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Marriage equality comes to Greece

Greece votes to legalise same-sex marriage, with – most unusually – majority support from its centre-right governing party.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Political issues Leave a comment 19 February 202419 February 2024

No surprise in Indonesia

Controversial Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto has won the presidency at his third attempt.

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Charles Richardson Elections, South-East Asia 3 Comments 16 February 2024

Tasmania repeats

Tasmania's premier follows the same script as his predecessor and calls an early election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 15 February 202415 February 2024

Election preview: Indonesia

Indonesian democracy looks to be in for a testing time, with a general with an unsavory background strongly favored to be the next president.

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Pakistan’s election hangover

Former prime minister Imran Khan scores a better than expected result in Pakistan's election, but his prospects for a return to power are murky at best.

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Trump at the Supreme Court

Donald Trump looks like being on the ballot for this year's election, but his efforts to halt his criminal trials are not going well.

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Pakistan tries again

Today's election in Pakistan is overshadowed by the military's vendetta against former prime minister Imran Khan.

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El Salvador & Guatemala

It's one step back and two steps forward in Central America with an election in El Salvador and an inauguration in Guatemala.

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Primary season gets confusing

Democrats voted at the weekend in South Carolina, and Nevada Republicans will vote this week – twice.

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Shoring up the monarchy in Thailand

Thailand's constitutional court tries to protect the monarchy by outlawing dissent, in a move that's liable to backfire.

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