Новости по теме Elections

Ex-finance minister Ghani bullish as Afghan election race begins He collected a meagre three percent of the vote last time, but Ashraf Ghani is not short of self-confidence, believing he will win elections in April and be a transformative president of Afghanistan.

16 October 2013

Azerbaijan leader triumphant but OSCE says poll flawed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Thursday secured a crushing election victory that saw his family prolong its decades-long rule but the US, EU and OSCE lent weight to opposition accusations of foul play.

11 October 2013

Brazil to host Internet governance summit next year Brazil, which has slammed massive US electronic spying on its territory, said Wednesday it would host a global summit on Internet governance in April.

10 October 2013

Azerbaijan cracks down on critics ahead of polls Sakina Gurbanova says her son is facing 12 years in prison for daring to challenge Azerbaijan's government ahead of upcoming presidential elections in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.

07 October 2013

Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register her new party for next year's elections.

06 October 2013

UNESCO re-elects director general UNESCO has voted its director general Irina Bokova to a second term in office.

05 October 2013

British PM offers vision beyond austerity British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Wednesday seek to convince voters that he has more to offer than austerity, promising a "land of opportunity" built on pro-business values.

02 October 2013

Voters reject Portugal austerity policies in local elections Portugal's opposition Socialists inflicted a stinging defeat on the Social Democrats in local elections as voters displayed their frustrations at the government's austerity measures.

30 September 2013

Germany's Social Democrats agree to talks with Merkel Germany's Social Democrats said Friday they will begin talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, who are trying to put together a "grand coalition" with their election rivals.

28 September 2013

First woman stands for Tajik president backed by Islamic party A woman is for the first time bidding for the presidency in Tajikistan after an opposition bloc including an Islamic party chose a respected female rights lawyer as its candidate in the majority Muslim country.

27 September 2013

Guinea to elect parliament as ethnic tensions simmer Guineans will on Saturday vote in the first parliamentary elections in the troubled west African nation in over a decade, after months of delays and a campaign plagued by deadly unrest.

26 September 2013

Nazarbayev congratulates Merkel on winning elections Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the Christian Democratic Union in the parliamentary elections.

24 September 2013

European leaders hail Merkel win as 'good result for EU' Congratulations poured in from France and Angela Merkel's other European partners on Sunday after the German chancellor clinched her third term in a convincing election victory.

23 September 2013

Triumphant Merkel to start search for coalition ally The day after her stunning election triumph, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Monday set to start the process of haggling with potential partners over how to rule Europe's biggest economy.

23 September 2013

'World's most powerful woman' on track for new German term German Chancellor Angela Merkel, an unflappable pastor's daughter, is closing in on a third term in Sunday's general election, cementing her title as the world's most powerful woman.

19 September 2013

Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open Candidate nominations opened Monday for Afghanistan's presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.

16 September 2013

Strong Merkel starts final vote drive wary of allies' woes German Chancellor Angela Merkel launches a final week of election campaigning Monday with the wind at her back after a resounding victory for her conservatives in a Bavarian state poll.

16 September 2013

De Blasio wins New York mayoral primary for Democrats New York's public advocate Bill De Blasio has won the Democratic mayoral primary, unofficial results showed Tuesday, a springboard to becoming the next mayor of the city.

11 September 2013

New Australian PM to stick with PNG boatpeople policy Australia's new prime minister Tuesday said he will stand by a policy to send boatpeople to Papua New Guinea, but insisted a military-led response will remain his main focus.

10 September 2013

Voting starts in Norway, centre-right win predicted Norwegians started voting Monday in legislative elections likely to lead to a centre-right victory and a government of Conservatives and anti-immigration populists.

09 September 2013

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