TEHRAN, Jul 21 -A snap parliamentary election is being held in Ukraine on Sunday, with 22 political parties and hundreds of independent candidates competing for the 450 seats in the legislature. The outcome will determine how effective newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky will be in enacting his policies.
TEHRAN, Jul 21 - Ukrainians voted in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday that is expected to strengthen President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hold on power, handing the novice politician a broader mandate for driving change in a nation at war.
TEHRAN, Jul 2 - The Australian government returned to Parliament on Tuesday claiming a new mandate from the May election to pass 158 billion Australian dollars ($110 billion) in tax cuts into law.
TEHRAN, Jun 28 - Much of Donald Trump's time in office has been overshadowed by allegations Moscow helped get him elected, but when it came to confronting Vladimir Putin on the issue, the US president did it in a joke.
TEHRAN, Jun 25 -The Turkish currency, the lira, has climbed some two percent against the US dollar as investors cheered an end to months of uncertainty over Istanbul’s mayoral election s.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 - Political commentator Jason Unruhe says the US president called off an alleged retaliatory strike on Iran to avoid voter backlash at home rather than to save lives on the ground in Iran.
TEHRAN, Jun 16 -A senior Russian security official has dismissed as “completely absurd” accusations that Moscow meddled in European Parliament election s last month.
TEHRAN, Jun 12 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the results of the recent presidential election in Kazakhstan, hoping for closer ties with the Central Asian nation under Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s presidency.
TEHRAN, Jun 3 - Austria swore in its first female chancellor Monday at the head of an interim government that will serve until after an election expected in September.
TEHRAN, Jun 3 - The leader of France's traditional right-wing party The Republicans has resigned following its trouncing in the European Parliament election last month.
TEHRAN, Jun 2 - Algeria cannot hold a presidential election planned for July 4 due to a lack of valid candidates, its constitutional council said on Sunday, prolonging the country's transition after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned two months ago.
TEHRAN, May 28 - The controversial founder of a major private television channel in Tunisia has said he will run for presidency of the North African nation in November polls.
TEHRAN, May 28 - The European Parliament spokesman says turnout for this year's pivotal election is nearing 51% for 27 nations, according to preliminary figures.
TEHRAN, May 27- The Scottish National Party has won three of the six Scottish seats in the European Parliament while the Labour Party came up empty, losing the two seats it had held.
TEHRAN, May 27- Nigel Farage, the head of Britain’s eurosceptic Brexit Party, says he wants a place around the negotiation table hosting Brexit talks, warning of the consequences of him being denied this.
TEHRAN, May 26 - Two days after the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA rode to victory in the Lok Sabha election s, Narendra Modi was appointed India's Prime Minister of the 17th Lok Sabha.
TEHRAN, May 24 -Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for an “immediate general election ” after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation in the aftermath a deadlock with parliament over her negotiated Brexit deal with the European Union.
TEHRAN, May 24 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he was "basically" not considering seeking voter consent with a snap election if the government were to delay a planned sales tax hike, Kyodo News agency reported on Friday.
TEHRAN, May 24 - Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is set to lodge a challenge to the result of the April 17 election in the Constitutional Court on Friday after complaining that the vote was rigged.