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Early voting starts in Myanmar poll after activists are arrested for Facebook posts

Early voting has begun in Myanmar’s historic election. Expats in Thailand lined up to cast their ballots on Saturday at their county’s embassy in

Turkey

Erdogan visits scene of Ankara twin bomb attack for first time

Turkey’s president has visited the scene of a twin bomb attack in Ankara for the first time. Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid flowers where 97 people were

World

Turkey must set its own policy to face the Syrian crisis -HDP leader

Ahead of Turkey's general elections scheduled on November 1, euronews spoke to Selahattin Demirtas, co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Portugal

Portuguese elections: when, how and what

What is happening and when? The polls open on October 4 at 9:00 local time (11am CET) and close at 7pm on the mainland (9pm CET), when exit polls

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World

Why Greeks are voting sooner than planned

Why is debt-strapped Greece holding early elections? Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pushed lenders for better terms, failed, then conceded

Turkey

Turkish election "impossible" as violence spreads

Turkey’s chances of holding an election in November are “becoming impossible” because of growing unrest, according to the head of the pro-Kurdish

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi calls on the world to monitor Myanmar's general election

As official campaigning starts in Myanmar’s long-awaited general election the leader of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi is

Turkey

Turkey heading towards new elections after coalition talks fail

Early elections for Turkey as President Erodgan favours forming an interim government of his own before the vote: Reportedly speaking to an academic

Sri Lanka

Will ex-President Rajapaksa return to power in Sri Lanka general election?

Voting is underway in Sri Lanka’s general election which is being widely seen as a test of a comeback bid by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Myanmar

Myanmar's 'free' election struggles to distance dictatorship

Hope for change in Myanmar is approaching a crucial test. The Southeast Asian nation is preparing for the first free national ballot since 1990. The

Luxembourg

Luxembourg votes for no change to electoral role

Luxemburgers have rejected, by referendums, key changes to their voting rules. The Grand Duchy said no to allowing foreign residents to vote in their

Turkey

Voting begins in Turkey's parliamentary election

Polling booths in Turkey opened at 8 o’clock Sunday morning, local time, in what is expected to be the closest parliamentary election for more than a

Mexico

Violent clashes ahead of Mexico's mid-term elections

A day ahead of midterm elections in Mexico anti-Government protesters have violently clashed with police. The government has moved some 40,000

Turkey

Turkey can 'count on a repeat' of upcoming watershed election

Twelve years of unimpeachable dominance by the ruling AK Party will come to an end in Turkey after this Thursday’s elections — or maybe not. The

My Europe Series

"Frustration, mistrust and disappointment" - Turkey's strained ties with Europe

Turkey’s elections on June 7th will be a key test of the country’s democracy and its bid to join the EU. A crackdown on dissent has worried Brussels

Turkey

Turkish government majority unsure ahead of national poll

In Turkey’s general elections on June 7th, 19 parties will be competing for votes. These will include communists, liberals, Islamists and former

United Kingdom

[As it happened] Tories' election win triggers rivals' resignations

David Cameron’s Conservatives won an unexpectedly big victory in the UK’s general election, after nationalists took hold in Scotland. It was

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson evades media scrum at polling station

Boris Johnson may have hoped to amble quietly to the polling station to cast his ballot in his Islington consitituency in north London, but it turned

United Kingdom

A nail-biting finish in the UK election race, with a hung parliament expected

The incumbent British Prime Minister David Cameron put on a brave face as he turned out to vote in the UK’s most unpredictable election in decades

United Kingdom

UK election system bodes complex outcome

UK elections used to be simple. On the whole people would vote for one of the two main parties, and newspapers would grandly state which one they