CEC

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša met with representatives of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) on Friday. They discussed the global role of the EU, religious freedom and the ongoing pandemic, said the PM’s office and the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference (SŠK).

Voters living abroad were not able to start downloading ballot papers for Kosovo's snap general elections directly after midnight on Tuesday morning as promised, and the Central Election Commission CEC, has yet to upload the ballot paper so voters can access them.

 During a meeting between President Rumen Radev and the CEC leadership, CEC Chairman Andreev commented, that this cannot be done with an extended interpretation of the Electoral Code.

Conclusion of all was that the voting of the isolated voters with coronavirus cannot be regulated without changes in the Electoral Code.

The first round of local elections is over. At 9:00 pm, all sections were closed. This also applies to places where by 8:00 PM, when the election day officially ends, there were still people in front of the sections who wanted to exercise their right to vote. However, after 60 minutes, all such sections were closed, it became clear from the words of CEC spokesman Alexander Andreev to BNT.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has called for an investigation into claims that members of the national election commission, the CEC, suffered an allergic reaction after opening poisoned envelopes containing ballots cast in Serbia. He called for restraint until the probe finishes.

With 94% of the votes counted, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leads in none of Bulgaria's regions, the Central Electoral Commision (CEC) said on Monday.