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More than half the senior officials in the leadership of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, will be replaced by young activists, the party announced on Thursday.

Turkey's top election body has eventually announced the final results of the June 7 general election, prompting all eyes to turn to the first sitting of the new parliament on the fifth day after the announcement of the results, on June 23.

Political coordinator of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea in Botosani on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Victor Ponta will need up to four weeks recovery period after foot surgery.

Montenegro's ruling party congress, scheduled for next week, is expected to reaffirm Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's position as leader and tighten party discipline.

Djukanovic, a former communist, has led Montenegro for almost 25 years. He is seeking his seventh mandate as leader of a party that has been in power without interruption since the beginning of the nineties.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu cast his vote at the Çankaya Arjantin Primary School on June 7 for the general elections. 

K?l?çdaro?lu arrived at the school premises with his wife, Selvi K?l?çdaro?lu. 

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has warned its provincial and district branches over possible election fraud, particularly in regard to those who might attempt to cast votes on behalf of dead people.
 

The Speaker of Parliament, Ranko Krivokapic, on Wednesday was re-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in an outcome that some see as an opportunity for the party to distance itself from the dominant Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta asserted on Monday that there was discontentment within his Social Democrat Party (PSD) about the suspended one-year prison sentence for Liviu Dragnea, the former executive chair of the party and administration minister.

The political crisis into which Macedonia has plunged over the past years is affecting neighboring states as well, the country's opposition leader has said while on a Friday visit to Sofia.

The leader of Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats Zoran Zaev will pay one-day visit to neighbouring Bulgaria on Friday, the party has announced.

Zaev is expected to meet high-ranking Bulgarian officials as well as leaders of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), according to the announcement posted on the website of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) on Thursday.