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Europe’s extremists get together

Europe's racists and neo-fascists are climbing on the eurosceptic bandwagon. It might be a wild ride.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 3 Comments 14 November 2013

Maldives: yet another interrupted election

The continuing saga of the attempts to elect a new president in the Maldives.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections, Electoral law 3 Comments 11 November 2013

Virginia almost live

Virginia election results are very much as expected, as long as you know what you're looking for.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 2 Comments 6 November 2013

Why does a country want discontented citizens?

Local elections in Kosovo have demonstrated what should have been obvious already: that the Serbs of the country's north are not going to settle for anything less than being allowed to rejoin Serbia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, War and peace 1 Comment 5 November 201328 January 2022

Election preview: New Jersey and New York

Expect two landslide victories this week in New Jersey and New York City: one for a moderate Republican and one for a left-wing Democrat.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 1 Comment 4 November 2013

Election preview: Virginia

Virginia goes to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new governor, in a vote that more than usual seems to have national implications, especially for America's Republican Party.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 1 November 2013

Tadeusz Mazowiecki, RIP

Former Polish prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki died yesterday. His is a story worth remembering.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 1 Comment 29 October 201328 January 2022

Another one for the billionaires

Georgia elects a new president, completing the fall from power of Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement and increasing the influence of the country's billionaire prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 1 Comment 29 October 2013

Czechs swing to the centre

The new Czech parliament is going to be a difficult one to manage. It seems to be part of a general European move away from the established parties in the search for new solutions.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 28 October 2013

Election preview: Czech Republic

Czechs vote for a new government this weekend after losing their last one in a spy scandal. A fragmented parliament and a troublesome president look like creating an unstable combination.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 25 October 2013

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