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Stefan Yanev was appointed as Bulgaria's interim prime minister last month.

Bulgaria's interim PM urges government to double efforts on corruption

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Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karacsony (left), and prime minister Viktor Orban (right).

Budapest's liberal mayor announces election bid to oust Viktor Orbán

15/05/2021

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has appointed a caretaker government to lead the country until the next election.

President's ally is Bulgaria's caretaker PM ahead of July election

11/05/2021

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech, during the party's online conference from the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum on Tuesday, 22 September, 2020.

UK Labour leader shuffles team after disappointing elections

10/05/2021

Re-elected Mayor of London Sadiq Khan holds a speech after the result declaration at City Hall, in London, Saturday, May 8, 2021.

UK elections: London Mayor Sadiq Khan wins second term

09/05/2021

A couple walks past a sign for a Polling Station beside the marina in Hartlepool, north-east England on May 6, 2021

UK elections: Tories win Westminster seat in Hartlepool

07/05/2021

Boyko Borissov

Bulgaria to hold fresh elections in July after coalition talks fail

05/05/2021

People gather outside the conservative Popular Party's regional headquarters in Madrid, Spain

Conservatives claim victory in Madrid regional elections

04/05/2021

A counting agent in protective suit walks past officials during the counting of votes of Assam state assembly election in Gauhati, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021.

India's Modi takes electoral hit amid virus surge

03/05/2021

Scottish independence and pro-Union rallies take place in Glasgow

Scottish independence and pro-Union rallies take place in Glasgow

02/05/2021

Real Madrid's Marcelo takes a shot during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea on Tuesday.

Election duties mean Marcelo could miss Real Madrid-Chelsea semi-final

29/04/2021

Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto is standing as a candidate in Madrid's regional elections.

Spanish minister receives blood-stained knife amid election threats

28/04/2021

Voters arrive at a polling station in Bankya during this month's parliamentary elections.

New Bulgarian elections likely as opposition fails to form government

26/04/2021

Albanian elections seen as key milestone on road to EU membership

Albanian elections seen as key milestone on road to EU membership

24/04/2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a virtual meeting with federal state governors at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

German conservatives Laschet and Soeder both in race to succeed Merkel

11/04/2021

Members of the IA (Inuit Ataqatigiit) party celebrate following Tuesday's exit poll results in Nuuk.

Indigenous opposition party wins snap elections in Greenland

07/04/2021

Extra hygiene measures have been taken for the election during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dutch election: Rule change to accept wrongly sealed mail-in ballots

17/03/2021

Far-right social media accounts have claimed, without clear evidence, that the elections may be rigged.

Voter fraud claims show Dutch far-right 'copying Trump's playbook'

17/03/2021

A picture taken in The Hague, on February 18, 2021 shows an election board installed ahead of the parliamentary elections.

All you need to know about the Dutch general election

16/03/2021

Pablo Iglesias was a political novice before he emerged to lead the Podemos party.

Spain's deputy PM quits role to stand in Madrid election

15/03/2021

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a meeting with the Italian Cgil union, in Rome.

Brazil judge dismisses Lula convictions, paving way for election run

09/03/2021

Former law professor Benny Tai, who was arrested under Hong Kong's national security law, walking to a police station in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.

Hong Kong detains 47 activists in sweeping use of new security law

28/02/2021

Journalists Katsiaryna Andreyeva, right, and Daria Chultsova stand inside a defendants' cage in a court room in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.

Two Belarusian journalists jailed for two years for covering protest

18/02/2021

A masked voter places his ballot in a polling station in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Catalonia elections: Has the result made independence more likely?

Sunday's elections in Spain's Catalonia region gave separatists a boost in the regional parliament.

15/02/2021

Left-wing reformist party led by former PM Albin Kurti wins Kosovo election

Left-wing reformist party led by former PM Kurti wins Kosovo election

14/02/2021

CATALONIA ELECTIONS

Catalonia polls open under strict rules to keep voters safe from COVID

14/02/2021

An "estelada" or independence flag hangs on a balcony in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.

Could COVID-19 help oust pro-independence parties in Catalonia?

14/02/2021