Russian 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticlePJD 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 ArticleNationalists continue their rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 2 October Bosnia-Herzegovina held municipal elections in Serb dominated Republika Srpska (RS) and the Bosniak-Croat Federation (FBiH). The first elected 10 mayors, 57 municipal councils and six city...
View ArticleAzerbaijan’s referendum facilitates the establishment of Aliyev dynasty
On 27 September the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan announced the initial results of a Constitutional referendum held on 26 September. With reports from 70,2 % polling stations already...
View Article15 seats for the Islamic Action Front in well-organized Jordanian...
On 20th October the citizens of Jordan elected a new parliament. A total of 1,252 candidates fielded by 226 lists were vying for the Lower House’s 130 seats, of which 15 are allocated to the women’s...
View ArticleUnited Russia gets a b(e)are majority in Duma
According to the preliminary results of Duma elections “United Russia” will secure 343 seats (out of 450), Communist Party – 42, LDPR – 39 and “Just Russia” – 23. “United Russia” got 100 seats more...
View ArticleEU to ease tension with Turkey after the failed coup
On the 9th September the first high-level political meeting since the 15 July coup between EU and Turkey took place in Ankara. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister for EU Affairs Ömer...
View ArticleOpposition has a seat in Belarus’ Parliament for the first time in twenty years
On the 11th September Belarus’ citizens elected their new Parliament. For the first time in almost twenty years, since 2000, an opposition party member has been elected. Anna Konopatskaya is a member...
View ArticlePalestinian court suspends local elections
On 8 September the Palestinian high court in Ramallah ruled that the municipal elections scheduled for October 8 cannot be held after a dispute over party lists and the inability to hold the vote in...
View ArticleUkrainian anti-corruption MP amid scandal surrounding his finances
On the 6th September Member of Ukrainian Parliament Sergii Leshchenko bought an expensive apartment in the center of Kyiv (7,5 mln hryvnyas or 310 000 $, 192 m2), triggering questions of the source of...
View ArticleBosnia-Serb referendum to create divisions in International Community
Republika Srpska (RS), Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Serb-dominated entity, is determined to continue their planned referendum about its entities annual public holiday on the 25th of September despite...
View Article2016 Course for Promising Politicians: regional cooperation in Western Balkans
Between the 30th of July and the 3rd of August the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Belgrade office, European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity and Foundation Max van der Stoel(FMS) organised the second...
View ArticleLebanon border city with Syria hit by suicide bombings
On 27 June at least eight suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village near the border with Syria, killing at least five people and injuring almost thirty. The village of Qaa, where the attacks...
View ArticleTurkey and Israel reach deal to normalise relations
On 26 June leaders of Turkey and Israel reached a deal to restore relations six years after a raid by the Israel Navy killing Turkish activists who were trying to sail the Gaza strip blockade. A senior...
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