Bulgaria Polls open for Bulgaria's third parliamentary election this year Bulgaria's third parliamentary election this year takes place with no early signs that the outcome could end the country's political uncertainty. 14/11/2021
world news Algerian opposition urges election boycott over protest repression The Algerian pro-democracy group Hirak is calling for voters to boycott legislative elections over a crackdown on opposition protests. 12/06/2021
Europe News Netherlands election: Brexit fires Dutch debate over its place in EU As voters head to the polls in the Netherlands this week, the country's place in the EU has sparked intense debate. 15/03/2021
Moldova Explainer: Moldova mulls Moscow or Brussels as voters head to polls “This election is important because it will test the sustainability of the EU’s popularity in Moldova, or it could revive the Russian influence.” 22/02/2019
world news Guinea-Bissau to hold delayed elections Former Portuguese colony has been in political deadlock since 2015 17/02/2019
World Is Austria heading towards an ultra-conservative coalition? This Sunday October 15 the Austrian people will be casting their votes in a parliamentary election. 12/10/2017
Norway Norway votes in knife-edge election Norway will soon know who will lead the country for the next four years. 11/09/2017
Germany Could Schulz win? German poll offers Merkel challenger hope The voter survey indicates that nearly half of Germans are still undecided ahead of the September 24 election 23/08/2017
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: Brexit talks to start on June 19? This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 12/06/2017
France Macron set for second landslide La République en Marche takes 32.2% of the vote in the first round of voting in the French parliamentary elections 11/06/2017
Europe News The Brief from Brussels In this episode we examine the issues facing British voters ahead of the country's general election and the EU's plans to boost the bloc's military and defence strategy. 07/06/2017
France 'Party divisions' as far-right Marechal-Le Pen says she's quitting politics Marion Marechal-Le Pen – niece of Marine, who lost out in the race to become France’s next president – is to quit politics. 10/05/2017
France Ex-French PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday. 09/05/2017
France What's next for Macron? A looming parliamentary challenge As the eighth president of France's Fifth Republic, Macron has weeks before taking the reins of government and engineering a parliamentary majority. 08/05/2017
Armenia Republican party of president in lead in Armenian elections In Armenia, the ruling Republican party of the country’s president is in the lead after legislative elections on Sunday. 03/04/2017
Bulgaria Bulgaria's pro-EU party beats Moscow-leaning Socialists Political horse-trading to begin as Bulgaria's veteran politician Boiko Borisov seeks to form a government after winning election 27/03/2017
Montenegro Montenegro poll sees ruling party set to win most seats but coalition likely Results in Montenegro’s general election are pointing to a win for Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and his pro-Western, Democratic Party of Socialists. 17/10/2016
Germany Raising retirement to 69 is "stupid" says German vice-chancellor A proposal by Germany's Bundesbank to raise the national retirement age to 69 by 2060 has sparked heated debate in the country. 16/08/2016
Spain Spain's political parties consider coalition, but not with Rajoy Mariano Rajoy’s Popular Party may have won the most seats in Spain’s second general election in a little over six months, but it still falls short of the 176 needed for an outright… 27/06/2016
World Spanish go to polls again but similar inconclusive result expected on Sunday For six months the Spanish have struggled in vain to form a new government after two new parties smashed the two-party system back in December. Having failed, voters now have to try again to elect a n 23/06/2016
Central African Republic CAR: elections annulled in strife-torn country But who are the two candidates for the presidential run-off? 25/01/2016
world news Spain's future unclear as Rajoy loses majority The political duopoly that has ruled Spain for decades has been broken as new parties split the vote in the country’s general election. Although 21/12/2015
Poland Beata Szydlo confirmed as Poland's new prime minister Poland’s new prime minister has been officially confirmed as Beata Szydlo from the right-wing Law and Justice party. In last month’s election the 13/11/2015
Turkey Turkish election victory promises major challenges for Davutoğlu A pious, pan-Islamist, moderate conservative, Ahmet Davutoğlu beat election predictions with a gentle style. In Konya Province, in the central 02/11/2015
Turkey Turkey: will peace talks follow poll? The streets of Diyarbakir are quiet, despite the result of Sunday’s general election in Turkey. It is marked contrast from the poll in June, when the 02/11/2015
Turkey Erdogan calls on world to accept AKP election victory in Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for unity in Turkey and for the world to accept the election victory of the party he founded. 02/11/2015
