A big win for the pro-Europeans in Moldova after their close shave a fortnight ago. Also updates from Britain, Austria and Georgia.
Author: Charles Richardson
Results from the borderlands
Checking on the weekend's election results from Georgia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.
Japanese voters lose patience
Japan's government is struggling to hang on after an early election backfires yet again.
Queensland Labor goes down
Queensland has a new government today, after the opinion polls were shown to have been on the right track.
Election preview: Queensland
Queensland votes tomorrow in an election that looks a bit closer than originally expected.
Big test on the Russian borderlands, part 2
Another three former Russian dependencies go to the polls at the weekend, with varying democratic prospects.
Big test on the Russian borderlands, part 1
An expectedly strong showing by the pro-Russian forces has put Moldova's European ambitions in doubt. A similar contest will be fought out in Georgia on Sunday.
October election roundup
Electoral news from around the world: this month, Iceland, Mozambique, Kiribati and Indonesia.
Local elections in Australia
Canberra votes tomorrow for its local or territorial government; meanwhile Victorians are voting in a much less democratic exercise.
Who lost the Chagos?
Britain agrees to yield its Indian Ocean territory to Mauritius, but the Conservatives aren't happy about it.
The World is Not Enough 