PJD wins Moroccan parliamentary elections, USFP loses half of its seats
On 7th October the citizens of Morocco elected a new parliament. Winner is the ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), increasing its number of seats in the House of Representatives by 18...
View ArticleRuling party eyes major win in Georgian parliamentary elections
In the October 8th parliamentary elections in Georgia, with 99% of the ballots counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has said the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) party gained...
View ArticleMontenegro chose NATO in the recent parliamentary elections
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of the current Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic won the parliamentary elections in Montenegro on 16 October. DPS has been in power since 1991 and this time...
View ArticleFuture Leaders training 2016 in Amman
From the 20th to the 23rd of October, the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity organized in cooperation with UK Labour through the Westminster Foundation and the Foundation Max van der Stoel a...
View ArticleMoldova moving closer to Russia?
On 30 October Moldova conducted Presidential elections. It was the first time in 20 years that Moldovans voted for a President directly - before he was chosen by parliament. A second round is expected...
View ArticleGDDG gains a Constitutional majority in parliament
On 30 October the ruling party Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GDDG) won the second round of parliamentary elections that took place in 50 single-mandate constituencies and gained a 116-seat...
View ArticleHDP party leadership detained in Turkey
Today two co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition party in Turkey, People’s Democracy (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag were detained. Reportedly at least nine other MPs have also been...
View ArticleRussian winter starts in Moldova
On 13 November the run-off Presidential elections took place in Moldova. An openly pro-Russian socialist candidate Igor Dodon assumed presidency with 99.9% of votes counted. Dodon (Socialist Party and...
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