Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted his Leftist government's resignation on Thursday evening, asking for a fresh mandate in snap general elections this autumn to implement the third bailout and lead Greece to the exit of the debt crisis.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted his Leftist government's resignation on Thursday evening, asking for a fresh mandate in snap general elections this autumn to implement the third bailout and lead Greece to the exit of the debt crisis.
Senior UN officials said here Thursday that Haiti's imminent elections next month will look to inaugurate a new period of transparency, democracy and development long yearned for by its citizens.
Burundi's opposition has rejected a proposal issued on Monday by the electoral commission to delay presidential polls to July 15, saying the current commission is "illegal" to make decisions as two of its five commissioners resigned early this month.
The Burundian opposition has urged inclusiveness in the preparation of a new election schedule, Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa told a press conference on Thursday.
The pro-independence insurgents in eastern Ukraine said Wednesday that they are ready to hold local elections under the Ukrainian law in their region if certain conditions were met.
Sri Lanka's ruling party on Wednesday called on to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections.
The governors of Japan's Hokkaido and Oita prefectures, both backed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc, beat their opponents backed by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in Sunday's gubernatorial elections, local media reported late Sunday.
Cambodia's new National Election Committee launched operations on Monday, vowing to organize free, fair and transparent elections in the future.
The deployment of military personnel for the general elections in Nigeria will not interfere with the electoral process, the government said Thursday.
Nigeria's Security Council on Tuesday gave a vote of confidence on the military following the successful anti-terrorism operations in the restive northeast region, an officer said.
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday ruled an electoral law article which regulates the division of the electoral districts of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections as unconstitutional, a ruling that may delay the vote set for March 21, state-run Nile TV reported.
Lawmakers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) approved on Sunday a new electoral law stripped of a provision that tied a census to 2016 general elections and triggered deadly protests.
Twelve Nigerian presidential candidates on Wednesday signed the Abuja Accord, a document in which all candidates for the 2015 election pledged to shun words that could incite violence before, during and after the elections.
Indian- controlled Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that people's participation in the recently concluded local elections should not be perceived as plebiscite.
Indian Congress party President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday praised Kashmiri people for participating in huge numbers in the ongoing local elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
As the countdown is ticking for Egyptian parliamentary elections, experts see that the current political parties are not strong enough to form an influential parliament in the near future.
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