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German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
BERLIN - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on...
Dec 28, 20242 min read
Facts-Germany's election in polls, parties and policy debates
BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Ghana electoral commission declares ex-President Mahama election winner
ACCRA - Ghana's electoral commission on Monday declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday's...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Ghana's former President Mahama wins election
ACCRA - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential...
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Facts-What happens after Romania's parliamentary election?
BUCHAREST - Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, one week after an independent far-right candidate won the most votes in...
Dec 1, 20243 min read
Ireland's tradition of welcoming migrants under strain in election
BALLAGHADERREEN, Ireland - In the small Irish market town of Ballaghaderreen, a long-standing welcome to immigrants is fraying badly...
Nov 28, 20243 min read
Facts-Who is Romania's surprise hard-right presidential candidate?
Calin Georgescu, a Romanian hard-right NATO critic, appeared in a dead heat with leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu after the first...
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Explainer-Protecting democracy, adjusting taxes - which German coalition plans could survive?
BERLIN - Germany's political parties agree on few things after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed last week following months of...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Irish PM kicks off election focussing on immigration, housing and Trump
DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris on Friday announced the formal start of the country's general election campaign, hoping to...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Moldova's Sandu promises to bring change after narrow runoff win
CHISINAU - Moldovan President Maia Sandu promised to ring the changes after narrowly winning a runoff presidential vote, an...
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Botswana voters kick out ruling party of nearly six decades
GABORONE - Botswana's voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger...
Nov 3, 20243 min read
Mozambique counts votes amid allegations of irregularities
MAPUTO - Votes were being counted by Mozambique's national election authorities on Thursday as civil society monitors were compiling a...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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