A troubled country and a troubled pseudo-country both vote in presidential elections on Sunday: a first round in Bolivia and a second round in Northern Cyprus.
Category: Elections
Election preview: New Zealand
New Zealand is set to re-elect its centre-left government on Saturday, this time without its troublesome "populist" coalition partner.
October election updates
An occasional (usually monthly) feature. Today, news from Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium and Vienna.
Not just the presidency
Control of the House of Representatives will be an interesting issue in next month's US election: not in the usual way, but because of its strange potential role in choosing a president.
Election preview: Lithuania
Lithuania's centrist government seeks re-election on Sunday. The country's democracy is in good shape, but governments have difficulty lasting more than one term.
Into the final month
With a month to go till election day in the US, it's time for another look at what the polls are saying and how much that really tells us.
A new Catalan headache
The Spanish courts take a hand again on the Catalan issue, making compromise less likely and adding to the woes of the embattled prime minister.
Whither Belgium?
Belgium finally looks set for a new government, 16 months after its election, but it will have to deal with a deeply divided country.
Italy’s government looks a little more comfortable
Italy went to the polls at the weekend for a referendum and a number of regional elections. Results are mixed, but from the government's point of view could have been a lot worse.
Bulgarians in the streets
Protests in Bulgaria have so far been unsuccessful in securing the departure of its badly compromised leader. But electoral retribution may not be far off.
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