Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects the process over the referendum date, question and its character to be completed by the weekend. “We expect to define these issues with political leaders, representatives of parliamentary political parties by the end of the week. We should define them because time is getting tighter up to September 23 or […]
Returning the concept of a transitional government that was agreed in Przino – at the height of the political crisis of the state. This is basically one of the demands set by the opposition as a condition for unblocking the election of the new composition of the SEC, in addition to the amendments to the […]
Statement made by VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski that he will vote against the referendum on the agreement with Greece, has opened a dilemma whether the opposition with its active participation will help provide a census, although it is difficult to expect that it will succeed in winning the battle with the joint votes of SDSM […]
According to local STA, the turnout at this parliamentary election after 95% of the votes had been counted was at a historic low 49.88%. Still, Sunday’s general election preliminary results confirmed that the right-wing Democrats (SDS) had won, whereas the second place belongs to the “newcomer” LMŠ. Although Janez Janša’s anti-immigration opposition party has won, its victory is not […]
Slovenia will hold an early general election on June 3, President Borut Pahor announced on Saturday, a month after center-left Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned over a legal obstacle to a government investment project. “On this day I dismiss the parliament and determine June 3 as the date of early parliamentary election,” Reuters quotes Pahor […]
Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. Fidesz won almost half of the vote, with 93% of ballots counted, Hungary’s National Election Office said. Mr Orban is a strong Eurosceptic who campaigned on an anti-immigration platform. In a speech to supporters on Sunday night, Mr Orban said […]
Voting is drawing to a close in Hungary, where opinion polls have pointed to a third consecutive term for right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Before the vote, Mr Orban and his Fidesz party were polling at 20 points or more ahead of the far-right Jobbik party and the centre-left Socialists. Polling stations were meant to […]
Some 8 million Cubans will vote on Sunday to ratify the island’s new National Assembly, paving the way for the selection of a new leader when President Raul Castro steps down next month. The 605 candidates elected to parliament on Sunday will be tasked with designating Cuba’s 31-member Council of State — the body that […]
In Italy, parliamentary elections are being held today, which could restore renowned political names, such as Silvio Berlusconi or Matteo Renzi, or bring new uncertainty. Berlusconi, 81, returned to politics and led his party to the right-wing center Forza italia (Forward Italy). He is in a coalition with the leader of the right-wing and Eurosceptic […]
