Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat politics Article 328 words 8 votes
Protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers' far-right links – several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration's austerity and immigration-cutting programme politics Article 984 words 10 votes
Finland's new economy minister has apologised for extremist remarks after it emerged he addressed a far-right group four years ago politics Article 40 words 7 votes
Former US President Donald Trump demands Republican rivals pledge to pardon him … or else politics.usa Article 901 words 44 votes
Mike Pence reads the Donald Trump indictment - He ‘can’t defend’ the conduct but thinks the case is also political politics.usa Article 64 words 21 votes
Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left Sosiaalidemokraattien politics Article 7 votes
Prime Minister Sanna Marin is now facing a tough election battle as head of Finland's centre-left Sosiaalidemokraattien politics Article 1131 words 3 votes
Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan has been barred from the UK after threatening to burn a copy of the Quran in Wakefield politics Article 6 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 politics Article 1214 words 3 votes
Kevin McCarthy fails on first US House speakership vote in historic loss politics.usa Article 1132 words 20 votes
Setback for EU migration plans as Sweden assumes bloc's presidency – Swedish government thought to be reluctant to alienate far-right Sverigedemokraterna politics Article 1091 words 4 votes
Sixteen searches, four arrests in European Parliament after Qatar corruption investigation Article 298 words 5 votes
Nancy Pelosi embodied America's gerontocracy problem politics.usa Article 1039 words, published Nov 18 2022 4 votes
Rishi Sunak to become first British Asian PM as Penny Mordaunt bows out politics Article 375 words 13 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 politics.usa Article 1088 words 5 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 politics Article 683 words 11 votes
CBS News poll: Of 2,085 adults polled, majority favor maximum age limits for elected US officials politics.usa Article 328 words 13 votes
Argentina's VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner unharmed in point-blank attempted shooting politics Article 122 words 6 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
Denmark seeks to charge former defence minister with disclosing secrets – top prosecuting office says Claus Hjort Frederiksen shared ‘highly classified information’ politics Article 353 words 3 votes
Denmark says it is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a reception centre for asylum seekers politics Article 258 words 3 votes
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets politics Article 38 words 4 votes
What ‘The Squad’ tells us about progressives’ ability to win voters of color politics.usa Article 10 votes
Conservative politician Péter Márki-Zay wins Hungarian opposition race as six parties come together to challenge Orbán politics Article 291 words 15 votes
Norway's billionaires spent the election campaign smearing Rødt – but the party kept its focus and secured a historic electoral breakthrough politics Article 1519 words 4 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
Hong Kong leader defends election after single non-establishment figure picked for 1,500-strong committee politics Article 490 words 6 votes
SPD candidate Olaf Scholz consolidates German election lead with TV debate win politics Article 573 words 5 votes
Historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark against former MP Inger Støjberg who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures politics Article 862 words 7 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
Morten Messerschmidt, a leading right-wing Danish politician, has been convicted of fraudulently receiving funds from the European Union politics Article 348 words 9 votes
From child refugee to politician – Suldaan Said Ahmed, whose family fled the civil war in Somalia, is intent on driving out racism in Finland politics Article 937 words 3 votes
New vote totals show tighter Democratic race for New York City mayor politics.usa Article 785 words, published Jun 30 2021 5 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
Denmark's secret service helped the US spy on European politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014 politics.usa Article 33 words 5 votes
I am getting sick of writing these pieces to respond to people like Rick Santorum politics.usa Article 962 words 13 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
Alexei Navalny reaches fourteenth day of hunger strike as officials threaten force-feeding politics Article 524 words 15 votes
Finland's women-led government targeted by online harassment – the online attacks have left some female politicians afraid to speak out politics Article 945 words 14 votes