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Hollande announces bid for French parliament amid political chaos and far-right threat

Former French President Francois Hollande (2012-2017) has announced that he will run in the country's early parliamentary elections, according to a post on X on June 15.

16 June 2024, 02:04 PM

Tusk’s party wins EU elections

Poland’s Koalicja Obywatelska (Civic Coalition) ruling political party, headed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, won the European Parliament elections, Polish media outlet Onet.pl reported.

10 June 2024, 08:00 PM

Ukrainians split: half doubt Zelenskyy fulfilled pre-election pledges

Half of Ukrainians doubt President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's commitment to his pre-election pledges, believing he has either failed to fulfill them entirely or has only partially done so, according to a Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey reported on June 5.

5 June 2024, 03:25 PM

Hungary opposes Mark Rutte's candidacy for NATO Secretary General

The Hungarian government opposes Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for NATO Secretary General, citing his alleged past comments about bringing Hungary “to its knees,” Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó said on May 27, Magyarnemzet reported.

28 May 2024, 01:20 PM

Incumbent Nausėda claims decisive victory in Lithuanian Presidential election, Zelenskyy congratulated him

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda will remain president after easily winning the second round of the presidential election on May 26.

27 May 2024, 10:27 AM

Russia plots to interfere in European Parliament elections — Polish PM

Moscow plans to influence and interfere with the upcoming European Parliament elections, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on May 14.

14 May 2024, 09:02 PM

Zelenskyy's presidency legitimate until next president — Justice Ministry

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not lose his legitimacy after May 21, 2024, and his authority extends until the election of the next president, Ukraine's Justice Minister, Denys Malyuska, said in an interview with the BBC on May 10.

10 May 2024, 01:01 PM

Russia planning series of ‘hybrid’ attacks ahead of elections in Moldova

Russia is planning a "hybrid" attack on Moldova ahead of its presidential elections and a referendum on joining the European Union, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with British intelligence assessments.

30 April 2024, 05:41 PM

85% of Ukrainians consider Putin illegitimate - poll

85% of Ukrainians endorse the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s resolution urging member states to denounce Vladimir Putin’s legitimacy following the alleged fraudulent 2024 elections and cease communication with him, according to a report from the Razumkov Center on April 18.

18 April 2024, 06:35 PM

Beijing interfered in Canada's last two elections - Reuters

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) concluded that Beijing interfered in the country’s 2019 and 2021 elections, newswire Reuters reported on April 9, citing an official investigation into alleged Chinese meddling in Canadian politics.

9 April 2024, 01:52 PM

Pro-Russian party in Georgia is revoked six months before parliamentary elections

Georgia’s pro-Russian Conservative Movement / Alt-Info party had its registration cancelled, disqualifying the party from participating in this October’s parliamentary elections, Radio Liberty’s Echo of the Caucasus project reported.

9 April 2024, 09:40 AM

Poland elections: Kaczyński’s party edges ahead of Tusk’s Civic Coalition by slim margin, exit poll shows

The opposition Law and Justice Party (PiS), which has been in opposition since October 2023, led by Jarosław Kaczyński, is poised to secure 33.7% of the votes, just over 2 percentage points ahead of Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition with 31.9%, based on the exit poll results from Ipsos, RMF24 reported on April 8.

8 April 2024, 11:02 PM

Erdogan's grip loosens as opposition wins big in Türkiye's major cities

An opposition party is winning local elections in major Türkiye cities such as Ankara and Istanbul, according to preliminary data from more than half of the votes counted, Reuters reported on April 1.

1 April 2024, 01:24 PM

Three challenges Putin is likely to face — opinion

The official results of Russia’s presidential elections were exactly as the Kremlin ordered them to be, but they’re unlikely to have brought much satisfaction to incumbent President Vladimir Putin.

29 March 2024, 10:05 PM

Macron tries to battle back against far-right National Rally party ahead of EU elections

French President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up pressure on his lieutenants ahead of European elections as the far-right National Rally continues to gain momentum, Politico reported.

27 March 2024, 03:16 PM

Caught red-handed: Russian women's desperate crawl to ballot stuff for Putin – funny video

Fact checkers uncovered the identities of two Russian women caught stuffing ballot boxes in Saint Petersburg with votes for Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin.

22 March 2024, 04:45 PM

Putin might intensify mobilization after elections, expert warns

Pavlo Narozhnyy, Ukrainian military expert and founder of the Reactive Post charity organization, suggested in an interview with NV Radio on March 19 that following the “elections” in Russia, dictator Vladimir Putin might be emboldened to mobilize significantly more Russians to the war against Ukraine.

20 March 2024, 09:30 PM

Putin’s ‘elections’ marked by unprecedented falsifications, dubbed most dishonest in country’s history

The “presidential election” in Russia was the most unfair in Russian history as the falsifications were on an unprecedented scale, which is why it is impossible to establish the number of fake “votes”, Russian opposition publication Meduza claimed.

20 March 2024, 03:20 PM

Chisinau expels Russian diplomat and summons ambassador over sham ‘presidential election’ in Transnistria

Chisinau declared a Russian diplomat persona non grata for holding sham “presidential elections” in unrecognized Transnistria, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry reported on Facebook on March 19.

19 March 2024, 02:27 PM

EU condemns the Russian presidential ‘elections’ on temporarily occupied territories

Russian presidential "elections", held in Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories, violated the sovereignty of Ukraine, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said, Sky News reported on March 18.

18 March 2024, 03:48 PM

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