Elections
Baltakos rejects reports of plans to form own party
Ex-cabinet secretary and prime-ministerial adviser Panayiotis Baltakos says he is not poised to form his own party but believes New Democracy should be doing more to attract right-wing voters.
Over 18 million citizens can vote in presidential election
The Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) has announced on Friday that in the first round of the presidential elections (November 2) 18,336,254 citizens have the right to vote; in the second round (November 16) the number is 18,334,071.
Croatia Moves to Toughen Referendum Rules
The centre-left majority in Croatia's parliament is working on tightening up the referendum law in order to make such exercises harder to hold.
The principal changes mean that in future, those seeking a referendum will have to present a clearer argument in pushing for one.
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Invitation to ethnic Albanians and Roma to vote in elections
BELGRADE - Presidents of the national councils of ethnic Albanians and Roma, Galip Beciri and Vitomir Mihajlovic, invited the members of their ethnic groups to register on the special electoral rolls and vote in the elections for members of the national minority councils in Serbia set for October 26.
Let’s do e-voting
The voting is over and the winner is Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan. However, the aftermath of the voting is still chaotic. Every party that participated in the elections is busy trying to figure out what the results mean for their future and how they should proceed into the future. The reason why there is so much debate is the huge number of people who did not vote.
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Croatia War Veterans Draw Comfort From Court Ruling
Campaigners against bilingual signs say the court decision vetoing a referendum on the issue is not a total blow to their cause.
Croatia's constitutional court: No referendum on Cyrillic
ZAGREB - Croatia will not hold a referendum on the official use of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet after the country's constitutional court ruled the proposed referendum question as unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court made the ruling on Monday after the parliament requested that the constitutionality of the announced referendum be assessed.
Croatia Court Vetoes ‘Anti-Cyrillic’ Referendum
Croatia’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed referendum on amending the country’s Law on National Minority Rights is unconstitutional.
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Man detained for taking photo of marked ballot
A voter who photographed his own marked ballot inside the voting cubicle has been detained in Darıca in the northwestern province of Kocaeli.
Ballot box officials in Darıca informed police after they realized that a voter had taken a photo inside the box.
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Polls for national minority councils scheduled for Oct 26
BELGRADE - The elections for the national councils of national minorities will be held on October 26, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovicki has announced, urging all members of national minorities to register for special electoral rolls.