Czech leader wins 'marred' poll
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Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus is narrowly re-elected in a process marred by threats, bribery and corruption.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential vote yesterday, defying strong pressure from the United States and other Western countries. In response, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko called for a national strike starting today.
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President Stipe Mesic won about 49 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, compared with 20 percent for his closest rival, conservative government minister Jadranka Kosor, who is trying to become the ...
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"I don't think the remaining votes will change anything."  A conservative former prime minister won the most votes in Slovenia's tight presidential elections Sunday, but fell far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff.Lojze Peterle, who campaigned as an independent but has the backing of Prime Minister Janez Jansa's center-right government, had about 28 percent of the vote with 95 percent of the ballots counted, according to the Electoral Commission. Fifty percent was needed to avoid a runoff.Although the president's powers are largely ceremonial, the job carries some influence in foreign and defense matters. Read more
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has won a vote of confidence in parliament, which he had called to gauge his mandate for continuing unpopular austerity measures after his party was drubbed in local elections at the weekend.
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Pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko won Ukraine's presidential runoff election, comfortably beating pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, an independent exit poll showed.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko narrowly won the first round of Ukraine's presidential poll, official results show.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych led the high-tension presidential race in this post-Soviet republic with about 45% of the vote, too little to clinch a first-round victory, the Central Elections Commission said early today.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was confirmed the winner of Ukraine's rerun presidential election with a nearly eight-point lead over his pro-Moscow rival, according to a final vote tally released by the electoral commission.
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The governing pro-Western coalition led by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic won last weekend's parliamentary elections, Montenegro's election authorities said Tuesday.
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Ukraine&#39;s Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country&#39;s bitterly disputed presidential vote Wednesday
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WARSAW, Poland - Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka won a parliamentary vote of confidence Friday, heading off the prospect of renewed political turmoil in a country that is a key U.S. ally in Iraq and the European Union's largest new member...
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RBC, 02.11.2004, Kiev 15:55:11.Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has won 40.22 percent support during the recent presidential elections, according to the results announced by the Ukrainian Central Elections Commission after 95.
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Election officials declared Wednesday that the Kremlin-backed prime minister won Ukraine's bitterly disputed presidential runoff balloting, sharpening a crisis between the government and tens of thousands of ...
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In the Czech Republic, dailies consider their prime minister's position after a routing at the polls.
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Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, whose admission that he lied to the country about Hungary's economy led to huge street protests, won a vote of confidence in parliament Friday.Comment
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Former Israeli PM wins first round of elections for leadership of second-largest party in ruling coalition.