Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir announced her resignation – said that she will run for president, a ceremonial post that is mostly above the daily political fray iceland politics Article 280 words 11 votes
Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming Dutch PM dim after centrist party quits talks netherlands politics Article 903 words 13 votes
Germany's far-right AfD sees poll numbers surging to nearly 20% nationwide germany politics Article 692 words 37 votes
Prime Minister Mark Rutte hands in resignation as Dutch government collapses over asylum row netherlands politics Article 669 words 19 votes
Finland's new economy minister has resigned after just ten days in office over remarks he made at a far-right event four years ago finland politics Article 40 words 21 votes
Finland's new economy minister has apologised for extremist remarks after it emerged he addressed a far-right group four years ago finland politics Article 40 words 7 votes
Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups finland politics Article 33 words 12 votes
Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament finland.sapmi politics law Article 952 words 3 votes
Dutch prime minister apologizes for the Netherlands’ role in the slave trade netherlands politics Article 459 words 7 votes
Denmark's new coalition government is set to scrap a bank holiday to boost defence spending – hopes of boosting productivity and economic activity denmark politics Article 52 words 4 votes
Denmark to try out first grand coalition government since 1970s – been without a permanent government for forty-two days, beating the previous record denmark politics Article 5 votes
Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination finland.sapmi politics law Article 1666 words 6 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 denmark politics Article 37 words 5 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 sweden politics Article 291 words, published Nov 7 2017 2 votes
Danish general election called after PM faces mink cull ultimatum – Mette Frederiksen bypasses vote of no confidence by calling 1 November ballot denmark politics Article 245 words 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 sweden politics Article 683 words 11 votes
Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid agree on dissolving Knesset; Israel heads for fifth election in three years israel 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 finland.sapmi politics Link 5 votes
Swedish government narrowly survives no-confidence vote – vote targeted Justice Minister Morgan Johansson over his record on violent crime sweden politics crime Article 696 words 4 votes
Australia election: Conservative government voted out after nearly a decade australia politics Article 699 words 19 votes
Magdalena Andersson voted in as Sweden's first female prime minister – parliamentary vote putting her in the top job was very tight sweden politics Article 429 words, published Nov 7 2017 12 votes
Iceland's governing parties led by Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of Vinstrihreyfingin–grænt framboð agreed on Sunday to continue their working coalition for another term iceland politics Article 367 words, published Nov 7 2017 6 votes
Norwegian parties agree to form a centre-left minority government – two-party coalition will have to negotiate with other parties to pass laws norway politics Link 6 votes
Iceland elects Europe's first female majority parliament – but Katrín Jakobsdóttir's future as PM looks to be in doubt after her party lost several seats iceland politics Article 7 votes
The opposition Arbeiderpartiet has won Norway's general election – brings an end to eight years of conservative government, paving the way for a centre-left coalition norway politics Article 16 votes
Stefan Löfven steps down as Sweden's prime minister after seven years – finance minister Magdalena Andersson widely tipped to be his successor as leader of Socialdemokraterna sweden politics Article 344 words 8 votes
Sweden's parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven – Socialdemokraterna leader has a week to resign or call a snap election sweden politics Article 60 words 7 votes
Sweden's Vänsterpartiet said it would seek to oust PM Stefan Löfven if the government didn't drop or change plans for the abolition of rent controls on new-build properties sweden politics Article 305 words 7 votes
Greenland heads to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic denmark.greenland politics Article 34 words 8 votes
Greenland's government called a national election after parliament threatened it with a no-confidence vote – coalition torn apart by dispute over mining project denmark.greenland politics Article 288 words 5 votes
Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government" israel politics Article 479 words 9 votes
Norway's PM Erna Solberg named one of her top lieutenants to the key position of finance minister as her new minority government prepares to navigate a hostile parliament norway politics Article 5 votes
The appointment of Sanna Marin as Finland's prime minister has reversed the dwindling fortunes of her Social Democratic party finland politics Article 6 votes
Finland anoints Sanna Marin, thirty-four, as world's youngest serving prime minister finland politics Article 503 words 9 votes
Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigned on Tuesday after a member of the ruling coalition said it had lost confidence in him following a series of disruptive strikes finland politics Article 208 words 7 votes
Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's youngest prime minister, to lead new leftist government denmark politics Article 904 words 7 votes
Israel heads to new election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form coalition israel politics Article 2017 words 12 votes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defied years of opinion polls and public expectation to lead the Coalition to a shock election victory australia politics Article 846 words 14 votes
Australia's Labor party laughing as Coalition kowtows to Rupert Murdoch australia politics journalism Article 1395 words 4 votes