Ukraine's ceasefire with its separatists has succeeded in stopping most of the fighting, but a permanent solution to the conflict still seems a long way off.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: still not looking like a real country
Elections at the weekend in Bosnia & Herzegovina show that ethnic division is still the overriding reality, despite some obvious public dissatisfaction.
Economics trumps language in Belgium
Belgium finally gets a new government: a centre-right pro-business coalition held together by economic policy rather than by linguistic consensus.
Election preview: Brazil
Tomorrow sees the first round of an interesting three-way contest for president of Brazil, which seems to have been transformed by a plane crash.
Election preview: French Senate
France's Socialist government is likely to lose its Senate majority on Sunday, but its longer-term future may depend on how well it can exploit internal divisions in the centre-right opposition.
New Zealand sticks with the centre-right
New Zealand prime minister John Key has been comfortably re-elected, but his country's voting system makes the result very different from what we would see in Australia.
Scotland almost live
Scotland votes decisively against reclaiming its independence.
Sweden follows the script
Sweden's new government will almost certainly be led by the Social Democrats, but the electorate has given them something less than an enthusiastic endorsement.
Election preview: Sweden
Sweden's Social Democrats are eyeing a likely return to power, but putting together a parliamentary majority may be difficult.
Change at the top in the EU
The European Union is getting a new head of state and foreign minister. The fact that they don't call them that is a symptom of the EU's problems.
The World is Not Enough 