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Czech government survives no-confidence vote

January 19, 2023

In this file photo taken on Jan 12, 2022, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala delivers a speech in the Czech Parliament in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE - The Czech government survived an opposition attempt to overthrow it in a no-confidence vote, a widely expected outcome of the motion...

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Benin holds parliamentary election set to test democracy

January 8, 2023

Motorcyclists drive past banners of the Republican Bloc party in Abomey Calavi, Benin on Jan 6, 2023. (YANICK FOLLY / AFP) COTONOU - Voters in Benin go to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot...

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Peru’s PM resigns after Congress refuses call for confidence vote

November 25, 2022

Peru's President Pedro Castillo (right) talks with then prime minister Anibal Torres as they attend a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Lima, Peru, Oct 11, 2022. (MARTIN MEJIA / AP) LIMA - Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and will reshuffle his...

International

UK court rejects Scottish govt bid for independence vote

November 24, 2022

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference in Edinburgh on Nov 23, 2022 after the UK Supreme Court blocked a new vote on independence. The UK Supreme Court rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent...

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Italy’s new cabinet wins confidence vote in lower house

October 26, 2022

Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gestures as she adresses the parliament, ahead of a confidence vote at Montecitirio palace in Rome on October 25, 2022. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) ROME - The new Italian cabinet led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni won the confidence of the lower house of...

International

German voters give mixed verdict on Scholz coalition in regional poll

October 10, 2022

(From left to right) The co-leader of the Greens Party Omid Nouripour, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister and Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner and Germany's Social Democratic SPD party co-leader Saskia Esken address a press conference on the government coalition's relief plan to cope with soaring energy...

International

UK top court to hear Scottish independence vote bid

October 8, 2022

Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Edinburgh on Dec 13, 2019. (ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) LONDON – The battle to hold a second Scottish independence referendum moves to Britain's top court next week when it hears arguments for allowing a secession vote in...

International

Angolan court rejects election results complaint by opposition

September 9, 2022

A man walks past a campaign poster at the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola party headquarters in Luanda on Aug 26, 2022. (JOHN WESSELS / AFP) LISBON - Angola's Constitutional Court made a final ruling on Thursday to dismiss a complaint filed by the runner-up in the Aug...

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Senegal’s final vote count shows ruling party lost majority

August 12, 2022

Two men walk past boxes containing the records of vote attendance list at the National Commission for the Census of Votes in Dakar, Senegal on Aug 4, 2022. (LEO CORREA / AP) DAKAR – Senegal's constitutional council on Thursday confirmed the results of the July 31 legislative vote that saw...

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Tunisians vote on constitution expanding president’s power

July 25, 2022

Judges gather on the steps of the Palace of Justice during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, June 23, 2022. (HASSENE DRIDI / AP) TUNIS - Tunisians vote on Monday in a referendum on a new constitution that critics of President Kais Saied fear will maul...

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Italian PM Draghi looks doomed after coalition splinters

July 21, 2022

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi reacts during the debate on the government crisis following his resignation the week before, at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Italy's government crumbled on Wednesday when three of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's main coalition partners snubbed...

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Italy faces parliamentary showdown on govt survival

July 20, 2022

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during the inauguration of the Business Forum at the International Conference Center in Algiers on July 18, 2022. (AFP) ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will address the upper house Senate on Wednesday on a political crisis that could bring down his government...

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Italian government could fall as 5-Star shuns confidence vote

July 14, 2022

President of the 5-Star Movement (M5S) and former Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte attends an anti-fascist rally called by Italian Labour unions CGIL, CISL and UIL at Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 16, 2021, a week after a demonstration against the so-called Green Pass degenerated into an assault...

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France’s PM Borne survives no-confidence vote in parliament

July 12, 2022

France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne speaks during a debate on a motion of censure filed by the New Popular Ecological and Social Union party at the French national assembly in Paris on July 11, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) PARIS - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday comfortably survived...

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EU lawmakers face hundreds of amendments in climate votes

June 8, 2022

Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 5, 2022. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Parliament will vote this week on a raft of EU climate change policies designed to...

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Slovenia’s populist PM faces close election race

April 25, 2022

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Sentilj, Slovenia, Sunday, April 24, 2022. (DARCO BANDIC / AP) LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa hopes to shake off criticism of his redemocracy and media freedoms to win a fourth term in a parliamentary election in the tiny...

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Pair sentenced for calling on others to boycott polls

April 19, 2022

A man and a woman were given suspended jail sentences on Tuesday, as they became the first people to be convicted of inciting others to cast blank ballots in elections. Chan Kin-man, 36, and Alice Leung, 65, earlier pleaded guilty to reposting a social media appeal by Ted Hui, a...

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ElkNet v2 Set to Launch on April 9th for Token Upgrade & First Governance Vote

April 5, 2022

Madrid, Spain, April 5, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Elk Finance which is a decentralized network for cross-chain liquidity has announced the launch of its ElkNet v2 upgrade. ElkNet v2 is the first fully functional version of the ElkNet protocol, with security and efficiency as its highlighting upgrades. For more details, please visit...

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Peru’s Castillo survives impeachment vote in Congress

March 30, 2022

Peru's President Pedro Castillo (center) surrounded by his party´s congressmen leaves Congress where lawmakers voted to proceed with impeachment proceedings against him, in Lima, Peru, March 28, 2022. (MARTIN MEJIA / AP) LIMA - Peruvian President Pedro Castillo survived on Monday an impeachment vote in Congress that fell short of...

International

German SPD on track for another win in Saarland state

March 28, 2022

German chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for a meeting as part of a European Union summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 25, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BERLIN - Germans head to the polls in the small western state of Saarland on Sunday in the first of four regional...