Tag: Vote
French Socialists enjoy free rein after fresh vote win
The road was clear Monday for France's Socialists to push through their tax-and-spend agenda to battle the eurozone debt crisis after clinching an absolute...
French vote in general polls tipped to cement shift to left
The French voted Sunday in an election run-off expected to cement the country’s swing to the left by handing Socialist President Francois Hollande a...
Greeks vote in cliffhanger euro election
Greeks angered by austerity took to the polls on Sunday for an election that could decide their future in the eurozone amid unprecedented external...
Israel PM plans 300 settler homes after outpost vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to expand the Beit El settlement by 300 homes after MPs voted down a bill to...
Campaigns on hold as France prepares to vote
French presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the 10-strong field down...
Democracy behind India’s success: Nawaz
Chief of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, Mian Nawaz Sharif on Friday gave away hundreds of laptops to students in Punjab University...
Check your vote via SMS on 8300
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) launched, at 11.00am on Wednesday, what is deemed as the world’s biggest voters’ Short Message Service (SMS) to...
Calls for unity ahead of Australia PM vote
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday she was “very confident” of surviving a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd — the man she deposed...
Vote for Pakistan!
The Concerned Citizens of Pakistan (CCP) organised an interactive seminar “Vote for Pakistan”, focusing on voter education and voter awareness on Thursday 23rd February,...
Yemenis vote as Saleh’s 33-year rule comes to end
Yemenis voted in large numbers on Tuesday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule came to an end in a poll marred by...
French vote: Sarkozy presents new-style Carla at first rally
Nicolas Sarkozy was to stage the first major rally of his improbable re-election bid on Sunday as his former supermodel wife Carla Bruni road-tests...
‘The land is yours if your vote is ours’
The Punjab government has finally rolled the dice to give ownership rights to the residents of 154 registered ‘katchi abadis’ (shanties) in Lahore Development...
Eunuchs celebrate vote registration
The eunuchs registered themselves in large numbers in the voters list at the office of the Lahore District Election Commission, after receiving National Identity...
France calls for calm ahead of genocide law vote
France appealed for calm after a furious Turkey threatened “permanent” sanctions if French senators pass a bill later on Monday to outlaw denial of...
Croatia gears up for key vote on EU entry
Croatia geared up Saturday for a referendum on entry into the European Union, a vote that political leaders here say will shape the future...
Shaken Kazakhstan votes after riots
Kazakhstan elected a new parliament on Sunday just a month after deadly riots challenged the resource-rich but authoritarian nation’s status as the beacon of...
Shaken Kazakhstan prepares to vote after clashes
Kazakhstan suspended campaigning on Saturday as it prepared to go to the polls to elect parliament to breathe new life into tightly-controlled politics in...
