... representatives will now hold the posts of both President and Prime Minister. This means that relations with Russia, bad as they may be right now, could get even worse. And relations with the European Union and Germany look set to become more complicated.
The elections held
on October 25, 2015 saw more than 39 per cent of voters back the conservative Law and Justice Party (link in Polish). This gave it more than half the seats in parliament, thus enabling it to form a one-party government. The new head of ...
... as are those where a harmless communication mistake can ruin even the most prudent politician.
Some politicians, including Radoslaw Sikorski, demanded change in the party itself, as two defeats in a row – at the presidential and parliamentary elections – were too frustrating for them.
There’s nothing new about the fact that a successful political campaign in terms of marketing is much more important than the essence of competition, but it’s quite impressive how soon leading ...
The results of Kyrgyz parliamentary elections held on October 4 have legitimized a previously unseen national political landscape through by a multi-party race that has brought together interregional political coalitions supported by individual patrons, clans and communities striving to ...
Political parties are alleged to provide their electorates with choice. Cynics might object that, while elections give an electorate the feeling that they have choice, this is only an illusion. Soviet propagandists used to like to point out that the choice is only between Rockefeller millionaires and Kennedy millionaires, that is, among factions of the ...
... second debate, he criticized Carly Fiorina, who spoke out against talks with Putin. He argued that, if Ronald Reagan had occupied a similar position during the Cold War, the outcome could have been quite different.
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The United States Presidential Elections
of 2016. The International Dimension.
Experts Forecasts
All the Republican contenders hold more or less “hawkish” views and compete with each other to seem tougher. Meanwhile, some experts
believe
that the overly aggressive nature ...
....” The recipes concocted by Belarusian liberals will have the same economic results, if the state follows their advice.
REUTERS/Host Photo Agency/RIA Novosti
Anton Boltochko:
A Half-Step from the Abyss: Belarus’s
Economy Ahead of Presidential Elections
For instance, Yaroslav Romanchuk, a Belarusian economist and head of Mises Research Center argues that the current employment structure cannot be preserved if the state aims to address productivity and efficiency challenges. In 2013, organizations ...
... make them fulfill President's instructions on burning issues
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External Matters
belstat.gov.by
Commodity Structure of Exports and Imports,
Belarus, 2014 (In Russian)
The third quarter of 2015 will be a major test for Belarus. With presidential elections looming, economic logic often tends to be replaced by political populism, which hampers responses to emerging challenges.
The external challenges, which are hardly manageable by Minsk and may affect developments in Belarus in the second half ...
The Problem of Catalonia is the Problem of Spain
The parliamentary elections held on September 27 were arguably the most important in Catalonia’s history. The separatists managed to make the elections feel like a referendum – even though under the Spanish constitution, autonomous regions cannot hold a referendum ...
The US space agency has forked out $490m for six seats for its astronauts to get to the ISS on board one of the Russian Federal Space Agency's (Roscosmos) Soyuz spacecraft. Nasa's space shuttles were stopped in 2011 as the organisation set about sending its astronauts to the ISS on board privately developed spacecrafts like SpaceX. However, a shortfall in funding from the US Congress has meant the space agency is down about a billion dollars on what it requested since 2011. As a result, the first...
On 14th June 2015, Moldovans casted their vote in local elections that saw pro-European parties arrive ahead of those advocating rapprochement with Russia. Political forces favouring European integration successfully mobilised the support of 51 percent of the country’s population. They now control 25 ...
