Elections

Austria election set for September 29th

Austria’s cabinet has set Sept. 29 as the date of the next parliamentary election. That was the first date on which the vote could have been held after parliament…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Sunday Newspaper Review

Good morning, These are the main stories on Malta's front-pages. The Sunday Times reveals that the Malta Financial Services Authority has written to Bank of Valletta to implement urgent changes…

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Sajid Javid has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership contest

Sajid Javid has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership contest. Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove remain in the race to succeed Theresa May as British Prime Minister.

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Tunisia passes law which bans leading candidate from contesting Presidential elections

A leading presidential candidate in Tunisia has been banned from running after parliament passed an amendment to the country's electoral law. Tunisia’s parliament passed the amendment to its electoral law…

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EU election was targeted by Russian disinformation

The Financial Times reports that according to an initial review by Brussels, Russian sources mounted a “continued and sustained” disinformation effort to “suppress turnout and influence voter preferences” at last…

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Photo Story – Launch

Britain's Secretary of State for Environment Michael Gove launches his bid to become the leader of the Conservative Party in central London, Britain, 10 June 2019. The deadline for candidates…

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British Conservative Party electoral process to replace Theresa May starts today

On Monday the process will begin to replace Theresa May as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. Members of Parliament of the British Conservative Party will on Monday see the…

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Hundreds arrested in protests against stage managed Kazakhstan elections

Hundreds of people have been arrested in Kazakhstan while protesting against a stage-managed election that they say will deprive them of a political voice. Euronews reports that 12 million registered electors of…

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How first time voters and youths pushed Germany towards green

The European Parliament elections on May 26 made it clear that Germany's young generation is far more interested in politics than many had believed. Indeed, almost 20 million young Germans…

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Malta Headlines – The Malta Independent

The Malta Independent reports that a young man was sentenced to probation after the court found him guilty of attempting to run over a policeman in a stolen car in…

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Malta Headlines – L-Oriżżont

L-Orizzont leads with a story declaring that two thirds of the country leans towards the Labour Party. The paper says that this is the poorest showing by the Nationalist Party…

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Jurgen Klopp speaks on populist fear and lack of appreciation of peace

The European election result in the U.K. was "surprising" and "disappointing" because people have misunderstood the opportunity of decades of peace in Europe since World War II, Liverpool Football Club…

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Malta Headlines – The Malta Independent

The Malta Independent reports on a debate between PL and PN deputy leaders David Agius and Chris Fearne. Agius said that he will not point finger at anyone after the…

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Meeting cancellation put doubts about Weber’s EU commission bid

A meeting scheduled for Monday by Manfred Weber, to take the lead in the discussions about the EU top jobs ahead of a Tuesday gathering of the EU-28’s leaders did not…

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Malta Headlines : The Malta Independent (Tuesday 28th May 2019)

The Malta Independent says that the margin between the PL and the PN in the MEP election stands at 42,000 after official counting ended. Early indications suggested that PL’s…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing- Tuesday 28th May 2019

Good morning These are the morning headlines. Malta's Newspapers are still dominated by the aftermath of Saturday's elections. The Times reveals that members of the Nationalist Party Council are collecting…

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UK: Vince Cable to resign from Liberal Democrat leader

Vince Cable has set the date for his departure as Liberal Democrat leader, saying he will hand over a “bigger, stronger party” to his successor on 23 July. With the…

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Malta Election: Official turnout till 2pm 32% (Updated)

Update: The Electoral Commission has said that the approximate percentage voting turnout for the European Parliamentary elections stood at 31.99% as at 2pm. This means around 2% less than last…

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Majority of Britons want a general election when new PM is in place

A Sky Data poll shows that some 65% of the public think the UK is in crisis following Theresa May's resignation and a majority want an immediate general election…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning, These are the main stories from Malta, Europe and around the world, in our daily morning briefing. Leading Stories Voters in Malta will be voting to elect their…

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Europe Votes: Greens make big gains in Ireland

A wave of support for the Greens in Ireland has set the party on course to top the poll in Dublin, according to a RED C exit poll for RTÉ…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Thursday 23rd May 2019

Good morning, As expected the debate between the leaders of the main political parties in Malta takes most of the coverage in today's newspapers. Internationally the latest in Libya, the…

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500 suspicious groups suspected of disseminating fake news detected on Facebook

The U.S.-based NGO Avaaz, which is active in the fight against cybercrime, said it has identified over 500 suspicious pages and groups on Facebook suspected of disseminating fake news…

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A Quick Look: The European Parliament Elections

The European elections are the second-largest democratic contest in the world, second only to the Indian elections. EU citizens eligible to vote are 427 million. The British and Dutch are…

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Campaigning in Portugal European Elections

Democratic Social Party (PSD) head of list to the European elections Paulo Rangel accompanied by Alvaro Amaro during the party's European elections campaign visit to a fair in Trancoso, Portugal,…

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In-Nazzjon Headlines – 18th May 2019

In-Nazzjon says that the nation has been denied of ‘another important’ debate after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat turned down an invitation by Opposition Leader Adrian Delia to go head-to-head on…

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Liberal Democrats overtake Labour, while Tories end in fifth place in UK’s latest polls

The Liberal Democrats have overtaken Labour while the Tories are pushed to fifth place, according to a poll for The Times before the European elections. The Lib Dems appear to…

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In-Nazzjon Headlines – Tuesday 14th May 2019

In-Nazzjon says that parliament has been lifted until after the elections at the end of the month. The paper says government took the sudden decision to avoid a scheduled discussion…

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Photo Story: Duterte faces key election test

Voting is under way in the Philippines, in mid-term polls seen as a popularity test for President Rodrigo Duterte after his first three years in office. Several of his…

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No Brexit Agreement in sight as UK government confirms that European elections will go ahead on May 23rd

The European elections will go ahead on 23 May, the government has confirmed, finally admitting it has failed to strike a Brexit deal in order to stop them. The Independent…

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Protests in Istanbul after election re-run order

In many districts of Istanbul, loud protests were heard as residents banged pots and pans — a traditional symbol of anger after the order to have a re-run of Istanbul's…

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Malta Election Watch – What are the Sunday surveys saying?

As the European Parliament and local elections approach, interest in what might the result be increases. It-Torċa, MaltaToday and Illum carry stories based on surveys the newspapers carried or commissioned.…

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Smaller popular parties determining factor in MEP elections

While the Centre-right European People's Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the two biggest groups in the European Parliament, continue to be forecast as scooping up the most…

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Malta 2019 Election Watch – Roundup Day 1

This is a quick round up of the salient news reported in Malta of the first day of the Electoral Campaign underway in Malta for the European Parliament and Local…

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Female voters could decide Spanish general election result

Euronews reports that according to a poll by the Center for Sociology Studies, 60% of undecided voters for the upcoming Spanish election are women. This means around 4 million women…

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North Macedonia presidential vote heads for run-off

Following the first round of North Macedonia's presidential election, which has been overshadowed by the country's name change deal with Greece, none of the three candidates won support from…

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Historic first Presidential vote in North Macedonia tainted by fears of low turnout

Voters in North Macedonia on Sunday will vote to elect a new president in the country's first election since it changed its name. The vote for the largely ceremonial post…

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Maltese Professor Joe Mifsud, the link with Russia, the dirt about Clinton, Papadopoulos and Trump’s Campaign as defined in Mueller’s report

"In late April 2016, Papadopoulos was told by London-based professor Joseph Mifsud, immediately after Misud's return from a trip to Moscow, that the Russian government had obtained "dirt" on candidate…

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UK cannot be treated as second category member if it takes part in EU elections- Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk said the UK cannot be treated as a "second category" member of the EU if it ends up taking part in the elections. "One of…

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Is Brexit showing that the current two-party system no longer serves the interests of the electorate?

Jeremy Corbyn is on course to sweep into No 10 after Theresa May failed to deliver on her promise to take the UK out of the EU by March 29, a…

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Slideshow: Anti-terror drill in Jakarta

An Indonesian naval anti-terror team display their skills during an anti-terror drill in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indonesian military are preparing to secure the country for the upcoming general elections on…

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British government prepares groundwork to hold European elections

The British government has laid the groundwork that would enable it to participate in the European Parliament elections next month, should the UK still find itself in the EU by…

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The emperor’s destroyed clothes – Turkish elections

The cartoon on the Turkish municipal elections was first published in Der Standard, Austria, April 2, 2019 | By Oliver Schopf Via Politico

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Ukrainian elections – Cartoon

The cartoon on Ukrainian elections was first published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, April 6, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas via Politico

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Partial results show Turkish ruling party leading in Turkish Local Elections

Partial results show that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party is in the lead in Sunday's local elections, that are seen as a test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With 44.2 percent of…

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Libya news digest – Migrant loaded truck crashes in Tripoli – Tunisia arrests UN official on sanction infringements – New contract with China’s King Long for Busses for Libya

A truck carrying illegal immigrants crashed near the town of Nesma about 200 km south of Tripoli, resulting in the injury of a number of migrants in the truck. Libya…

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Robert Mueller delivers report on inquiry into Russian election interference to Attorney General

Anti-Migrant vs Pro-Migrant ‘alliances’ to characterise MEP campaigns, as efforts to ‘change’ EU political landscape are declared

Hungary's Viktor Orban hopes a right-wing alliance can help gain an anti-migrant majority in the European Parliament. The alliance was pitched by Italy's Matteo Salvini, whom Orban described as a…

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