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Republic of North Macedonia

Voting gets underway in North Macedonia's Presidential elections

Social Democratic Union candidate Stevo Pendarovski and his main rival from the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, Gordana Siljanovska have mostly focused on this year's name deal with neighbouring Greece, which will allow North Macedonia, previously known as Macedonia, to join NATO and the EU,

05/05/2019

Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonia elects government-supported candidate as new president

The presidential candidate backed by North Macedonia's ruling party has won Sunday's election, taking 51.66% of the vote.

03/05/2019

World News

North Macedonia pro-Western candidate wins first round of elections

Stevo Pendarovski, North Macedonia’s pro-Western candidate narrowly won the first round of a presidential vote, a year after the country saw a controversial name change.

21/04/2019

World

Political newcomers win majority of votes in weekend of elections

Following elections in Ukraine and Slovakia over the weekend, two unlikely candidates have made their way to the top of the polls.

01/04/2019

World News

Anti-corruption campaigner on course for surprise win in Slovakia's presidential election

Voters have had enough of the ruling Smer party and just last year there mass protests broke out after a journalist was assassinated.

16/03/2019

Ukraine

Ukrainian police officers clash with far-right protesters, injuring 15

More than a dozen Ukrainian police officers were injured during a clash with far-right protesters at a campaign even for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday

09/03/2019

USA

Sanders kicks off 2020 presidential campaign

Sanders kicks off 2020 presidential campaign with denunciation of Trump as "most dangerous president in modern American history."

03/03/2019

World News

Algerian protesters demand their ailing president steps down

Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013 and is rarely seen in public.

02/03/2019

USA

Euroviews. Bernie Sanders had it easy in 2016. That won't happen in 2020 ǀ View

The media didn't consider him a real contender the last time, so what press he got was largely positive. That's about to change.

20/02/2019

World News

Nigeria: presidential election postponed for a week

The electoral commission made the decision to delay the election vote just 5 hours before the scheduled opening of the polls.

16/02/2019

USA

Trump's first GOP presidential challenger emerges

Bill Weld has become the first Republican to challenge Donald Trump for the party's 2020 presidential nomination.

15/02/2019

USA

Senator Amy Klobucher launches bid for Democrat nomination

Amy Klobucher becomes the latest candidate to join the race for the 2020 US presidential nomination.

11/02/2019

El Salvador

El Salvador: A 'millenial' mayor the favourite to win elections

It's the first time since the 1992 peace accords that dominating political parties could lose the elections against a young candidate with no political ideology.

01/02/2019

Ukraine

Meet the man crowdfunding his bid to be Ukraine’s next president

He's trying to raise around €78,000 in under a fortnight.

01/02/2019

Colombia

Colombians vote in high-stakes presidential election

Colombians head to the polls in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday

26/05/2018

Venezuela

Despite fraud claims & low turnout Venezuela's Socialists claim victory

But few show great enthusiasm for another six years of Nicolas Maduro as President.

21/05/2018

Montenegro

Polls close in Montenegro presidential election

The ballot is a test of former Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's decision to join the Western military alliance. His party leads in the opinion polls.

15/04/2018

USA

Manafort and Gates face new charges

The special counsel in the Russia probe has filed new criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, stepping up pressure in a legal battle that started last year

23/02/2018

Egypt

Egypt detains last major challenger to Sisi's reelection

The army says former military chief of staff Sami Anan broke the law by running for president without permission.

24/01/2018

Czech Republic

Russia-friendly Czech president faces pro-EU rival in run-off

President Milos Zeman came out on top in the first round of voting but he will face a strong challenge from academic Jiri Drahos in a head-to-head later this month

14/01/2018