Estonian Commentary Suggests Caution to Media During Presidential Elections
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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As the voting gets underway, in what is expected to be a tight race, there are already election fears of fraud. Many are worried that the PSD (Social Democrats) might attempt to manipulate the voting in some way.
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ELDORET, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes in which hundreds were killed and thousands displaced in this year's run-up to the December 27 national election.
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BELGRADE, Dec. 12 (IPS) - A new debate has broken out in Croatia over freedom  of expression after two editors with the  state television were  suspended for airing a clip from an old speech by President Stipe  Mesic.
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Voting paper for the presidential elections, photo: CTK As an observer, you have to be neutral.
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Following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for the Nov. 2 general election. The editors are fallible human beings who stand an average chance of being wrong.
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Candidates could face problems as they try to integrate online political discourse into traditional campaigning.
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Voters and analysts fear that ballot-box clash of Karzai and rival candidate from different ethnic group could bring disaster.
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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Observers fear that vote tampering will mar results of Sunday&#39;s presidential election in Romania. The close race is between Bucharest&#39;s mayor, Traian Basescu, a frank-talking, hands-on
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The Finnish debate on the country's participation in the European Union's rapid response force is gathering momentum after President Tarja Halonen on Friday urged caution on the issue.
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"After all, for people here the Internet is almost as vital as running water; it is used routinely to vote, file their taxes, and, with their cellphones, to shop or pay for parking."  A timeline of "Attack on Estonia" is set out in the New York Times story today titled "War Fears Turn Digital After Data Siege in Estonia." For Estonians, the attack has been a fundamental threat, and for the ... via Smart Mobs
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Tuesday's European papers comment on Romania's presidential election and on the debate over Turkey's EU membership bid.
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Journalists applying to the Commission on Presidential Debates for credentials to cover the presidential debates are being asked to provide their racial data, a move that has some upset.
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The ethnic divisions evident in the presidential vote raise a warning sign for parliamentary elections scheduled for next spring. Hamid Karzaiâs inauguration as Afghanistanâs first democratically elected president seems a foregone conclusion.
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Romania's broadcasting watchdog admonished the state television station Nov. 19 for failing to intervene when a presidential candidate said the U.S. Embassy was "a nest of pedophiles." Nationalist senator ...
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The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates to identify misconceptions about them.
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TV news and children's shows could be threatened by an EU plan to overhaul ad rules, politicians warn.