vote buying

Prosecutors are examining pre-marked ballots after a Left Party newcomer won a Riksdag seat; a re-run could tilt the election result to the right

Campaigns routinely promise tax cuts, spending programs, or benefit expansions that take effect after an election

Russia’s military intelligence organised training programmes in the summer of 2025 at a resort in western Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and near Moscow

Accusations of staged electoral manipulation fly while both ruling party and challengers intensify street-level mobilisation

More than 2,100 volunteers, known as “watchmen” fanned out across the country to monitor polling areas using radical transparency - filming openly and broadcasting live

The Gurov team is channeling the momentum of the protests into concrete actions. But will this effort continue?

The revelations come days after the release of a documentary which alleges that Fidesz-linked networks systematically target up to 500,000 impoverished voters

These were the first significant local elections in Serbia in 2026, seen as an important test of strength ahead of future national votes

Delyan Peevski - sanctioned for corruption and facing expected political marginalization - files a complaint against the interim government’s efforts to curb vote-buying

More than three decades after Bulgaria's first democratic elections in 1990, vote-buying and controlled voting remain a substantial problem for electoral integrity

A government including judges, prosecutors and civic experts seeks to rebuild legitimacy in a country gripped by distrust of institutions

The current administration is pushing to retain paper ballots, while the opposition demands 100% machine voting with electronic tabulation of results