Despite the international fascination with Silvio Berlusconi, there is little sign of Italians being willing to award him a fourth term in office.
Category: Elections
No surprises in Ecuador
Rafael Correa has been comfortably re-elected as president of Ecuador. That's one less worry for Julian Assange.
Cyprus goes to a second round
Centre-right candidate Nicos Anastasiades is well ahead of his rivals after the first round of Cyprus's presidential election, and should be a shoo-in to win the runoff next Sunday.
Election preview: Ecuador
Ecuador also goes to the polls today, with a comfortable victory expected for leftist president Rafael Correa. Correa's two terms in office have been seen as a success, but there are concerns about creeping authoritarianism.
To catch a senator
Nick Xenophon is being deported from Malaysia – an occupational hazard for critics of foreign governments. Australia's response so far has been tepid.
Election preview: Cyprus
Cyprus's communist president is retiring, and his successor will face a big task in trying to reunify the divided country.
Israel throws the switch to security
Benjamin Netanyahu is about to embark on the task of building a new governing coalition. Good timing, then, that Israel's security concerns are in the headlines this week, rather than the possibly more troublesome domestic matters.
Australia gets used to fixed terms
The prime minister's election announcement shows up just how little flexibility she really had about the timing anyway. Australia has moved close to a fixed-term model without even trying.
Czechs get a new president
The new Czech president comes from the left but won the support of incumbent Václav Klaus as well as opponents of austerity. It's an interesting combination.
Jordan stays ahead of the revolution, so far
This week's election in Jordan was a less then fully democratic exercise. But King Abdullah II has so far succeeded in steering a moderate course through the perils of the Arab Spring.
The World is Not Enough 