Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know The center-left Social Democrats suffer a jarring defeat after decades of leading coalitions in Rhineland-Palatinate The SPD's popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says now is not the right time for party leadership speculation The SPD also lost a longstanding mayoralty in the Bavarian
Slovenia's parliamentary election on Sunday looked set to end in a two-way tie between the ruling liberal Freedom Movement of Prime Minister Robert Golob and the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), led by populist Janez Jansa.
Slovenians began casting their ballots in parliamentary elections this Sunday in a race that will determine whether the small EU nation of 2 million people maintains its liberal course or whether illiberal right-wing populists like Hungary's Viktor Orban and Slovakia's Robert Fico will get added support within the bloc.
Skip next section IN PICTURES: Rhineland-Palatinate elections March 22, 2026 IN PICTURES: Rhineland-Palatinate elections The western state of Rhineland-Palatinate is currently governed by a coalition of center-left Social Democrats (SPD) with the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) and the environmentalist Greens. But the Christian Democrats (CDU) with their candidate Gordon Schnieder have put up a strong campaign.
The accordion player is a fixture in the historical center of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Whatever the season, he perches on a chair in Preseren Square — sporting traditional costume and a feather in his hat — and runs through a limited repertoire of traditional tunes.
The accordion player is a fixture in the historical center of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Whatever the season, he perches on a chair in Preseren Square — sporting traditional costume and a feather in his hat — and runs through a limited repertoire of traditional tunes.
Skip next section Thank you for reading March 15, 2026 Thank you for reading The results from the Hesse local elections have already started to trickle in, but it will likely not be clear for a while how the various parties have fared.
Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, arrives to receive his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa, about 267 miles (430 kilometers) southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026.
Icelanders will vote on whether to resume European Union (EU) accession talks somewhat earlier than previously planned, according to Reykjavik's foreign ministry. A decision to hold the vote on August 29 passed the Cabinet on Friday.
FILE - Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference Dec. 7, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP WASHINGTON — Republican Rep.
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Credits Designed and developed by Alyson Hurt and Brent Jones, building on previous work by Thomas Wilburn, Audrey Carlsen, Hilary Fung and Shajia Abidi.