Political science

The victory of Prime Minister David Cameron?s Conservative Party in the U.K. elections was a shock not only to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but to polling companies as well.

Bulgaria will grant the amount of USD 40 000 in humanitarian aid to the Nepalese children and their families, who were affected by the disastrous earthquake, which hit the country on April 25.

The leftist Greek government’s apparent displeasure with the online publication of various state sector expenditures is reportedly behind an amendment allowing for an “exception” to a draft law mandating the posting of all public administration decisions on the Internet.

The Turkish media?s highly partisan coverage does not bode well for the ultimate fate of the country?s democracy, according to a leader political science scholar.

Watch out Turkish politics watchers, you're in for a bumpy ride: Opinion pollsters have opened the hunting season and they're out to hijack your Twitter feed.

The European Commission has approved operational programs Good Governance and Science and Education for Smart Growth for the 2014-2020 programming period, according to the press office of the Bulgarian government.

Operational program Good Governance, which is the successor of the Administrative Capacity OP and the Technical Assistance OP, is worth over EUR 335 M.

The orchestrated campaign against BIRN in Aleksandar Vucic's Serbia was a prime example of the new authoritarianism sweeping the Balkans, which is the rolling back the democratic gains of the 1990s, Balkan expert Florian Bieber said in London on Tuesday.

The choices of citizens of a country on various issues are important parts of the inputs that governments receive during their decision-making process, so governments try to gauge the perceptions of the public more or less accurately. In democratic societies, public opinion becomes even more significant and effects the policy choices of governments.

Good governance in Romania includes civil society

NGOs have expertise to assist authorities in the battle against corruption, analysts say.

Romania joined the EU in 2007, and is still facing scrutiny from the Union on corruption. [AFP]

In Turkey, donations are generally given to schools or hospital buildings. It is customary to write the names of the donors at the top of the buildings.

However, this general trend was not obeyed recently in Turkey, when $1.5 million was donated to develop and spread the concept of “governance” in Turkey.