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Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voting station. Image by warrenski on Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). After three decades of democracy under the rule of the African National Congress Party, South Africans are preparing to head to the polls to elect a new president. In an interview with eNCA news, some young influential people on social media shared their expectations for the upcoming polls and their aspirations for their country. According to Reuters, 14,889 candidates, nominated by 70 political parties, will contest 887 seats in the forthcoming election. For the first time, voters will rec...
Global Voices
Lithuania's presidential election is set to go to a runoff later this month as no candidate gained a majority of the votes on May 12, in a race that has heavily focused on the country's role as a NATO neighbor of Russia. Incumbent President Gitanas Nauseda placed first in the initial round of voting with 44.2 percent of the vote, finishing well ahead of his competitor incumbent Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at 19.7 percent. Throughout the campaign the candidates heavily focused on future security policies in response to Russian aggression in the region. All the major candidates agreed that N...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Lithuania's presidential election is set to go to a runoff later this month as no candidate gained a majority of the votes on May 12, in a race that has heavily focused on the country's role as a NATO neighbor of Russia. Incumbent President Gitanas Nauseda placed first in the initial round of voting with 44.2 percent of the vote, finishing well ahead of his competitor incumbent Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at 19.7 percent. Throughout the campaign the candidates heavily focused on future security policies in response to Russian aggression in the region. All the major candidates agreed that N...
Kyiv Independent
Lithuania's presidential election is set to go to a runoff later this month as no candidate gained a majority of the votes on May 12, in a race that has heavily focused on the country's role as a NATO neighbor of Russia. Incumbent President Gitanas Nauseda placed first in the initial round of voting with 44.2 percent of the vote, finishing well ahead of his competitor incumbent Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at 19.7 percent. Throughout the campaign the candidates heavily focused on future security policies in response to Russian aggression in the region. All the major candidates agreed that N...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reshuffled his cabinet on Friday as part of preparations for the European Parliament elections next month. Justifying the move, Tusk said the initial months of his government since taking office in December had been to tear down structures created by the previous national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and that now was the time to clean up. Tusk's centre-left coalition, centred around his Civic Platform party, has undertaken strenuous efforts to reverse the policies of the PiS, which held power from 2015. Outgoing Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiew...
DPA Breaking News
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reshuffled his cabinet on Friday as part of preparations for the European Parliament elections next month. Justifying the move, Tusk said the initial months of his government since taking office in December had been to tear down structures created by the previous national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and that now was the time to clean up. Tusk's centre-left coalition, centred around his Civic Platform party, has undertaken strenuous efforts to reverse the policies of the PiS, which held power from 2015. Outgoing Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiew...
DPA
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reshuffled his cabinet on Friday as part of preparations for the European Parliament elections next month. Justifying the move, Tusk said the initial months of his government since taking office in December had been to tear down structures created by the previous national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and that now was the time to clean up. Tusk's centre-left coalition, centred around his Civic Platform party, has undertaken strenuous efforts to reverse the policies of the PiS, which held power from 2015. Outgoing Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiew...
DPA International
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Democrat Lucas Kunce is trying to pin reproductive care restrictions on Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), betting it will boost his chances of unseating the incumbent in November. In a recent ad campaign, Kunce accuses Hawley of jeopardizing reproductive care, including in vitro fertilization. Staring straight into the camera, with tears in her eyes, a Missouri mom identified only as Jessica recounts how she struggled for years to conceive. “Now there are efforts to ban IVF, and Josh Hawley got them started,” Jessica says. “I want Josh Hawley to look me in the eye and tell me that I...
Kaiser Health News
Billboards and other advertisements in Skopje promoting right-wing presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova under the slogans “Macedonia proud again” and “Gordana for president!” (the name Gordana means “proud”). Photo by Global Voices, CC BY 3.0 Right wing populist political party VMRO-DPMNE won a sweeping victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, held May 8, 2024. According to official results published by the State Election Commission (SEC), their presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova won over 65 percent of the votes, while the party ...
Global Voices
North Macedonia's conservative opposition party won a decisive victory in the country's dual parliamentary and presidential elections on May 8, according to preliminary results. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, a law professor supported by the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, won the presidency by a wide margin, ousting incumbent Social Democrat Stevo Pendarovski. Siljanovska-Davkova is the first woman to be elected president of North Macedonia. A coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE also won the majority of the nation's 120 parliamentary seats, though the exact distribution of seats will be determined in ta...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
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