local elections
Syria holds first local elections since 2011
Middle East
September 17, 2018
Syria holds first local elections since 2011
Millions of people have been displaced in the civil war and one-third of the country remains out of government…
Barcelona, Madrid elect female mayors
World
June 15, 2015
Barcelona, Madrid elect female mayors
The political heirs of the Spanish "Indignados" (Outraged) protest movement, which sprang out of the 2008 economic and housing crisis,…
Turkey’s embattled PM faces key test in local elections
World
March 30, 2014
Turkey’s embattled PM faces key test in local elections
Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, embattled by protests and corruption scandals, faced a crucial popularity test Sunday when over 50…
President no longer chief of police, says Constituent Assembly
Egypt
September 5, 2012
President no longer chief of police, says Constituent Assembly
The Constituent Assembly on Wednesday decided to cancel the article of the 1971 Constitution that says the president is the…