Estonia fails to elect president
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A Soviet-trained astronomer failed Monday to win enough votes in parliament to become Estonia's next president, forcing a new vote on a second candidate.
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In Macedonia, a referendum aimed at blocking plans to grant more local autonomy to the country&#39;s ethnic Albanian minority has failed due to low voter turnout.
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Estonian President Arnold Ruutel has called for recognizing his country's border with Russia.
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Voters in Estonia have been going to the polls to elect a new parliament. It's widely believed that they will return to power the coalition made up of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's centre-right Reform Party and ...Comment
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Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian&#39;s Democratic Progressive Party failed to capture a majority in the country&#39;s parliamentary elections held over the weekend.
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Early results in Estonia's parliamentary poll suggest the governing coalition is poised to stay in power
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African leaders have been unsuccessful in efforts to win more voting power for the continent at the IMF and World Bank.
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Lebanon on Friday postponed its presidential election to January 21 from Saturday, the 12th such delay, despite efforts by the Arab League to get rival Lebanese leaders to agree an Arab plan to end the country's crisis.
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PARLIAMENTARY elections and a referendum authorising Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term in office fell badly short of international standards, Western monitors said yesterday.
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Lebanon's divided parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday, but the anti-Syrian majority and the opposition both said they were ready for dialogue before a possible vote on October 23.
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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable -- if his  political foes can unite
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Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip was set for a narrow win in a parliamentary election on Sunday, leaving him in pole position to form a coalition in the Baltic state.
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RIGA, Latvia: Latvia's referendum on national security legislation seemed headed for failure despite a plea by President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, whose second term of office ends at midnight Saturday, to go to the ... via International Herald Tribune
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BUCHAREST - The presidential election in Romania is too close to call. Both candidates are claiming victory after exit polls showed a virtual dead heat.
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Tiny Baltic state ignores conventional security wisdom with the first national election to accept ballots cast over the internet in advance of Election Day. John Borland reports from Tallinn.
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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatia's pro-Western president, Stjepan Mesic, narrowly failed to clinch reelection yesterday, paving the way for a runoff against the candidate of the ruling conservative government.
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TALLINN - Center-right Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip was set for a wafer-thin election victory on Sunday, allowing him to re-form the current right-left coalition or ...Comment