The leader of There Is Such a People, Slavi Trifonov, announced today that his party will be taking on the responsibility of governing Bulgaria alone, as the 'protest' parties lack the necessary majority. Using the TV channel 7/8 as a platform, he thanked voters for their support.

With 95.22% of electoral commission reports processed, the GERB-UDF coalition has 23.91% of the votes cast in the parliamentary elections held on 11 July, the Central Electoral Commission announced.

Polling stations in Moldova opened on 7 am Sunday morning and will close at 9 pm with voters eager to choose the new parliament after the previous one was dissolved by President Maia Sandu in attempt to strengthen her position against pro-Russia political forces, news wires reported.

Bulgaria holds today snap parliamentary elections after the last vote in April proved indecisive and a government was not formed, news wires reported. Up to 5 million people are eligible to vote, but due to the summer holiday season no more than 50% of them are expected to go to the polls.

Former European Council President Donald Tusk is set to make his way back to active Poland political life. Tusk is the main nomination for political leader of the opposition, Reuters elaborated. The Civic Platform hopes that Tusk will contribute for a major push in the party’s position. Tusk is one of the founders of the liberal movement known for its pro-European orientation.

Sweden moved closer to a snap election on Monday after attempts to form a government by both the centre-left and centre-right blocs failed and left PM Stefan Lofven until the end of the day to resign or call a national vote, news wires reported. "The decision that will shake up Swedish politics," daily Dagens Nyheter said in its front page.

The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) determined on Saturday where and how many polling stations will be set up abroad for the 11 July snap parliamentary elections.

Finland’s local elections Sunday are seen as the first test for its popular young Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who took office 18 months ago shortly before the pandemic and whose party is behind in the polls. The vote to renew local councils in Finland’s more than 300 municipalities, from the northern Lapland region to the autonomous territory of Aland Islands in the south, is viewed as a key indicator of parties’ popularity ahead of the country’s 2023 parliamentary election.

Algerians vote on Saturday in early parliamentary elections amid a huge wave of scepticism from citizens and calls for a boycott by an influential protest movement. 

Hungary's populist premier flagged a hike in the minimum wage on Thursday and reaffirmed plans for a large tax refund to families in 2022, launching his campaign for next year's election that is shaping up as a competitive race for the first time in a decade, Reuters reports.