Poland Poland's presidential election is valid, rules country's top court The decision follows a challenge to Andrzej Duda's re-election from the opposition Civic Platform party, alleging numerous irregularities. 03/08/2020
Belarus Prominent opposition figure flees Belarus amid arrest fears Valery Tsepkalo was one of the main opposition candidates in the upcoming Belarus presidential election before he was barred from running. 29/07/2020
Belarus Who is making sure Belarus' presidential election is free and fair? Concerns are mounting over the transparency of a presidential election in Belarus next month. The campaign has been marked by a crackdown on opposition figures, with rivals of incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko banned from running. 23/07/2020
Poland Five takeaways from the Polish presidential election Poland re-elected incumbent president Andrzej Duda in a tight second round. Here are five takeaways from the election. 13/07/2020
Poland How the far-right could be kingmaker in Poland's presidential election You might think Poland's far-right will flock to support incumbent Andrzej Duda. But it's more complex than that. 10/07/2020
View LGBT+ civil rights hang in the balance in Poland’s knife-edge presidential election ǀ View With polls too close to call, Poland's presidential runoff election could seal the fate of the country's LGBT+ community and their civil rights. 09/07/2020
Poland Polish presidential poll on a knife edge between Duda & pro-EU hopeful Who do you think will triumph? 09/07/2020
Belarus Belarus presidential hopeful barred as Lukashenko election rivals cut "It is just a matter of time and means when all the main candidates and challengers of the incumbent president [Lukashenko] will be pushed out of the race.” 01/07/2020
Poland Analysis: What's at stake in Poland's presidential runoff? Duda is running for a second term as Polish president while Warsaw mayor Trzaskowski has seen his stock rise in recent months. 28/06/2020
USA Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over music at reelection rallies Donald Trump has used music by the Rolling Stones during his campaign rallies, most recently playing their songs in Tulsa. 28/06/2020
world news Analysis: Will Poland's election postponement help the opposition? Support for Andrzej Duda, who is running for a second term as Poland's president, has fallen in recent weeks. 26/06/2020
Belarus Multiple arrests in Belarus rallies following Babariko detention Viktor Babariko was questioned over tax evasion and money laundering allegations and denounced the action as intimidation. 19/06/2020
Poland LGBT campaigners denounce President Duda's comments on "communism" The Polish President claimed the LGBT 'ideology' is more harmful than communism during a campaign rally on Saturday, as he seeks re-election in the predominantly Catholic country. 15/06/2020
Belarus Belarus presidential election: Will the lights go out on Lukashenko? Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko faces several rivals in his bid for a sixth term at the August 9 election, but few expect him to lose his authoritarian grip on power. 12/06/2020
Belarus Opposition arrests as Belarus warms up for presidential election Alexander Lukashenko has been Belarus' president since 1994 and is seeking a sixth term when presidential elections take place on August 9. 03/06/2020
Poland Poland's presidential election cancelled with just four days to go With only four days to go, Poland's presidential election has been cancelled. The opposition had voiced fears about its legitimacy during the currrent pandemic and whether sufficient infrastructure for postal voting could be put in place in time. 06/05/2020
View First Hungary, now Poland. It’s time for Europeans to speak out against COVID-19 power grabs ǀ View If Hungary has become the European Union’s first coronavirus autocracy, Poland looks set to be the second. 15/04/2020
Croatia Croatia announces presidential election to be held on December 22 The Croatian prime minister has announced that a presidential election will be held later this year. 14/11/2019
no comment Hundreds arrested amid protests over Kazakhstan's new president Police in Kazakhstan have arrested scores of protesters upset over the election of the country's first new president in 30 years. 13/06/2019
Lithuania Prime minister to quit after losing in presidential election Prime Minister Skvernelis says he will step down in July after failing to reach the run-off in the country's presidential election 10/05/2019
world news Ukraine stadium election debate Ukraine's presidential election candidates have taken part in a stadium debate with polls showing TV comedian Volodmyr Zelensky ahead of Petro Poroshenko 20/04/2019
View Mueller and Barr have cleared Trump's path to the White House in 2020 ǀ View The special counsel's failure to prove collusion sends Trump forth onto the campaign trail with the ability to claim he was right all along. 25/03/2019
world news Mass protests in Algeria as defiant 82 year old president won't quit Hundreds of thousands of Algerians took to the streets of Algiers again on Friday to rally against their ailing 82 year old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. 23/03/2019
USA Beto O'Rourke announces he's running for president "The only way for us to live up to the promise of America is to give it our all and to give it for all of us," he said. 14/03/2019
USA Bernie Sanders launches second Democratic US presidential bid The senator from Vermont made the announcement in an email to supporters asking for 1 million people to sign up to start the effort. He previously mounted a fierce challenge to front-runner Hillary Clinton in the 2016 White House election campaign. 19/02/2019
world news Senator Elizabeth Warren enters 2020 US presidential race The Democrat Senator has made worker rights, fair wages and access to health care central to her campaign. 09/02/2019
