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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's United Russia party has won by a landslide the elections held in the country on Sunday, but has lost some support, exit polls have suggested.

Early poll results have shown the same four parties that made up the current Russian legislation in 2011 will have MPs in the 450-seat Parliament, daily Kommersant reports.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on May 2 he was committed to building all of a new Australian submarine fleet in Australia, apparently contradicting the French contractor who said last week the deal would create jobs in France. 

Lyutvi Mestan, the expelled leader of Bulgaria's predominantly ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), said on Saturday that his new political project, DOST, will be 'a radical, pro-NATO and pro-EU party'.

Candidate Vangelis Meimarakis appeared optimistic about the election results and voters’ participation. According to information, about 40,000 voters have already cast their vote.

After casting his vote, Mr. Meimarakis said “Today New Democracy celebrates” stressing that there are neither winners nor losers, but today wins democracy within New Democracy party.

Leaders of the two ruling parties in Serbia, Progressive chief Aleksandar Vucic and Socialist leader Ivica Dacic, have vowed not to form a grand coalition ahead of elections in the northern province of Vojvodina, leaving future arrangements to post-election negotiations.

President Iohannis has to nominate a new PM | Photo: Pro TV. 

Leaders of Romania's main parties are to be invited to the presidential residence to start talks on the appointment of a new prime minister, after Victor Ponta resigned on Wednesday.

Ponta quit following mass protests over the nightclub fire that killed 32 young people.

The parliament of Moldova passed a vote of no confidence in the country's pro-European coalition government.

A total of 65 out of 101 MPs voted in favour of the censure motion on Thursday, TASS news agency informs.

Canada's newly-elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau, defended a journalist criticizing him during an event in Montreal before the country's Oct. 19 federal elections, according to a recently revealed video.

Swiss voters swung to the right in parliamentary elections on Oct. 18 dominated by concerns over Europe's migrant crisis, with the country's largest party winning a record number of seats.

Canadians appear set to end nine years of Stephen Harper's Conservative rule at the ballot box Oct. 19 and elect a Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau.