Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030 ~society politics Article 752 words 28 votes
Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat ~news greece politics Article 328 words 8 votes
US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections ~news usa politics Article 673 words 67 votes
Greek elections: Mitsotakis hails conservative win as mandate for reform ~society politics Article 766 words 16 votes
A Delaware city is set to give corporations the right to vote in elections ~finance business Article 714 words 28 votes
Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups ~society politics Article 33 words 12 votes
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fights for survival with strategy of hope and fear ~society politics Article 1151 words 12 votes
Thailand opposition crushes military parties in election rout ~news thailand politics Article 776 words 14 votes
Finnish far right in talks to join coalition government – negotiations set to begin in early May will include the anti-immigration party Perussuomalaiset ~society politics Article 233 words 5 votes
The results of Finland's parliamentary elections signal a tumultuous period ahead – what happened to Sanna Marin and what to expect next ~society politics Article 717 words 5 votes
Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left Sosiaalidemokraattien ~society politics Article 7 votes
Prime Minister Sanna Marin is now facing a tough election battle as head of Finland's centre-left Sosiaalidemokraattien ~society politics Article 1131 words 3 votes
Finns don't love Sanna Marin as much as you do – prime minister remains popular with voters, but her Sosiaalidemokraattien are trailing their main rival ahead of April 2 election ~society politics Article 1214 words 3 votes
Retired NATO general Petr Pavel has been elected as the new president of the Czech Republic, seeing off his populist challenger Andrej Babis ~news czech republic politics Article 8 votes
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia ~society politics Article 94 words 30 votes
An overview of how, and why, Taiwan’s Kuomintang dictatorship willingly embraced democracy ~humanities.history Video 12:48 5 votes
Jair Bolsonaro supporters clash with police in Brazil’s capital ~society politics Article 310 words 6 votes
Peru's president says will dissolve Congress, calls for elections ~news peru politics Article 107 words 8 votes
Slovenia elects first woman president in a runoff vote ~news slovenia politics Article 373 words 5 votes
‘These are conditions ripe for political violence’: How close is the US to civil war? ~society politics Article 3701 words 8 votes
Researchers have been given a £420,000 grant to explore the potential use of a blockchain-based voting system in Greenland ~tech Article 346 words 3 votes
Denmark's centre-left has secured the most votes in a general election – unexpectedly gained two seats and secured its best result in two decades ~society politics Article 37 words 5 votes
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly defeats Jair Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidency again ~society politics Article 679 words 25 votes
Denmark's election on Tuesday is expected to change its political landscape, with new parties hoping to enter parliament and others seeing their support dwindle ~society politics Article 818 words 4 votes
Denmark is a right-wing paradise – even centrists are terrified of immigration ~society politics Article 1443 words 5 votes
Anti-trans candidates fail to make major gains in Ontario school board elections ~lgbt transgender Article 846 words 8 votes
Regardless of the outcome of the November 1 polls, Denmark is expected to maintain its restrictive immigration policies ~society politics Article 1487 words 2 votes
Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the conservative Moderaterna, was elected on Monday as Sweden's prime minister with the support of the anti-immigration Sverigedemokraterna ~news sweden politics Article 291 words, published Nov 7 2017 2 votes
As the midterm elections approach in the US, does Finland have the answer to fake news? ~society politics Article 6 votes
Brazilian second round kicks off with Satan and Freemasonry dominating Brazilian runoff campaign ~society Article 389 words 5 votes
As part of a new series that looks abroad for inspiration on how to fix flaws in the US political system – we ask whether Norway's young MPs have the answer ~society politics Article 1088 words 5 votes
Danish general election called after PM faces mink cull ultimatum – Mette Frederiksen bypasses vote of no confidence by calling 1 November ballot ~society politics Article 245 words 3 votes
Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva headed to runoff after tight Brazil election ~society politics Article 1037 words 11 votes
Søren Pape Poulsen, leading challenger to Mette Frederiksen, is hemorrhaging support after false claims about the origins of his soon-to-be ex-husband ~news denmark politics Article 3 votes
Swedish rightwing on verge of narrow election win but waits on final tally – bloc including far-right Sverigedemokraterna on course for one-seat majority ~news sweden politics Article 683 words 11 votes
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson tackles crime and energy fears on the campaign trail a week before the national election ~news sweden politics crime.organized Article 831 words 4 votes
People don't want to hear about it – how the pandemic shaped Sweden's politics and left many feeling hopeless and disenfranchised ~life Article 1355 words 5 votes
New political party in Denmark, whose policies are derived entirely from artificial intelligence, hopes to stand in the country's next general election in June 2023 ~tech Article 357 words, published Aug 5 2022 10 votes
Ex-rebel sworn in as Colombia’s president in historic shift ~news politics colombia Article 592 words 5 votes
Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid agree on dissolving Knesset; Israel heads for fifth election in three years ~society politics Article 825 words 7 votes
United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi ~society politics Link 5 votes
San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin gets removed in a recall election ~news usa.ca.san francisco Article 1120 words 12 votes
Australia election: Conservative government voted out after nearly a decade ~news australia politics Article 699 words 19 votes
The esoteric social movement behind this cycle’s most expensive House race ~society politics Article 3840 words, published May 12 2022 12 votes
German state elections show populism in decline on left and right ~society politics Article 738 words 9 votes