court ruled that fresh elections were needed after invaliding the current government installed in June. The lawmaker who cast the deciding vote in its favour to rule the country is now in prison. 22/12/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian city of Mostar holds first local elections in 12 years Residents have watched the infrastructure around them crumble while local political and ethnic forces quarrel over who gets to run the city. 21/12/2020
The Cube What misinformation is there on social media about US voter fraud? As the votes are being counted, misinformation circulating on social media surrounding voter fraud is rife. 05/11/2020
The Cube Pennsylvania becomes hub of US election misinformation Unfounded claims had alleged that "illegal electioneering" had taken place at many polling booths across the crucial swing state. 04/11/2020
Uncovering Europe Why don't more countries follow Estonia and hold elections online? Only one country in the world has implemented an online voting system for its entire electorate: Estonia. 02/11/2020
Georgia Georgia's ruling party wins parliamentary vote, opposition cries foul The electoral commission said on Sunday that the ruling Georgian Dream party had gathered more than 48 per cent of the vote, but the opposition has accused it of "blatantly stealing the election". 31/10/2020
Uncovering Europe Why Georgia's elections could be make or break for its democracy With a return of heavyweight politicians, a global pandemic, malign external influences and the inauguration of a newly-reformed electoral system, Georgia's parliamentary elections are set to be a crucial test for the country. 30/10/2020
Uncovering Europe Moldova elections: Everything you need to know In 2016, just 70,000 votes separated Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu. In 2020, it could be even closer. 29/10/2020
View Georgia’s potential at risk because of creeping Russian influence and private interests ǀ View With elections looming at the weekend, Georgia's political and economic progress to date could be at the stake as it comes under increasing pressure from private interests and malign Russian influence. 29/10/2020
Germany Greens win mayoral runoffs in Germany's most populous state Germany's Greens won several mayoral races in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state. 27/09/2020
View With power within reach, this is what Montenegro's new coalition government needs to do first ǀ View Montenegro's opposition is on the cusp on forging a historic coalition, ending nearly 30 years of rule by the country's Democratic Socialists. There is a lot on the agenda to turn the country around. 10/09/2020
View Montenegro is heading the same way as Belarus. Not enough is being done to avoid disaster ǀ View As Montenegrins go to the polls on Sunday, the spectre of a second Belarus is rearing its head. Can the EU avoid the same unrest and chaos by acting sooner? 29/08/2020
Germany XXL Bundestag: Opposition slams plan to halt growing German parliament Opposition MPs slammed plans put forward by Merkel's governing coalition as "unambitious and feeble," adding they "won't prevent the Bundestag growing.” 26/08/2020
Croatia Croatia's parliament approves new government after June election Top of the agenda for incumbent Andrej Plenković's new government is the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on Croatia's economy, particularly its hard-hit tourism industry. 24/07/2020
Belarus Belarus opens criminal investigation into opposition protests Amnesty International said police sought to disperse "peaceful gatherings" with "excessive and unnecessary use of force". 15/07/2020
Poland Race to be Poland's next president: Who is Rafał Trzaskowski? Poland’s incumbent president Andrzej Duda topped the first round in the presidential election on Sunday, but now faces a run-off against the Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski on July 12. 10/07/2020
France Three months later than planned, France set to finish local elections The first round of the French local election was maintained despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The next day, the country went on lockdown. Now the second round is being held on 28 June. 28/06/2020
France France announces new date for second round of local elections The elections will take place with health and social distancing measures in place, France's Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said. 22/05/2020
Poland Poland's all-postal election 'undermines democracy', warns HRW Poland's government has moved ahead with plans to hold the presidential election on May 10 via a new mail-in system. Human Rights Watch says the moved would not deliver "free, and fair" elections. 28/04/2020
Unreported Europe The rise of the far-right in France Unreported Europe hears that unemployment, corruption and frustration are fueling the rise of the right in the French city of Hénin-Beaumont. 27/03/2020
