August 14, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Europe, usually posted on Wednesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

The 4th century Church of St. George in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mark Ahsmann (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Europe Elections

Bulgaria Snap Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024

Elitsa Simeonova and Ivan Bedrov, RFE/RL (August 12, 2024): Bulgaria’s Most Powerful Oligarch, Delyan Peevski, May Be Losing His Grip On Power

Euronews (August 9, 2024): Bulgaria appoints new caretaker prime minister two months after election

Reuters (August 5, 2024): Bulgaria heads to another snap election after parties fail to form government

Croatia Presidential Election: December 2024 (due)

BNE IntelliNews (August 12, 2024): Croatia’s troubled past becomes early presidential election issue

Past Europe Elections

Serbia Local Elections: June 2, 2024

Milica Stojanovic, Balkan Insight (August 13, 2024): Serbian Ruling Party Secures Control Over Third City After Long Struggle

Spain, Catalonia Regional Elections: May 12, 2024

Jakob Hanke Vela, Politico (August 11, 2024): Spain’s Sánchez outfoxes Puigdemont again: Spanish leader will be quietly delighted that the Catalan separatist is far away in Belgium, rather than in jail as a martyr

Paula Andrés, Politico (August 10, 2024): Puigdemont says he’s back in Belgium, as Catalonia welcomes new president

Al Jazeera (August 8, 2024): Socialist Salvador Illa elected leader of Spain’s Catalonia: Illa’s confirmation by Catalan parliament ends a decade of separatist regional rule in the northeastern Spanish region

AP (August 8, 2024): Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Spain — then vanishes again