An indecisive election result puts Bulgaria into limbo, but the media don't bother telling people anything useful about it.
Author: Charles Richardson
A quick update on Bulgaria
How to read Bulgarian election results.
A vote for stability in Pakistan
There were no big surprises in Pakistan's election, but the peaceful transfer of power to Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League is itself a major step towards modernisation.
Election preview: Bulgaria
Bulgaria votes for a new parliament on Sunday, with opinion polls showing a close race between the centre-right and its social democratic opposition.
Election preview: Pakistan
Pakistan votes tomorrow in an election that, for all its violence and unpredictability, marks an important milestone on the democratic road.
Hawking, boycotts and the settlements
Physicist Stephen Hawking has decided not to go to a conference in Israel. The Israelis think they're being unfairly picked on.
Federalism and local government
The Gillard government wants the constitutional power to fund local government directly. Here's why that's a bad idea.
Better news at last for Syria
John Kerry goes to Moscow and emerges with some hopeful news for Syria. There's a long way to go, but at least the essential first step has been taken.
Republicans still fighting the Civil War
A new NRA president is the cue for another look at the Republican Party's debt to the deep south.
A new old president for Polynesia
Veteran anti-independence leader Gaston Flosse is back in charge in French Polynesia, but ongoing corruption charges mean that his tenure is far from assured.
The World is Not Enough 