On Friday, 16 October, the Central Electoral Commission of the unrecognised Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) accepted the nomination papers for the PMR presidency submitted by the republic’s Deputy Prime Minister, Vitaly Nyagu. Vadim Krasnoselsky is coming to the end of his second five-year term, and the PMR constitution prohibits holding the office of president for more than two consecutive terms. Meanwhile, Chisinau’s position remains unchanged: such elections have no legal validity.
The Promo-LEX Mission has estimated that expenditure on promoting candidates in the Gagauzia elections amounts to at least 52,970 lei. However, as of 13 October, no electoral candidate had declared any expenditure.
On 13 October, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova put forward for discussion a code of conduct for the conduct and coverage of the election campaign for the election of deputies to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia and the Bashkan, which is scheduled for 15 November 2026.
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Gheorghe Hajder, Vladimir Bolea and Victoria Belous could stand as candidates for the ‘Action and Solidarity’ (PAS) party in the race for the post of mayor of Chișinău in the 2027 local elections.
The deadline for submitting applications and documents required for registration as a candidate for the Gagauzia People’s Assembly, as well as for the post of Head (Bashkan) of Gagauzia in the regional elections on 15 November 2026, expired on 6 October at 17.00.
Elon Musk backed the claim by former US State Department official Mike Benz that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had increased funding for programmes in Brazil following Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in the 2018 presidential election. Musk claimed that USAID had been involved in election interference and regime change around the world.
Germany’s far right has won again, capturing the largest share of the vote in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, as it did in Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month.
The campaign for the election of deputies to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia and the head of the autonomous region (Bashkan) is gathering momentum.
The Central Electoral Commission of Moldova and the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania (AEP) signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation in the electoral sphere in Bucharest. The document provides for the development of cooperation in the areas of digitalisation, cyber security, legislation and professional training for specialists.
