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U.S. News & World Report
November 7, 2017
The winner of the January presidential election will fuel or tame euroscepticism that has taken hold despite the country's economic success and stability since joining NATO in 1999 and the European Union ... Another poll on Tuesday gave Drahos a 51-49 percent edge over Zeman in a hypothetical run-off.
U.S. News & World Report
November 1, 2017
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's Supreme Court has halted preparations for next week's presidential run-off vote between former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai until it considers a challenge to ... Kenya's Supreme Court annulled the results of a presidential election in August.
Deutsche Welle
October 10, 2017
Raila Odinga has pulled out of the re-run of the presidential election scheduled later this month. Odinga said he ... President Uhuru Kenyatta said the presidential re-run, which was expected to be a run-off between Odinga and himself, would go ahead as scheduled despite his rival's withdrawal. "There is ...
Deutsche Welle
September 18, 2017
Insiders at Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) say there is a possibility that the country's presidential election do-over could be ... "This is not a run-off: This is a repeat of a presidential election so any other candidate is fit to run," Odinga told reporters in Nairobi last week.
The Standard
September 1, 2017
Ukraine's Supreme Court also annulled presidential elections held in November 2004. The judges ruled that the Central Election Commission acted improperly by declaring the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich the winner, and ordered a run-off. In Africa, the Supreme Court ruling declaring President Uhuru ...
BBC News
May 7, 2017
Turnout in the French presidential election is so far sharply down on the past two polls as voters choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. ... The run-off will also be keenly watched across Europe, because it comes ahead of elections in Germany and the UK, and as Britain negotiates its exit ...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 23, 2017
... 2017: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen through to presidential run off. 189. Henry Samuel, in Paris; David Chazan, in Paris; Rory Mulholland, in Henin-Beaumont; Louise Burke. 24 April 2017 • 9:15am. Who is Emmanuel Macron, the centrist frontrunner? Why does the French Presidential Election matter to the UK?
Deutsche Welle
March 30, 2017
So the two men go head to head in a run-off election on Sunday to decide who takes over the presidency in May. Correa is barred by the constitution from seeking re-election. Moreno beat pro-business banker Lasso by more than 10 points in the eight-way first round vote in February. But as more than 60Â ...
Deutsche Welle
September 5, 2017
... will be small, he said, adding the Kenyan step to nullify the election only happened twice before in Ukraine and Austria, but never in Africa.
The Standard
September 1, 2017
Ukraine's Supreme Court also annulled presidential elections held in ... the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich the winner, and ordered a run-off. ... of less than 500,000 inhabitants had its presidential election nullified when fourÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
April 28, 2017
France's far-left leader has suggested he will not vote for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French election's run-off. However, he hasÃÂ ...
FRANCE 24
April 13, 2017
For example, the border between Russia and Ukraine, is it at the extremity of ... On current polling, if Le Pen makes the run-off, her fellow finalistÃÂ ...
The Guardian
April 11, 2017
... seeking to capitalise on in the run-up to the French presidential election. ... Le Pen, is expected to reach the 7 May run-off in the presidential vote and ... sanctions policies over Russia's actions in Ukraine and have shownÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
March 30, 2017
So the two men go head to head in a run-off election on Sunday to decide who takes over the presidency in May. Correa is barred by theÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
February 8, 2017
The French presidential election has been full of surprises—from former ... in the French election's second round run-off in May with 65 percent of the vote. .... Russia's actions in Ukraine's Crimea was an invasion to describingÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2016
... run off in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine and ... Mr Dodon won the presidential election partly on a promise to scrap aÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
February 20, 2017
First, as Senator, in 2009, he helped convince President Hamid Karzai that he should agree to a run-off in that country's presidential election because of widespread evidence of voter fraud (the runoff did not occur because Karzai's opponent dropped ...
Irish Times
February 20, 2017
Ecuador's socialist president Rafael Correa's hand-picked candidate for Ecuador's presidential election was leading the opening round of the poll, although it was uncertain whether he would get enough votes to avoid a run-off against his nearest rival.
POLITICO.eu
February 16, 2017
It's the presidential election in France, held over two rounds in late April and early May. On stage and behind the scenes, it will be a hot topic in Munich.
NBCNews.com
February 16, 2017
During the bitterly contested 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, candidate Yushchenko developed an illness that caused massive facial scarring and swelling, as well as a host of other near-fatal medical complaints that knocked him off the campaign ...
New Europe
February 14, 2017
Macron, an independent centrist, has surged in popularity to become favourite to win the May 7 second-round against Le Pen, who is anti-EU and supports Russian policy on Ukraine. A February 4 report by the French ... In a separate report, Deutsche ...
Sputnik International
February 7, 2017
The launch of the Crosscheck project by Facebook and Google in collaboration with over a dozen French news outlets is an attempt to "fight the National Front" and prevent Marine Le Pen from winning the presidential election, Front National politicians ...
AOL News
February 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for unity and understanding on his first day at the State Department amid internal dissent over policies of President Donald Trump, which have also antagonized a range of allies.
KITV Honolulu
February 1, 2017
Prior to the 20th century, Ukrainian territories were controlled at different times by Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Mongols, Cossacks and others.
New Statesman
January 31, 2017
With Donald Trump settling into the White House and Europe in political disarray, the Russian President will feel that his decision to face down the west over Syria and Ukraine has been vindicated. His fortunes will continue to rise if, as expected ...
TRT World
January 27, 2017
France is heading for a presidential election in April. Right-wing candidate Francois Fillion has been tipped to replace ... Although President Milos Zeman has indicated that he would support EU sanctions on Russia if Moscow attempted to annex rebel ...
New Europe
January 26, 2017
Alexander Van der Bellen, 73, has been sworn in today as Austria's president, the last act of a dramatic race for the position won by the left-leaning economics professor after a repeat vote.
Irish Times
January 8, 2017
Le Pen's black-and-white vision of the world extends to foreign policy. She blames the EU for provoking the war in Ukraine by "blackmailing" the Kiev government into abandoning ties with Russia. In Syria, Le Pen adds, it is in France's interest to keep ...
MMA Ring Report
January 6, 2017
The referendum was also declared illegal by the United Nations General Assembly. Opinion polls have consistently shown Le Pen making it to the second round of the presidential election, to be held in May, but losing that run-off to a mainstream ...
Yahoo News
January 4, 2017
Opinion polls have consistently shown Le Pen making it to the second round of the presidential election, to be held in May, but losing that run-off to a mainstream candidate, likely to be conservative Fillon. "Marine Le Pen had no intention of going ...
iNews
December 30, 2016
In France, far right National Front leader Marine Le Pen is currently polling at 25%, and is assumed a shoo-in to reach the second round run-off in the presidential election. Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is leading in Dutch opinion polls. While ...
FRANCE 24
December 30, 2016
In a referendum earlier this year, Dutch voters rejected a landmark EU trade deal with Ukraine, dealing a blow to European unity.
Left Foot Forward
December 28, 2016
2016 has been a year of extraordinary electoral upsets, from Britain's vote to leave the EU, to the election of Donald Trump, to Italy's rejection of Matteo Renzi's constitutional reforms.
Huffington Post
December 26, 2016
Outraged over fraud which handed Ukraine's presidential election to Viktor Yanukovych, the bar owner joined millions of demonstrators who took to the streets.
LobeLog
December 8, 2016
Anti-Semite Jean Marie Le Pen forced a run-off in the French presidential election in 2002, but a concerted effort by everyone to the left of Genghis Khan produced a huge margin of victory for conservative Jacques Chirac.
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
December 1, 2016
Yevgeny Shevchuk, previously speaker of the parliament and then leader of the Sheriff-supported party "Renewal", won the run-off against Moscow-backed and then parliament speaker, Anatoly Kaminski. During his presidency, Shevchuk has ... A one-to-one ...
Huffington Post
November 28, 2016
In Austria, the presidential candidate of the right wing Freedom Party, Norbert Hofer, won the first round of the presidential election of 2016, receiving 35.1%, and was only narrowly defeated by Green Party's candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, in the ...
BBC News
November 26, 2016
Mr Juppe also said his rival was close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid growing tensions between the West and Moscow over the crises in Syria and Ukraine. "This must be the first presidential election in which the Russian president chooses hisÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
November 13, 2016
Moldovans have begun voting in a critical presidential election that will determine if the country moves closer to Russia or the European Union.
euronews
November 13, 2016
The outcome could see the Black Sea state move closer to Russia. Bulgarians go to the polls in a presidential election run-off on Sunday - and a man friendly towards the Kremlin is expected to win. Former air force commander General Rumen Radev, whoÃÂ ...
The Economist
November 10, 2016
Donald Trump won America's presidential election, an astonishing victory that wrongfooted the predictions of pundits and pollsters.
The Sofia Globe
November 10, 2016
The two rival candidates in Bulgaria's November 13 run-off in the 2016 presidential elections, Roumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva, agree on a few things.
New Europe
November 10, 2016
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he hoped the United States would continue to support Ukraine in its stand-off with Russia following the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S.
Press TV
November 8, 2016
The country's presidential election will go to a run-off on November 13 as neither of the two secured an overall majority.
Kyiv Post
November 7, 2016
... won the first round of Bulgaria's presidential election, partial official results showed on Nov. 11. Radev's close-fought victory over ruling party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva makes the former air force commander favorite to win a run-off on Sunday ...
The Boston Globe
November 6, 2016
Comey had rocked the presidential election with a late-October announcement that agents were reviewing another cache of emails potentially related to the investigation he had declared closed in July.
Irish Times
November 4, 2016
Bulgaria's handling of the refugee crisis and relations with Moscow are key issues for its voters in Sunday's presidential election, in which a strong challenge from the leftist candidate could undermine the government of prime minister Boiko Borisov ...
Balkan Insight
November 3, 2016
Traian Basescu and his wife are to take an oath on Thursday to obtain Moldovan citizenship, just few days before Romania's neighbour country elects a new president in a closely-contested run-off vote between pro-European and pro-Russian candidates.
World Socialist Web Site
November 2, 2016
Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon won the first round of Moldova's presidential election. He fell just short of an absolute majority, taking 48.5 percent of the vote.
Irish Times
October 31, 2016
The result cements Georgian Dream's already firm grip on power in the former Soviet nation and is a crushing defeat for the opposition United National Movement (UNM) and its founder, former president Mikheil Saakashvili, a regional governor in UkraineÃÂ ...
