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Five-party Latvian government may not last full term

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LATVIA

Latvia’s new government.

Austria’s Kurz will win election but has hard choices

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AUSTRIA

Austria's election outlook.

Bolivia election suspension will be tolerated for now

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BOLIVIA

Leaders of former President Evo Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement towards Socialism, MAS), which leads opinion polls, fear that the interim government will use the…

Honduras’s Hernandez will strive to cement his power

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HONDURAS

The low-key ceremony was accompanied by opposition-led protests in which police deployed tear gas and fired warning shots. Despite violence since the elections, the international…

Iran conservatives will stall Rouhani's reform efforts

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IRAN

President Hassan Rouhani has satisfied his constituents by concluding the nuclear deal -- the key pledge of his 2013 election campaign. However, he has yet to deliver on a number…

Bolsonaro woes will raise election doubts in Brazil

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BRAZIL

This would require rebuilding bridges with some moderate figures, in order to gain support among the 57 million voters who rejected his party in 2018. However, it also requires a…

Slovak parties may draw lessons from election upset

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SLOVAKIA

Liberal and centre-right parties supported the civic activist Caputova, who gained 58.4% of the vote. European Commissioner Sefcovic, who had been nominated by Direction-Social…

Iran president vote heralds full conservative control

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IRAN

Two-thirds of legislators in the conservative-dominated parliament today called on four of the five conservative candidates to withdraw in favour of frontrunner Ibrahim Raisi, now…

Hungary's Fidesz may change strategy vs Jobbik

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HUNGARY

The threat to ruling Fidesz from radical Jobbik.

Bangladesh will be cautious over key hard-line group

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BANGLADESH

Muhibbullah Babunagari represents a relatively moderate faction within the hard-line organisation. Junaid Babunagari was long hostile to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami…