English

More about this topic

Canada

Canada PM Stephen Harper announces October 19 election

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has called a parliamentary election for October .. kicking off a marathon eleven-week campaign. He announced

Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM 'to hold early elections' in effort to ease political tensions

After eight hours of EU-brokered talks, political leaders in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have come to an initial deal on early

Greece

Ex-PM launches new party three weeks ahead of elections in Greece

Back with a vengeance, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has delivered a rallying cry for his newly created left-leaning party Movement

Greece

Is Greece's Syriza a paper tiger that will be tamed by government?

Is Greece about to face the music or can a new government get Brussels to change its tune? The last four years have seen the nation lurch from one

ADVERTISEMENT

Greece

Greek PM dissolves parliament ahead of snap elections

Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has requested that the Greek parliament be dissolved. This following parliament’s failure to choose a new

Greece

Syriza leader Tsipras says Greeks not foreign interests should decide future

The Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has told supporters in Athens it’s time for the people, not foreign interests, to determine their future –

Greece

Early Greek general election 'was inevitable'

In a move some fear could jeopardise Greece’s international bailout, parliament has failed to choose a new president, rejecting the ruling

Greece

Doubts over Greek bailout as PM forced to call snap election

Greece is facing a snap election after MPs failed to elect a new president in a tight parliamentary ballot

Greece

Election rhetoric already flying in Greece ahead of forced snap election

Electioneering has already begun in Greece, with the leader of the Syriza party saying the days of a Samaras government are numbered.

Greece

Greece faces snap election after MPs fail to elect a new president

Greek MPS have failed to elect a new president, meaning the country now faces a snap election

Greece

Greece facing fresh general election after MPs fail to choose president

Israel

Knesset dissolves itself ahead of March elections

Israel's Knesset votes to dissolve itself ahead of a March general election following the sacking of two government ministers

Sweden

Snap election in Sweden after new government's first budget is defeated

Sweden is set to go to the polls on March 22 next year in a snap election called after the centre-left minority government lost a budget vote in parliament.

Spain

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Barcelona declares Catalan independence vote a "failure"

Namibia

Namibia goes to the polls in Africa's first electronic election

Japan

Japan parliament dissolved for snap election

Bulgaria

Rocked by protests, Bulgarian president hints at new elections

World

Greece in paralysis of uncertainty