Elections

Serbia's government will withdraw amendments it proposed to the Law on Expropriation and make key changes to the Law on Referendums and People's Initiative, it said on Wednesday.

Kalina Konstantinova from "We Continue the Change" confirmed that she was nominated for deputy prime minister by the party.

"Yes, I am the candidate for 'We Continue the Change' for this post. But all this would be right to receive an invitation after the signing of the coalition agreement from all coalition partners," she said.

The level of participation in the centre-left Movement for Change KINAL party's leadership elections has exceeded all expectations..

Shortly after 7pm, 257,529 citizens had voted, exceeding the level of participation in the 2017 party leadership race, when 211,191 people participated, electing the late leader Fofi Gennimata.

According to RTS, the question is: "Are you in favor of confirming the act on changing the constitution of the Republic of Serbia?"
The proposal was sent to the Republic Election Commission, which should give an opinion on it.

178 deputies voted for the law, two were against, and no one abstained.
This law should regulate the manner of direct voting, i.e. decision-making of citizens by referendum, and the manner in which the people's initiative will be realized in the future.

Bulgaria is at the bottom in COVID-19 related statistics for several months now. The small Balkan country is often mentioned in discussions on low vaccination rates, high mortality, and a high number of infected per capita. Amid this dire situation, the state also had to deal with political instability.

Although the third for the year, on November 14 for the first time the elections will be 2 in 1 - for president and MPs. The vote is taking place at the peak of the fourth wave of coronavirus in Bulgaria and anti-epidemic measures will again be observed, and the number of those who voted with a mobile ballot box will be clear on election day.

Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has announced he plans to call the general election for 24 April, the earliest possible date for a scheduled election. The presidential decree to that effect will be signed in February, the president’s office said on Friday.

There will be 760 sections abroad in 68 countries, said Ivan Kondov - head of a working group for voting abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BNR reported.

He described as the biggest difficulty the delivery of machines and ballots to all sections abroad in a possible second round of the presidential election.

The United States remains committed to supporting Greece’s prosperity, security, and democracy, he wrote