Tag: Presidential
Cyprus votes tight presidential run-off with incumbent Anastasiades, leftist
NICOSIA: Cyprus votes Sunday in a tight presidential run-off, with incumbent Nicos Anastasiades and his leftist challenger sparring over who is best placed to...
Mexico presidential favourite repeats call to review oil contracts if elected
MEXICO CITY: The leading candidate for Mexico’s presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated on Thursday his pledge to review oil contracts if elected,...
Evangelical hopeful leads in Costa Rica presidential race
SAN JOSE: A conservative Christian congressman best known for his opposition to gay rights remains the favourite in Costa Rica’s presidential election next month,...
Evangelical candidate front-runner in Costa Rica presidential race
SAN JOSE: A conservative Christian evangelical has jumped to the front of the race in the first round of Costa Rica’s presidential election next...
Sobchak gathers signatures for Russia presidential poll registration
ST PETERSBERG: Russian journalist and television personality Ksenia Sobchak have collected the 100,000 signatures necessary to register formally as a candidate in the country's...
Costa Rica presidential election likely to go without clear frontrunner: poll
SAN JOSE: Three conservative candidates lead the race to win Costa Rica’s presidential election next month, but none of them is likely to garner...
Mexican presidential front-runner condemns being backed by Russia
MEXICO CITY: The leftist front-runner in Mexico's presidential election is making light of allegations by his opponents and a top US official that his...
Czechs: to pick between Zeman, pro-western challengers in presidential vote
PRAGUE: Czechs wrap up voting on Saturday in the first round of a presidential election in which eight candidates are seeking to oust the...
Syria’s Assad says willing to hold early presidential vote
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is willing to hold early presidential elections if the Syrian people want them, in remarks released...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the...
Presidential ordinance for FATA Senate seats to be annulled
The government led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and opposition parties led by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday decided that the recently invoked...
Afghan presidential candidate rules out coalition deal
Ashraf Ghani says ‘our commitment is to defend national interests, not personal interests’
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani ruled out a coalition government with his...
Afghan presidential election provokes more than 3,000 complaints
Afghan authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of violations from last weekend’s presidential election, exceeding the tally following a 2009 vote that was...
Opposition demands removal of ECP officials, skeptic over presidential poll result
ANP lambastes ECP for violating code of conduct for elections
PML-Q says would have been better had government not indulged in controversies
JI says certain factors...
Mamnoon, Wajih left in the race as PPP boycotts poll
Experts see PPP move as return of PML-N’s 2008 favour
Rabbani says SC, ECP moves hint at ‘one unit’
SC meddling in ECP’s jurisdiction on behest...
PTI announces participation in presidential polls
Expressing his support for boycott of presidential polls, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Imran Khan on Friday said he personally supported the boycott of the presidential...
Revised presidential poll schedule in compliance with Supreme Court’s order: ECP
Following the criticism of many opposition parties for issuing a revised schedule for the presidential elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday...