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 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 politics Article 245 words 3 votes
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson tackles crime and energy fears on the campaign trail a week before the national election politics Article 831 words 4 votes
Much ado about nothing – Sanna Marin and a very Finnish scandal politics Article 666 words, published Aug 1 2022 10 votes
Boris Johnson, the UK's embattled prime minister, announced he's resigning politics Article 27 words 35 votes
Sri Lanka prime minister says he’s willing to resign as protesters storm president’s residence politics Article 9 votes
Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, assassinated at a campaign stop politics Article 71 words 36 votes
Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid agree on dissolving Knesset; Israel heads for fifth election in three years politics Article 825 words 7 votes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 again politics Article 167 words 5 votes
Swedish government narrowly survives no-confidence vote – vote targeted Justice Minister Morgan Johansson over his record on violent crime politics Article 696 words 4 votes
Australia election: Conservative government voted out after nearly a decade politics Article 699 words 19 votes
EU triggers rule of law procedure against Hungary politics Article 462 words, published Nov 7 2017 8 votes
EU triggers mechanism to strip Hungary of billions worth of budget funds politics Article 459 words 11 votes
Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and will receive a face-to-face apology from the prime minister Article 1243 words 5 votes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act to address trucker protests politics Article 1741 words 22 votes
Finland is the world's happiest nation and I want to keep it that way – Sanna Marin says she is determined to defend human rights, despite asylum policy challenges politics Article 863 words 6 votes
Magdalena Andersson voted in as Sweden's first female prime minister – parliamentary vote putting her in the top job was very tight 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 politics Article 367 words, published Nov 7 2017 6 votes
Conservative politician Péter Márki-Zay wins Hungarian opposition race as six parties come together to challenge Orbán politics Article 291 words 15 votes
Norwegian parties agree to form a centre-left minority government – two-party coalition will have to negotiate with other parties to pass laws 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 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 politics Article 16 votes
Norwegian polls show Arbeiderpartiet is on course to replace PM Erna Solberg's coalition – would need support from Rødt and Miljøpartiet De Grønne to secure a majority politics Article 330 words 6 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 politics Article 344 words 8 votes
Hungary formally lost access this week to over €200 million in grants from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein amid growing concerns about the country's democratic backsliding politics Article 542 words 14 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 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 politics Article 305 words 7 votes
The US has had a military presence in Greenland since 1941. A young new leader wants much more. politics.usa Article 9 votes
Keir Starmer struggles to counter Boris Johnson’s ‘vaccine bounce’ as UK polls loom politics Article 918 words, published Apr 8 2021 5 votes
‘Stories are chosen due to editorial merit’ and ‘newsworthy updates’ - BBC politics Article 656 words 6 votes
Leading politicians in Finland have expressed outrage after former prime minister Juha Sipilä was assaulted outside the country's Parliament building politics Link 9 votes
Denmark's prime minister has apologised to twenty-two children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment Article 39 words 11 votes
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign politics Article 978 words, published Oct 16 2020 11 votes
The path to autocracy; A second Trump term will leave America’s political system and culture looking even more like Orbán’s Hungary politics.usa Article 2317 words, published Jun 15 2020 31 votes
Ailing Abe quits as Japan PM as COVID-19 slams economy, key goals unmet politics Article 861 words 18 votes
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage politics Article 1047 words 6 votes
Britain should not quake before Xi Jinping: China has already peaked and faces economic stagnation politics Article 595 words 7 votes
French PM Edouard Philippe resigns as President Emmanuel Macron plans new team politics Article 382 words 5 votes
Boris Johnson says three million people in Hong Kong will get path to British citizenship politics Article 301 words 7 votes
Lesotho's prime minster wants to stay in power to avoid being charged for his wife’s murder politics Article 689 words 4 votes
Benjamin Netanyahu says new Israeli government should annex illegal settlements politics Article 438 words 2 votes
Scott Morrison is now very popular in Australia. He hasn’t earned that. politics Article 819 words 10 votes
Canadian Prime Minister announces ban on 1,500 types of "assault-style" firearms, effective immediately politics Article 27 votes