Election
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Turkey Rides Nationalist Wave In Historic Election
Turkey’s election coincides with its 100-year anniversary as a secular, post-Ottoman state AFP Suffering a massive economic crisis and surrounded by countries at war, Turkey is witnessing a resurgence of…
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Analysis-Mexican President Ramps Up Rhetoric, Economic Intervention As election nears
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Mexico City, Mexico March 9, 2023. Reuters Mexican President Andres…
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Greek Opposition Parties Unable To Form Alliance, New Election Seen
Leftist Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras leaves the Presidential Palace after a meeting with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, where he received an official mandate to try to form a coalition…
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Greek Election Deals Bitter Blow To Leftist Ex-PM
Alexis Tsipras said his leftist party’s poor showing was an “unexpectedly painful” shock AFP Greece’s leftist former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who nearly crashed his country out of the eurozone…
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Ex-president Correa Aims To ‘Rebuild’ Ecuador If His Party Succeeds In Snap Election
Ecuador’s former President Rafael Correa attends a government event, in Caracas, Venezuela March 9, 2023. Reuters Ecuadorean former President Rafael Correa told Reuters on Friday that his party would rebuild…
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Thailand’s Thaksin Lauds ‘Disruptors’ Move Forward For Election Triumph
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore February 23, 2016. Reuters Thailand’s influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday hailed the election-winning Move…
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‘Sign Of The Times’: Thai Election A Referendum On The Army
The emergence of the Move Forward Party as the shock victors in Thailand’s election shows that the vote was a repudiation of the ageing establishment by younger voters seeking democracy…
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How Turkey’s Election Went Wrong For Erdogan’s Rival
Turkey’s opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu entered Sunday’s election leading most opinion polls AFP Turkey’s biggest election of its post-Ottoman era confounded pollsters and threw up surprises that underscored the difficulty…
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Erdogan: Turkey’s Irresistible Election Force Set For Final Test
Erdogan’s ability to stare down a 2016 coup attempt became the watershed moment of his rule AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed an aura of invincibility after a surprisingly…
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Thailand Opposition Wins Big in Parliament Election but May Fail to Topple Military-Backed Ruler
Thailand’s Opposition coalition scored a thumping victory in the parliamentary elections but it is unclear if they will be able to form a government, marking the end of the military-backed…
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Analysis-India’s Opposition Congress Gains Key Foothold With State Election Win
Supporters of India’s main opposition Congress party celebrate after the initial poll results in Karnataka elections at the party headquarters, in New Delhi, India, May 13, 2023. Reuters India’s embattled…
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In Turkey Election, Erdogan Doesn’t Flinch As He Fights For Political Life
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey, May 11, 2023. Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan…
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Turkey’s Upbeat Kilicdaroglu Says Election Will Bring A New Spring
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu addresses his supporters during a rally to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular…
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Bremen Election May Boost Scholz’s Slumping Social Democrats
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech, as he campaigns for the re-election of fellow Social Democrat (SPD) Andreas Bovenschulte as Bremen state premier in Sunday’s election, as Bremen state…
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Erdogan Rival Says Has Evidence Of Russia’s Online Campaign Ahead Of Turkey Election
FILE PHOTO-Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey’s main opposition alliance, greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Tekirdag, Turkey April 27,…
