Trending
Expert: Armenia has the potential to strengthen economic ties with BRICS
21 October 2024
Latest
Latest
- Azerbaijan joins Belt and Road Energy Ministerial Conference
- Expert: Armenia has the potential to strengthen economic ties with BRICS
- Preparations for COP29 in Baku almost complete
- Analysis: The tale of two elections: Implications for the South Caucasus
- Armenia agrees to e-CMR convention on transport digitalisation
- International Labour Organization launches plan to help Armenia's refugee crisis and informal work
Theme
Elections
Stories related to democracy and electoral processes.
Trending
Analysis: The tale of two elections: Implications for the South Caucasus
18 October 2024
As the US presidential election approaches, many are assessing the implications of a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris administration in different parts of the world. Commentators on the South Caucasus are no exception. The Biden administration established a Washington format to facilitate Armenia–Azerbaijan negotiations and took steps to further US–Armenia relations, making a decision to upgrade the status of a strategic dialogue launched in 2019 to a strategic partnership commission. The Biden administration also invested efforts in thawing relations between Armenia and Turkey, viewing this as essential for regional stability. US officials view normalising Armenia–Turkey relations as crucial for reducing Russian influence and decreasing Armenia’s dependency on Russia.
Filter archive
Trending
(Updated) Libyan prime minister survives assassination attempt as fate of elections remains undecided
9 February 2022
Gunmen attacked the convoy of the interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah’s in Tripoli earlier this morning (10 February). A bullet penetrated the windscreen of the car but Dbeibah and his driver escaped unhurt. Libya’s chief prosecutor has already launched an investigation into the attack.
Trending
Socialists win comfortably in Portugal's elections
31 January 2022
Portugal's centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday's snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa. Speaking after results from exit polls were announced, Costa said the party had won 117 or 118 seats in the 230-seat parliament, up from 108 won in the 2019 election, and his supporters erupted in loud celebrations, singing old revolutionary anthem "Grandola" and waving flags.
Trending
Libya elections could be pushed back to June
22 January 2022
After ending the year with chaos and uncertainty, Libya political factions disagreed over elections rules leading to the postponement of elections originally scheduled for 24 December 2021. It is now expected that elections be pushed towards a June 2022 deadline with no official date set yet.
Trending
Opinion: French politicians lured to the east ahead of presidential poll
29 December 2021
Armenia has become a "must visit" destination for those contesting next spring's French presidential elections. Alexandre Petrosyan discusses why, in this oped for commonspace.eu
Trending
Less than two weeks to go before elections and presidential candidates in Libya are yet to be announced
13 December 2021
Libya High National Election Commission did not yet announce the final list of candidates running for presidential elections on 24 December. The latest twist threatens the success of an UN-backed effort into restoring a government in Libya and moving beyond a decade of violence.
Trending
First Swedish female prime minister returns after one week
30 November 2021
The Swedish leader of the Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, regained the position of prime minister on Monday (29 November) with 101 votes in favour in the 349-member Swedish parliament (Riksdag), 75 abstentions and 173 votes against. Andersson was supported by her Social Democrats Party and an independent.
Trending
Political unease as elections approach in Libya
29 November 2021
The Libyan political landscape is facing tense challenges. A court is set to hear several complaints filed by candidates challenging the legality of prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's run for the presidency. Meanwhile, gunmen prevented Saif al-Islam Gaddafi from attending a hearing against the elections commission’s decision to disqualify him from elections.