Estonian e-election begins local government polls
In Estonia, the launch of electronic voting on Monday, October 11, has opened the election week to select councilwomen and councilmen for Estonian…
Category: Politics
After Czech election, President Zeman taken to hospital
In the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, opposition political block has won unexpectedly. After the vote, Czech President Miloš Zeman has been taken to…
Week in Lithuania: Pažaislis Monastery wins European reward, Lithuania U-turns on mandatory vaccination for some professions
Last week, the the top news in Lithuania were Pažaislis monastery being awarded a prestigious European reward, Lithuania rejecting mandatory vaccination for some…
Baltic, Polish defence and foreign ministers meet during Russian-Belarusian military drills
Baltic and Polish foreign and defence ministers met on their first joint meeting in Riga on Monday, September 13. On the background of…
Estonia proposes lifting restrictions on «vaccinated island»
In Estonia, a suggestion has been voiced by the Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to lift epidemiological restrictions in one of the country’s 15…
VK: people are easily swayed by disinformation about Covid-19 because they distrust state administration
The reason why some people in Latvia are easily swayed by disinformation about Covid-19 is the low level of of trust for the…
Battling money laundering, Latvian police arrest assets worth more than a billion euros this year
This year, Latvian State Police have arrested assets worth EUR 1.4 billion in efforts battling money laundering. Approximately EUR 47 million was declared…
Proposal to ban sanctioned former MPs from entering Saeima gains support
In the Latvian Saeima, the majority of its Legal Commission has conceptually backed the proposal by the New Conservative Party to ban former…
Poland in row with Brussels over primacy of each other’s law
The European Commission has expressed concern over the conclusion by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal that some articles of EU law have no primacy…
