Ensuring transparent elections is a priority for Facebook, Jēkabs Straume, the head of Latvia's Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) said following a meeting with the social network’s representatives on April 13, reported Latvian Radio.
Latvia's interior police force, the Security Police, warn there are risks of cyber attacks prior to the parliamentary elections in the fall. Ints Ulmanis, deputy head of the Security Police, told LTV's De Facto March 19 that IT systems have to be well-prepared before the election, and that there may be website hacks and leaks of sensitive information as Latvia gears up for the October 6 election.
The Saskaņa (Harmony) party maintained its lead in the polls during February according to the latest data from the SKDS pollster produced for LTV.
In a March 6 interview with the Diena newspaper, Janis Sarts, the head of the Riga-based NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (StratComCOE), said that in comparison with attempts to hack into digital voting systems in the United States, France, the Netherlands and Ukraine, nothing like this can happen in Latvia due to the old-fashioned nature of the country's voting system.
Latvia's next parliamentary elections will take place on Saturday, October 6, the Central Election Commission (CVK) confirmed January 24.
Ethnic differences in voting preference are revealed by exit poll data that briefly sent the web aflutter on the eve of the June 3 municipal election suggesting that Harmony/Honor to Serve Riga had lost the 2017 municipal election, which it in fact won.
There's no doubt that foreign powers will try to influence Latvia's next parliamentary election, slated for autumn 2018, said Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on June 30 appearing on LTV.
On June 26 MP Andrejs Elksniņš (Harmony) was elected the mayor of Daugavpils. Another MP Rihards Eigims (Greens and Farmers Union) was elected vice-mayor.
The Latvian Security Police has received over 100 reports about possible violations during the recent local elections, the LETA newswire reported June 5.
Results of local elections released early on June 4 showed that in general the municipal landcsape will remain unchanged for the next four years.
June 3 sees Latvians going to the polls across the country for municipal-level elections.
11,000 people have signed for making Latvia's presidential election transparent, reported LSM's Latvian-language service.
A total 39,342 or 2.72% of the population eligible for voting cast an early vote in the municipal elections on May 31, according to data by the Central Election Committee.
While June 3 is designated polling day for local elections across Latvia, early voting commences on the evening of May 31. If you are an EU citizen and have been registered in the official population register for at least 90 days, you are entitled to vote too.
Another bombshell investigation by IT enthusiast blogger Jānis Polis looks into several self-styled news websites linked to Alberts Jodis, an advertising industry figure in Latvia. Many of Jodis' websites, which include a website laying a claim to being a news agency, have one thing in common - they vocally support long-standing Ventspils mayor Aivars Lembergs, often referred to as a leading 'oligarch', ahead of the municipal elections on June 3.
The battle lines for nationwide local elections to be held in across Latvia on June 3 can now be drawn after the deadline for the submission of candidates passed on April 24.
Political parties, including some unfamiliar names, have begun submitting candidate lists to the Central Electoral Commission ahead of local elections taking place June 3.
An SKDS opinion poll carried out in February says that the Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga's joint ticket for the upcoming municipal election would receive 43.3% of votes in Riga, well ahead of the competition, reported LTV on March 21.
The opposition party Regional Alliance (LRA) and the liberal Latvian Development (LA) party have put Saeima member Mārtiņš Bondars (LRA) forth as their joint Riga mayor candidate in the upcoming 2017 municipal elections. He was joined by a couple of local celebrities, reported Latvian Radio on February 16.
The latest poll of the popularity of political parties by the SKDS pollster shows a clear lead for the opposition Saskana (Harmony) party.
The battle for seats in local elections due to take place across Latvia on June 3 began February 3 with an official announcement by the Central Electoral Commission (CVK)
Latvian officials offered congratulations to US President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday following his remarkable victory at the polls.
The Unity (Vienotiba) political party, one of three int he current ruling coalition, will have to pay a €4,000 fine issued by the Corruption Combating and Prevention Bureau for election spending violations, however, the party will not lose state funding.
The Unity party has called on its coalition partners – the Union of Greens and Farmers and the National Alliance – to unite for a joint ticket for the upcoming 2017 local elections in Riga, the party’s representatives told the press Friday.