Portugal leader calls early poll
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio is to dissolve parliament and call early elections over a cabinet crisis.
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Â· Portugal sees EU-African Union meeting as priority Â· Britain and most members fiercely opposed to move
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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Denmark's ruling Liberals call an early  general election for 8 February, buoyed by opinion polls.
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Red noses appear on posters of Portugal's political leaders ahead of next month's general election.
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PRAGUE- The leadership of the senior government Social Democrats (CSSD) discussed the possibility of early elections during its meeting on Saturday, Health Minister Milada Emmerova (CSSD) said during Czech ...
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Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva begins a four-day visit to Spain on Monday seeking to draw attention to business opportunities that could help revive Portugal's sluggish economy.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections at the earliest opportunity.
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Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes an early lead after polls close in Brazil's presidential race.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may call early elections on Saturday in a much anticipated speech after violence between his Fatah group and the ruling Hamas movement stirred fears of civil war.
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The leader of Romania's opposition party on Tuesday called for the results of weekend parliamentary and presidential elections to be annulled and for new votes to be held, claiming fraud.
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Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday called early national elections for Nov. 13, seeking to profit from a strong showing in opinion polls and a robust economy.
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Early voting begins in Belarus parliament elections and a referendum on whether the president should stand for a third term.
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Portuguese voters will decide on Sunday whether the country's strict laws on abortion should be relaxed.
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MIAMI, OCTOBER 18 : Early voting for next monthâs Presidential election got underway in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election
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Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has announced that he and his centre-right cabinet had submitted their resignations, the day after the nation's socialist president announced he would dissolve parliament and call an early vote.
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Portugal goes to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether to allow a woman to have an abortion within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.