Conservatives pass new election law designed to suppress vote
The right-wing Conservative Party government of Stephen Harper has finally succeeded in imposing U.S. Republican Party style voter suppression legislation in Canada.
Left, right, and even satirical parties get votes in Germany
In early June, Europe had to digest the results of the European Parliament elections - and choke down some pretty nasty clumps.
Colombia peace talks to continue, for now, after Santos re-election
It's evident a week after President Juan Manuel Santos won re-election with 51 percent of the vote that his government's peace negotiations with the FARC, in progress for 18 months, will be continuing.
Europe: The sky's not falling
"The subjugation of democratic process to the markets was the reason why we have the crisis today...we predicted from the onset...that austerity-based policies would backfire."
Targeted Ukrainian Communist cites right-wing terror, democratic collapse
The leader of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Petro Symonenko, was the target of a murder attempt by far-right militiamen on 16th May in Kiev.
European Parliament elections reflect loss of confidence in European Union
During the week ending on May 25, voters in the 28 countries of the European Union voted for members of the 766-member European Parliament.
In India, fears accompany right-wing Modi's landslide victory
This is the first time since India won independence in 1947 that a rightist party has won a clear majority in parliament.
South Africa 2014 elections: ANC triumphs, opposition gains ground
A new R1-trillion [$96 billion] economic and social infrastructure program aims to transform many poor areas by building new roads, rail links, ports, universities and schools.
Ruling party ousted in Panama elections
On Sunday, voters in Panama upset the predictions of pollsters by electing dissident Vice President Juan Carlos Varela, of the Panameñista Party, as their new president.
As crisis builds, Ukrainians face May 25 election
This election is largely a contest of powerful business tycoons who made their fortunes out of the breakup of the old Soviet Union and the privatization of state enterprises that followed.
