Rightist election campaigns dismay Austria's Turks
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When Ferit Yildiz came from Istanbul to Vienna to study mechanical engineering, he hoped to get a better education, raise his career prospects, maybe even find a job and a new home.
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Germany&#39;s far-right is expected to profit from discontent over Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s welfare cuts in elections in two eastern states on Sunday that observers fear will damage the country&#39;s image.
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ISTANBUL -- Turkish voters handed the Islamist-influenced ruling party a decisive victory in parliamentary elections yesterday, rewarding it for stewardship of Turkey's robust economy but raising the specter of new disputes over the feared erosion of the country's secular traditions.
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Austriaâs conservative government said yesterday that it wanted a decision from the European Union summit on December 17, to remain open to offering Turkey less than full membership, a prospect dismissed by Turkey.
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Swiss voters rejected proposals on Sunday to make it easier for the children and grandchildren of immigrants to get Swiss passports, a victory for the nation&#39;s right wing.
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Austria's conservative Freedom Party on Sunday angrily accused its coalition partner of breaking up the governing alliance by pushing through military reforms aimed at moving Austria toward an all-volunteer army.
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Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment and cuts in social programs handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany's two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, ...
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German far-right parties surged in eastern state elections Sunday, riding public anger against government welfare cuts and fanning fears among mainstream parties that the country&#39;s image could suffer.
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BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states handed a sharp rebuke to mainstream parties Sunday, giving radical right parties up to 9 percent of the vote and a boost to the former communists, exit polls showed.
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Voting is under way in elections in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another big defeat for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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Switzerland&#39;s main right-wing party is shaking up the country&#39;s traditionally placid electoral scene with a febrile campaign denouncing alleged conspiracies, while some opponents have branded its tactics Fascist.
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Two far-right Austrian Freedom Party members have fought a duel after one claimed the other had offended the honour of party mentor Joerg Haider.
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BERLIN : Fringe parties including the far-right made strong gains in two former communist eastern states as voters dealt fresh electoral blows to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats amid ire over his economic reforms.
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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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Turkey's ruling party claimed a resounding victory Sunday in parliamentary elections. But the AKP's Islamic roots and its appeal to religious supporters have unnerved many in the officially secular nation.
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DRESDEN, Germany  - German far-right parties  surged in eastern state elections on Sunday, riding public  anger against government welfare cuts and fanning fears among  mainstream parties that the country's image could suffer.
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WARSAW (BBC News) - People in Poland are voting in general elections called two years early, after the collapse of the ruling coalition in a row over a corruption investigation. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's conservative Law and Justice Party is being challenged by the Civic Platform, led by centre right rival Donald Tusk.  Both parties have their roots in the anti-communist Solidarity movement. Some Poles still believe a coalition between them would give Poland its best chance of stable government. Some are calling these elections the most important since the fall of Communism in 1989. Swiss Votes Being Tallied BERN, Switzerland (SwissInfo) - The rightwing Swiss People's Party and the Greens look set to make the biggest gains in Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to a first nationwide exit poll. The centre-left Social Democrats will most likely be the big losers for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to a survey commissioned by SwissInfo's parent company, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Switzerland's system of proportional representation means the party cannot hope for an overall majority.  But the campaign has caused deep unease among the large immigrant community. One single issue dominated the election campaign: foreigners. Twenty percent of Switzerland's population is foreign and the now notorious poster from the right-wing Swiss People's Party, in which three white sheep kick a black sheep out of Switzerland, was widely regarded as racist.