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United Kingdom

UK election campaign suspended after Manchester attack

Campaigning ahead of the UK general election was immediately suspended after the attack in Manchester, which killed at least 22 people.

23/05/2017

World News

FYROM: caught between East and West

East and West have clashed over the result, with Moscow backing the former prime minister and the EU and the USA supporting the social-democrats.

26/04/2017

Austria

Can 'Trump effect' fuel far-right presidential win in Austria?

Taking hope from Donald Trump’s US election triumph, Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is eager to surf a tide of anti-establishment populism sweeping the West and win this Sund

29/11/2016

World News

France's surprise result: Francois Fillon wins Republican presidential primary

After the UK’s Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s US victory, it’s France’s turn for a shock result.

21/11/2016

France

France's ex-President Sarkozy backs Fillon after shock primary defeat

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has endorsed his rival Francois Fillon after his shock exit from the Republican presidential primary.

21/11/2016

France

Can Sarkozy make a comeback? French centre-right picks presidential candidate

With France’s presidential election just months away, parties are picking their candidates in US-style primaries.

20/11/2016

France

Can comeback kid Sarkozy really win in 2017?

It came as no great surprise to the French when their hyperactive former leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced he was going to run for the presidency again.

23/08/2016

World News

Theresa May has a clear lead in the UK leadership contest

May has won the first round of the contest to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and UK prime minister.

06/07/2016

United Kingdom

Fox eliminated, Crabb quits, May leads in Tory party leadership race

The first round of voting for the successor to David Cameron as leader of Britain’s governing Conservatives, and thus the new prime minster, has seen former Defence Minster Liam Fox eliminated, and Pe

06/07/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Fox the first to fall in Conservative leader race, May leads the field

Liam Fox is the first name to be scratched from the list of people fighting to become the next leader of the UK Conservative Party.

05/07/2016

Germany

Merkel faces call to resign amid migrant crisis criticism

A German right-wing party is calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to go, amid criticism of her handling of the migrant crisis. Eurosceptic

29/11/2015

Italy

Italian ministers speak out against racism

29/07/2013