Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced the dissolution of parliament and early general elections for 29 November 2026. He made the announcement on Monday in a statement from the Moncloa Palace, after the Congress of Deputies rejected two government decrees on housing. Sánchez said he had first informed King...
Sweden records record number of challenges to parliamentary election results
Sweden has registered a record number of challenges to the results of the parliamentary elections held on 13 September 2026. More than 800 appeals have already been registered with the parliamentary Election Review Board (Valprövningsnämnden). About 9,000 more submissions are still being processed. The previous record was set after the...
Thousands of fake X accounts uncovered ahead of Sweden’s elections
Ahead of Sweden’s parliamentary and local elections, which took place on 13 September 2026, researchers identified a large network of inauthentic accounts on the social network X. The finding was reported by the analytics firm Trollrensics and the organization Alliance4Europe in a joint investigation with Swedish public broadcaster SVT. According...
Serbian president dissolves parliament and calls snap elections
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has signed decrees dissolving the current parliament and calling early parliamentary elections for 25 October 2026. He announced the decision in a televised address and then signed the documents live on air. The move followed a request from the government, which asked the president on 7...
Italian foreign minister warns of possible Russian attempts to influence elections in Italy and across Europe
Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said he does not rule out attempts by Russia to interfere in democratic processes in European Union countries, including efforts to influence elections in Italy. He made the remarks on September 2 in Ireland as he arrived for an informal meeting...