Mario Abdo Benítez wins narrow victory in Paraguay’s presidential election
The candidate of Paraguay's ruling right-wing Colorado party, Mario Abdo Benítez, won narrow victory in…
Hungary’s anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orbán embarks on another four years in power
Hungary’s voters backed Viktor Orbán’s rightwing Fidesz party for a third consecutive term in the…
Carlos Alvarado joins the club of national leaders elected before the age of 40
Carlos Alvarado from Costa Rica’s ruling Citizens’ Action party won the presidential run-off election on…
Russia gives President Vladimir Putin another six-year term
Vladimir Putin secured another six-year term as Russia’s president on Sunday - after more than…
Italy’s mainstream centre-left and centre-right political parties suffer humiliating defeats
Hopes that Italy’s traditional centre-left or centre-right parties would lead a new government have faded…
Italy’s general election could plunge the eurozone’s third-largest economy into a political deadlock
Italy’s centre-right coalition, led by 81-year-old former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, is the closest to…
Fabricio Alvarado wins Costa Rica’s first round of presidential election on an anti-gay marriage platform
Fabricio Alvarado, a previously obscure Costa Rican evangelical pastor, won the first round of presidential…
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The Czech Republic re-elects Milos Zeman as head of state
Czech president Milos Zeman, a deeply polarising figure, has won a second five-year term as…