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Protest movement presents a growing challenge in Nepal

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NEPAL

The campaign is led by politician-turned-businessman Durga Prasai, who increasingly rails against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’). Prasai insists that it will…

India’s West Bengal faces several more weeks of unrest

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INDIA

Many protesters demand the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who leads the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata…

Social, not economic, issues divide Brazilian politics

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BRAZIL

The recent furore over the bill highlights the degree to which ‘social’, rather than economic, issues increasingly define the ideological battle lines in Brazilian politics…

Turkey's president will seek constitutional reforms

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TURKEY

The Court of Cassation has refused to honour a Constitutional Court ruling and ordered a criminal investigation into its members. After local elections on March 31, Erdogan will…

Sri Lanka president is unlikely to win another term

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SRI LANKA

Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks another term, this time as an independent rather than a representative of his United National Party (UNP). A recent survey on voting…

Elections in Indian-run Kashmir will be hard-fought

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INDIA

These will be the first assembly elections in the area since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status and…

India’s ruling party will be relaxed about polls

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INDIA

The final phase will be on June 1. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), aims to secure a third successive…

Hungary’s Orban will probably survive Bicske scandal

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HUNGARY

Fidesz has suffered three high-profile political casualties following the presidential pardon for Endre Konya, who tried to cover up for a child abuser: President Katalin Novak…

Race for Sri Lankan presidency will be tight

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SRI LANKA

The timing of the poll is in line with constitutional requirements. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has confirmed that he will seek another term. His main challengers look set to…

Greek ruling party could suffer losses in EU elections

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GREECE

The vote comes a year after the centre-right New Democracy (ND) party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was comfortably re-elected in the country’s parliamentary polls…