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
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats politics Article 655 words 28 votes
New Zealand Māori carver Twitch streamer gets a visit from Prime Minister "Auntie" Jacinda Ardern politics Video 19:02 20 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
Boris Johnson's approval rating plunges twenty points in four days amid Dominic Cummings scandal politics Article 290 words 11 votes
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Jacinda Ardern's popularity soars politics Article 309 words, published May 22 2020 12 votes
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end UK's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports politics Article 187 words 8 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
UK PM Boris Johnson out of intensive care but remains in hospital politics Article 273 words 13 votes
Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government" politics Article 479 words 9 votes
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduces COVID-19 alert level; urges cancellation to all non-essential travel politics Article 821 words 7 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 politics Article 5 votes
The appointment of Sanna Marin as Finland's prime minister has reversed the dwindling fortunes of her Social Democratic party politics Article 6 votes
David Edgerton: "Boris Johnson might break up the UK. That’s a good thing." politics Article 1224 words 11 votes
Finland's new prime minister is spearheading youth-led centrism – but will the rest of Europe follow her lead? politics Article 740 words, published Jan 2 2020 11 votes
Sanna Marin needs to act quickly to tackle one of Europe's fastest-aging populations politics Article 4 votes
Estonia's president has apologised after his country's interior minister mocked Finland's new prime minister politics Article 295 words 8 votes
Finland anoints Sanna Marin, thirty-four, as world's youngest serving prime minister politics Article 503 words 9 votes
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her country would provide four more planes to NATO after holding positive talks with US President politics Article 214 words 6 votes
Iceland's prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures politics Article 523 words 11 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 politics Article 208 words 7 votes
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali politics Article 721 words 13 votes
Why is billionaire George Soros a bogeyman for the hard right? politics.usa Article 2442 words, published Sep 7 2019 17 votes
How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy politics Article 4040 words, published Aug 29 2019 6 votes
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the European Union should be 'as flexible and positive as possible' in its negotiations over Brexit politics Article 4 votes
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is open to a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence – should the visit be extended politics.usa Article 4 votes