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In North Macedonia, the right-wing nationalist party VMRO-DPMNE achieved victory in both the presidential and parliamentary elections. Their candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, won the presidency with 65.1% of the vote, defeating incumbent Stevo Pendarovski in the second round of the election, who received 29.2%. The VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition also secured 43.32% of the parliamentary votes, translating to 58 out of 120 seats. In...

On May 8 2024, two elections will take place in the Republic of North Macedonia: the second round of the presidential election, and the parliamentary election. Political and electoral system In North Macedonia, the political structure is characterized by a parliamentary system, where the President has a largely ceremonial role, while the real executive power is held by the Prime Minister,...

May 12 2024 will witness the first turn of Lithuania's presidential election. The outgoing President, Gitanas Nauseda, is running for a second term, while the opposition faces difficulties in gathering votes. Political and electoral system In Lithuania, the political structure is characterized by a semi-presidential system, where the president holds more executive authority than counterparts in neighboring Estonia and Latvia -...

Peter Pellegrini emerged victorious in the Slovak presidential elections, securing 53.2% of the votes against Ivan Korcok's 46.8%, in a contest marked by a 61.12% voter turnout during the second round. Set to succeed President Zuzana Caputova on June 15, Pellegrini's election has raised discussions about Slovakia's political direction. Pellegrini, closely aligned with current Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, has...

Ousted Mayor Restored: Following demonstrations and widespread unrest in Turkey’s southeastern Kurdish-majority cities and provinces, the deposed mayor-elect of the city of Van has now been reinstated. Having won the mayorship with a clear majority of about 125,400 votes, Abdullah Zeydan, mayoral candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party in the city of Van, was denied his electoral...