Election
Barack Obama announces 2012 re-election bid
April 05, 2011US President Barack Obama has announced his intention to stand for a second term in office in 2012. Mr Obama's team released a video on his official website and sent an e-mail to supporters announcing his plans. The president has an online network of...
Haiti: Michel Martelly 'defeats' Mirlande Manigat
April 05, 2011Preliminary results in Haiti's presidential election suggest musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly won the runoff vote on 20 March. He defeated ex-senator and former first lady Mirlande Manigat, officials quoted by news agencies say. Turnout...
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev wins re-election
April 04, 2011Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won an crushing election victory, saying he now has "carte blanche" to continue national reform. The country's Central Election Commission said he had won 95.5% of votes, based on partial results...
Nigerian election postponed again
April 04, 2011Nigeria has postponed its parliamentary election until next Saturday - the second such delay in two days. The vote was initially due to take place on Saturday, but staff and papers failed to materialise at polling stations around the country. After...
Moldova to hold local elections on 5 June
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April 03, 2011Moldova will hold local elections on 5 June. The MPs of the ruling alliance today passed a draft decision on the matter. The opposition Communists did not agree with this date, saying that there will be no time left for preparations and for the implementation...
Governor elections in Gagauzia were "free but not correct"
February 07, 2011The December 26, 2010 second round of governor elections in Gagauzia was "free but not correct", as the autonomous region's Piligrim-Demo Association has put it. The Association presented its election monitoring report at a news conference...
Igor Botan believes it would be advisable to combine Constitutional Referendum with local elections
January 19, 2011A new referendum on amending Article 78 in the Constitution [election of president] can well be held and should be held simultaneously with the ordinary local elections [due in spring-summer 2011], presumes Moldovan political scientist Dr. Igor Botan...
Moldovan parliament sets up Permanent Bureau
January 12, 2011The parliament set up the Permanent Bureau. The body will have 13 members, although initially the MPs had voted a draft providing for 12 members. Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu said that the Permanent Bureau should have 12 members: three on behalf...
Moldovan MPs approve numerical composition of parliamentary commissions
January 12, 2011The parliament has approved the numerical composition of the parliamentary commissions. The new legislative body will be made up of ten commissions, by one more than the former parliament. Under the decision approved , the parliament will have the...
Moldova between the EU and Russia
January 12, 2011By Vladimir Socor Moldova’s Alliance for European Integration (AEI) has won a new, and potentially longer, lease on life, after 16 months of insecure governance (EDM, January 7). Its post-election government is due to be installed on January...