Georgia rejects Abkhazia election
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Georgia's president dismisses Sunday's parliamentary elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia as 'illegal'.
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Thousands of Georgian opposition protesters denounced as fraudulent a presidential election that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to a second term, threatening instability in the former Soviet republic once considered a beacon of reform
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The Bulgarian National Assembly on Friday rejected a non-confidence bill against the coalition government led by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.Comment
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Supporters of Abkhazia presidential candidate Sergei Bagapsh storm the president's office in Georgia's breakaway region.
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The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaderâs application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlinâs favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged.
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Georgians voted on Saturday in a presidential election expected to hand the former Soviet state's leader a narrow win, but opponents accused him of rigging the poll and threatened street protests.
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The high court in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia again reversed itself on whether presidential election results were valid, saying Friday an earlier ruling nullifying them should be ignored because court officials made it while being held hostage.
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Abkhazia, a Black Sea region which has been trying to split from Georgia, votes in parliamentary elections.
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Western election observers on Tuesday  rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election  chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier  than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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Georgians began voting Saturday in an election that could topple President Mikhail Saakashvili, the U.S-educated leader who set out to transform the former Soviet republic into a modern European state but has since been accused of authoritarian leanings.
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Western election observers on Tuesday rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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Florida election officials reject a suggestion by Jimmy Carter that the state's plans for polling day are flawed.
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A federal judge rejected a lawsuit aimed at forcing Florida authorities to affix printers to touch-screen voting machines, but admitted it would be better to have a paper vote record.
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Georgia threatens to block Russia's membership of the WTO in a dispute over links between the two nations.
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The electoral tribunal today rejected arguments from a leftist candidate that the election should be annulled.
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Supporters of a candidate in a disputed  presidential election in the separatist Georgian region of  Abkhazia stormed government buildings on Friday, Russia's  Interfax news agency reported.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won a presidential election on Saturday, an exit poll showed, but his opponents cried foul and threatened street protests.