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- Asia-Pacific
- 30 October 2017
A victory in the election puts Shinzo Abe on track to govern Japan until 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a strong mandate in the election on October 22.…
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- Czech Republic
- 22 October 2017
Andrej Babis is set to become the Czech Republic’s next Prime Minister
The anti-establishment ANO party, founded by the controversial billionaire tycoon Andrej Babis in 2011, won…
The Social Democrat victory in Lower Saxony takes the pressure off the party leader Martin Schulz
Germany’s Social Democrats came from behind to win the regional elections in Lower Saxony, with…
Austrian voters give Sebastian Kurz the mandate to form a new government
Sebastian Kurz, the foreign minister and leader of Austria’s conservative People’s party (ÖVP), has won…
The conservative People’s party of Sebastian Kurz is widely expected to be the winner of Austria’s general election
Austria - the small, affluent Alpine nation - votes in the parliamentary election. The poll…
Raila Odinga’s withdrawal from the presidential re-run deepens Kenya’s political crisis
On October 10th, Raila Odinga - Kenya’s opposition leader and former prime minister - withdrew…
Wolfgang Schäuble will preside over the legislature with a sizeable presence of the far-right
Wolfgang Schäuble, who is deeply committed to closer EU integration, is to depart from the…
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- Asia-Pacific
- 28 September 2017
The populists of New Zealand First hold balance of power
New Zealand’s election on September 23 delivered the populists of New Zealand First the balance…