Japan unexpectedly goes to the polls next month, with a faltering economy and an electoral system that's already been ruled unconstitutional.
Author: Charles Richardson
Romania gets a German president
Romania's voters show they don't want to give their prime minister a promotion, opting instead for an ethnic German from the centre-right.
Catalonia’s “yes” vote is just the beginning
No surprise that the "yes" vote won a big victory in Catalonia's independence referendum. The question is whether it was big enough to bring the central government to the negotiating table.
US midterm elections live (more or less) coverage
Regular updates on the US midterm elections, with Senate control still in doubt.
Two steps forward, one back in Tunisia
Tunisian voters deliver a check to the Islamists, opting instead for secular forces with a link to the authoritarian past. But it's good to have a choice.
Four elections in one day
A summary of yesterday's four elections, in Brazil, Ukraine, Tunisia and Uruguay.
Fragile ceasefire still holds in Ukraine
Ukraine's ceasefire with its separatists has succeeded in stopping most of the fighting, but a permanent solution to the conflict still seems a long way off.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: still not looking like a real country
Elections at the weekend in Bosnia & Herzegovina show that ethnic division is still the overriding reality, despite some obvious public dissatisfaction.
Economics trumps language in Belgium
Belgium finally gets a new government: a centre-right pro-business coalition held together by economic policy rather than by linguistic consensus.
Election preview: Brazil
Tomorrow sees the first round of an interesting three-way contest for president of Brazil, which seems to have been transformed by a plane crash.
The World is Not Enough 