Polish coalition collapses, early polls loom
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Polish conservative Prime Minister  Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Thursday he will fire his rebellious  deputy Andrzej Lepper, ending a four-month alliance with his  leftist party after a budget row.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday declared a crisis with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych &quot;finished&quot; after the two agreed to hold early parliamentary elections in September.
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The curtain is set to finally fall on Ukraine's election saga this week with a deja vu closing act, as cracks appear in the eclectic "orange revolution" coalition that helped bring Viktor Yushchenko to power.
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Poles vote on Sunday in a snap  parliamentary election that could cost the ruling Kaczynski  twins their hold on government in the European Union's biggest  former communist country.
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Poles began voting on Sunday in a snap  parliamentary election that could cost the ruling Kaczynski  twins their full grip on government in the European Union's  biggest former communist country.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski dismisses his deputy, bringing an end to the governing coalition.
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The Czech Republic's rightist minority  government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament  this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim  administration followed by early elections.
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Italy's government looked on the verge of  collapse on Tuesday after an ally of Prime Minister Romano  Prodi deserted the centre-left coalition, depriving him of a  parliamentary majority.
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Backers of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych appeared headed for bitter disappointment as exit polls and the partial vote count showing opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko winning a comfortable victory.
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Poland&#39;s parliament voted on Friday to  cut short its term and hold an election two years early that  will pit the conservative ruling Kaczynski brothers against a  centre-right pro-business opposition party.
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Poles began voting Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, with a resurgent pro-business party striving to end two years of often combative conservative rule by the identical Kaczynski twins.
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Â· Bombing reduces majority of ruling coalition to threeÂ· Country in further turmoil ahead of elections
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Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, as expected, lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday, automatically triggering the fall of his minority rightist government, unofficial results showed.
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Poland's parliament called early elections on Friday that will pit the ruling conservative Kaczynski brothers against a pro-business opposition party.
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Poland's conservative Kaczynski twins were heavily defeated in a parliamentary election on Sunday by a centre-right opposition party ready to speed economic reforms and mend relations with EU allies.
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Poland's parliament voted to dissolve itself Friday, forcing an election that the government had sought to end persistent political turbulence. President Lech Kaczynski set the vote for Oct. 21, two years ahead of schedule.
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WARSAW -- Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski fired his deputy over corruption allegations Monday, throwing the future of Poland's conservative governing coalition into doubt and raising the possibility of early elections.