Tag: October election

Switzerland’s general election has been dominated by a “green wave” as environmental issues dominated debates in the Alpine nation.  “We…

Ahead of the 2015 general election, Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his Law and Justice (PiS) party promised voters that they would…

Portugal’s Socialist Party (SP) looks likely to continue in government despite failing to win an overall majority during the weekend’s…

Poland’s populist Law and Justice (PiS) government has asked for parliament to be suspended until after the October 13 general…

Thousands of Poles have marched through the city of Plock in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, which…

The popularity of Angela Merkel’s government has fallen after the internal dispute with her Bavarian interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reached a deal on migration with her Bavarian interior minister, Horst Seehofer, defusing a row…

Austria has carried out a large-scale exercise on its southern border with Slovenia over fears of a repeat of the…

Austria’s nationalist Freedom party will enter government next week, after forming a coalition with chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz. The deal is…

Austria’s election winner Sebastian Kurz is considering forming a coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party.  Kurz’s traditionally centrist People’s…

Billionaire Andrej Babis’ party scored a resounding victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections yesterday [Saturday], in the latest populist…

Sebastian Kurz (pictured), 31, the leader of the Austrian People’s Party, is set to become the world’s youngest national leader. …

Muslim women in Austria have been forced by police to remove veils as an anti-burqa law came into effect at…