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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian city of Mostar holds first local elections in 12 years

Residents have watched the infrastructure around them crumble while local political and ethnic forces quarrel over who gets to run the city.

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Rivals groups fight over mayoral office ahead of Bolivian election

Police disperse and detain people supporting either Cochabamba's mayor-elect Jose Maria Leyes or his substitute Mayor Ivan Telleria.

Romania

Romania votes in local elections as prelude to General Election

Romania's minority National Liberal Party government, in power since December, is undergoing a test of its strength ahead of December's General Election in local elections. The Social Democratic Party fell from power following allegations of corruption and years of anti-corruption protests.

France

Can France's Green Party recreate their success on the national stage?

The Green Party won several big cities in France's recent municipal elections but it remains to be seen if the party is able to continue that success nationally.

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France

Green wave as environmentalists win key French cities

It came amid a record abstention rate of 59% across the country.

France

Macron's Paris mayoral candidate quits after sex video publication

Benjamin Griveaux withdrew from the race on Friday saying he didn't want to put his family at risk.

Hungary

Hungarians vote in local elections

Hungarians are voting in local elections which may challenge the dominance of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's dominant right-wing Fidesz party.

Albania

Tensions rise in Albania two days before disputed municipal elections

Tensions are rising in Albania two days before municipal elections are due to be held, with President Ilir Meta and Prime Minister Edi Rama at odds over the date

Turkey

Istanbul's mayoral candidates battle it out in rare TV debate

The three-hour event debate between AKP candidate Binali Yildirim and the opposition's Ekrem Imamoglu was one of the first of its kind in Turkey in nearly two decades.

Greece

Doctor and independent Moses Elisaf is Greece's first Jewish mayor

Doctor, academic and independent politician Moses Elisaf is the newly-elected Mayor of Ioannina in north-west Greece and the country's first Jewish mayor

Greece

Greece's New Democracy party triumphant in local and regional elections

Greece's main opposition New Democracy party was triumphant after the second round of local and regional elections concluded on Sunday

United Kingdom

Key local elections across the UK

Key local elections across the UK

Italy

5-star women: the new female mayors of Rome and Turin

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) was trounced by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in local elections in Rome and Turin on Sunday, throwing further doubt over his chanc

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Rome elects first female mayor as 5-Star party gains ground

Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement won elections in Rome and Turin in a populist surge giving the Italian capital its first female mayor The victory for Virginia Raggi is a blow to Prime

Italy

Renzi faces key test as Italy elects new mayors

Millions of Italians go to the polls today to choose mayors in the country’s largest cities.

Italy

Renzi on course to lose Rome in Italian local elections

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s governing Democratic Party looks to have avoided embarrassment in local elections in Italy, although the anti-establishment Five-Star party’s Virginia Raggi is ahead in

Italy

Matteo Renzi's popularity is tested as Italy goes to the polls in mayoral elections

All eyes are on Matteo Renzi as some of Italy’s largest cities vote in mayoral elections widely considered a popularity test for the prime minister and secretary of the Democratic…

Italy

All eyes on Rome as Italian cities vote for mayors

Local elections are being held across Italy with dozens of cities voting for mayors.

United Kingdom

Sadiq Khan set to become London's first Muslim mayor

It seems London’s getting its first Muslim mayor. According to British media reports, Sadiq Khan – the son of a bus driver – has won the capital’s

United Kingdom

Labour election losses in Scotland deliver big blow to Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition Labour Party has lost ground in local elections in England according to incomplete results on Friday morning but it is