Eighth vote in just five years follows government resignation after weeks of protests over budget, alleged corruption. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election on April 19, President Iliana Iotova has said. The … Read more
Hung parliament as leftists and centrists combine to beat the far right. An inconclusive election has wrapped up in France. But there’s one certainty: that the far right won’t lead the next government. A leftist bloc came out on top, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists, with the far-right National Rally (RN) beaten into third … Read more
President Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan Party is expected to win a new majority in the oil-rich country’s legislature. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has called snap parliamentary elections for September 1 that are unlikely to radically change the legislature’s makeup. On Friday, Aliyev issued a decree ordering the dissolution of parliament, which is dominated by his New … Read more
India’s Narendra Modi will have to form a coaltion government with other parties in order to secure a majority in parliament. Narendra Modi is expected to serve another term as prime minister of India, but with a significantly reduced majority. He will have to partner up with other parties to form the next government. His … Read more
William Lai Ching-te has won Taiwan’s presidential elections, despite China’s warnings not to vote for him. Lai, from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), took 40.2 percent of votes cast on Saturday, according to partial results from the Central Election Commission after 98 percent of polling stations closed. Lai promised to stand “on the side … Read more