World news about “Presidential elections” published by euronews.
Finns vote in presidential second round Voters in Finland have been choosing their President in the country’s second round of voting. The front runner is the pro-European conservative candidate… 05/02/2012
Niinisto set to become president of Finland Former finance minister Sauli Niinisto is the favourite heading into Sunday’s presidential run-off in Finland. Niinisto of the conservative National… 05/02/2012
East Timor’s Ramos-Horta to seek second term as president East Timor president and Nobel Peace Laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta is to seek another five-year term in March elections. About 10 presidential hopefuls have now… 31/01/2012
Wade again cleared to run for Senegal presidency Opposition groups have lost their appeal to prevent Abdoulaye Wade running for president of Senegal a third time. The Constitutional Council, the country’s… 30/01/2012
Senegal opposition vows resistance to Wade Senegal’s opposition has vowed resistance to President Wade, whose decision to seek a controversial third term in office sparked violent protests on Friday… 29/01/2012
Dakar quiet after stormy night in Senegal presidency row Calm has returned to streets of Senegal’s capital city, even though the opposition has vowed to continue its fight against President Abdoulaye Wade’s plan to… 28/01/2012
Senegal protesters to march on presidential palace There has been violence in Senegal after the country’s top legal body gave the go-ahead for veteran President Abdoulaye Wade to stand for a third term – and… 28/01/2012
Yavlinsky out of Russia presidential election due to fraud Liberal opposition leader Grigori Yavlinsky will not be allowed to run for the Russian presidency after being disqualified. His removal is being blamed on… 27/01/2012
Romney favourite to win Florida primary after debate After a strong performance in Thursday night’s televised debate, Mitt Romney looks like the favourite to win next Tuesday’s Republican primary in Florida… 27/01/2012
Hollande locks horns with Juppe in TV debate French presidential candidate Francois Hollande ended yesterday’s day of campaigning with a tense televised debate with Foreign Minister Alain… 27/01/2012
OSCE monitors ready for Russia’s presidential race European election observers have begun monitoring Russia’s presidential campaign. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said it would not be… 26/01/2012
Obama takes message of tax reform to swing-states Barack Obama has set off on his own mini election trail, carrying Tuesday’s State of the Union message to five swing-states. His speech to Congress called… 26/01/2012
Billionaire enters fray against Putin Russia’s third richest man has been given the green light to stand against Vladimir Putin in the country’s presidential election, but the biggest challenge he… 25/01/2012
Putin rival may be barred from presidential election Russia’s electoral commission appears set to bar a leading liberal opponent of Vladimir Putin from standing in the forthcoming presidential election. Russian… 25/01/2012
Presidential elections in Finland go to second round Sauli Niinisto, a veteran conservative leads the race to become Finland’s 12th president after the first round of voting. He won almost 37 percent of the… 22/01/2012
Communists rally for fair elections in Russia – nocomment The Russian Communist Party, supported by several other Russian opposition parties and groups, holds a rally demanding fair presidential elections and warning… 22/01/2012
Euro crisis dominates as Finns choose new president The people of Finland have begun voting in the first round of the presidential election after a campaign dominated by the euro crisis. Opinion polls suggest… 22/01/2012
Pro-euro Finns lead ahead of presidential poll Free hot drinks appear to have given Finns a taste for Sauli Niinisto ahead of Saturday’s presidential election to replace Tarja Halonen. The National… 21/01/2012
Finns wary of over-extending The euro countries’ debt crisis is perhaps the dominant theme of Finland’s presidential election campaigning, with a feeling of ‘been there, done that, don’t… 20/01/2012
Polls close in Kazakhstan’s democratic test The polls have closed in Kazakhstan’s election in a vote designed to boost the country’s democratic credentials by giving a non-ruling party a toehold in… 15/01/2012
Opposition to get tiny foothold in Kazakhstan vote The people of Kazakhstan vote on Sunday in a general election in which no-one is expecting anything other than a landslide for President Nazarbayev’s ruling… 15/01/2012
Taiwan re-elects president, endorsing China policy Taiwan has re-elected its president, endorsing Ma Ying-jeou’s push for closer ties with China. Thousands of supporters braved pouring rain in central Taipei… 14/01/2012
Taiwan votes with China relations at stake Taiwan has been voting for its next president and parliament with the future of relations with China at stake. Nationalist President Ma Ying-jeou, who is… 14/01/2012
Putin campaign website attracts calls for resignation The most popular comments on Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign website are ones calling for him to quit politics. Just three hours after launching… 12/01/2012
N’Dour speaks about Senegalese candidacy World famous Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour says he wants to give up music for politics and will run for president of his West African nation. Euronews… 12/01/2012
Senegal’s President Wade fuels controversy Pressure has been increasing to convince Abdulaye Wade not to run for president of Senegal for a third time. Many say the 85-year-old has no place on a ballot… 12/01/2012
Gingrich aims to go for broke in South Carolina New Hampshire may not have provided the boost that Newt Gingrich was looking for to revive his bid to be the next president of the United States. But the… 11/01/2012
Ortega sworn in forthird term as president Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined leaders from Central America in congratulating Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega as he was sworn in for a third… 11/01/2012
Mitt Romney feels goodUS Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney poses for a photograph with a member of the audience after delivering… 29/12/2011
Violence ahead of elections in Democratic Republic Of Congo – nocomment Police in Kinshasa were out in force to ban all campaign rallies on Saturday (November 26) after rival supporters hurled rocks at each other and at least one… 27/11/2011
Obama’s jobs pledge on midwest bus tour The Obama battle bus has been ploughing through America’s rural midwest. It is a crucial battleground for the Democrat president with an eye on winning a… 17/08/2011
Obama promises jobs plan, but few details President Barack Obama says he will propose a plan in September to jump-start the US economy as he struggles to convince skeptical voters that he has… 16/08/2011
Moussa’s vision for Egypt The former Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, has given an exclusive interview to euronews as he visited our new bureau in Brussels. He spoke… 12/07/2011
Yingluck Shinawatra wins Thailand election – nocomment Yingluck Shinawatra is set to become Thailand’s first ever female prime minister after her Pheu Thai party won over half of the parliamentary seats. 04/07/2011
Supporters of Portugal’s incumbent President wave flagsSupporters wave flags during a rally by presidential candidate and Portugal’s incumbent President Anibal Cavaco Silva in Porto January 20, 2011… 21/01/2011
Obama remobilising DemocratsUS Democratic President Barack Obama, fresh from a vacation in Hawaii, steps back into the campaign spotlight. Ohio is his priority today, a state considered… 04/01/2012
Dead heat in Iowa Republican caucusesVoting in Iowa to choose a Republican presidential candidate turned into a two horse race with the biggest surprise of the evening being the performance of… 04/01/2012
Republicans ready for Iowa caucusesA high turnout is expected among Republican voters in Iowa – the first US state to cast its choice over who will represent the Grand Old Party in the race for… 03/01/2012
N’Dour claims popular demand for Senegal presidencyWorld famous singer Youssou N’Dour is contemplating swapping the stage for the campaign rostrum after saying he will run for president in his native Senegal… 03/01/2012
Senegalese singer to stand for presidentWorld-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou N’dour has announced he is to stand in his country’s presidential elections in February. He has not yet spelled out… 03/01/2012
Iowa kicks off Republican presidential raceThe race for the White House officially kicks off in Iowa on Tuesday as Republican supporters there take part in a vote to pick their party’s candidate for… 03/01/2012
Anti-corruption campaigner wins Transdniestria presidencyPreliminary results from the presidential run-off in Moldova’s rebel Transdniestria region show a convincing victory for challenger Yevgeny Shevchuk. The… 26/12/2011
Moldovan rebel region in presidential run-offThe second round of presidential elections in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region took place on Sunday. Parliament member Yevgeny Shevchuck faced off… 26/12/2011
Troops stop Tshisekedi from stadium swearing-inThe leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s opposition Etienne Tshisekedi has had to settle for a makeshift swearing-in ceremony in his Kinshasa… 24/12/2011
Kabila sworn in for new presidential term in DR CongoJoseph Kabila has been sworn in for a new term as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ceremony comes after elections marred by deadly clashes… 20/12/2011
DR Congo Supreme Court declares Kabila winnerJoseph Kabila has been declared the official winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election by the country’s Supreme Court. It rejected… 16/12/2011
Electoral deadlock in breakaway TransdniestriaIn the streets of Transdniestria there is a political vacuum. Election results have been delayed amid accusations of voting violations. Igor Smirnov had… 12/12/2011
Russia: Presidential candidatesBillionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov has announced his candidacy for the Russian presidency. The tycoon, representing himself as the middle class… 12/12/2011
Unrecognised Eastern European state holds electionsThe internationally unrecognised breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria voted for its president on Sunday. Igor Smirnov, who has ruled the territory… 11/12/2011
Unrecognised state of Transdniestria prepares for electionThe Moldovan breakaway state of Transdniestria which has no international recognition is preparing for an election on Sunday. Igor Smirnov who has led the… 10/12/2011
Clashes in DR Congo after electionsA day after election authorities named incumbent president, Joseph Kabila winner of a disputed poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo, opposition protesters… 10/12/2011
Rival rejects re-election of Congo’s KabilaTwo men believe they are President of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In power for a decade, Joseph Kabila has been re-elected in the war-scarred central… 09/12/2011
Congo’s Kabila re-elected as opposition cries foulJoseph Kabila has won re-election in the Democratic Republic of Congo in provisional results slammed by the opposition as ‘totally unacceptable.’ President… 09/12/2011
RD Congo presidential election result delayed againThe announcement of a winner in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election has been delayed for the second time this week. The election… 09/12/2011
Counting problems delay DRC election resultTensions continue to run high as the Democratic Republic of Congo waits for the results of last month’s presidential election. Officials say the outcome… 07/12/2011
Tensions rise in Congo ahead of election resultOn the streets of Kinshasa security has been heightened ahead of the expected results of Congo’s presidential election. A partial count of nearly 70 percent… 06/12/2011
Republican Cain quits race for White HouseUS Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is suspending his campaign, after another accusation of infidelity. With his wife standing behind him… 03/12/2011
Candidate declares victory in South Ossetia pollA disputed presidential election in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia has descended into chaos. Police have fired shots into the air, as crowds… 30/11/2011
Court throws out election results in South OssetiaA court in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has annulled the results of a disputed presidential ballot. Early results showed former education… 30/11/2011
DR Congo ballot marred by arson and violenceArson attacks and deadly shootings have marred elections in DR Congo, as the country awaits the results. Hopes had been high for this second post-war… 29/11/2011
Polling stations attacked in DR CongoViolence in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday threatened to mar the country’s second democratic elections since emerging from years of civil war… 28/11/2011
Unrest mars DR Congo voteVoting in the Democratic Republic of Congo second-ever presidential election in four decades was marred by unrest on Monday. The UN said some polling… 28/11/2011
New Yemeni interim prime minister namedSenior opposition figure Mohammed Basindwa has been named as Yemen’s interim prime minister ahead of planned elections in February, according to state… 28/11/2011
Gender issue for Egyptian political partyAn Egyptian law requiring at least one woman candidate to be included on electoral lists is presenting a dilemma for the conservative salafist party Al Noor… 28/11/2011
Putin and his cult-like statusVladimir Putin has a near cult status today. Looking at media coverage over the past few years, most was supposed to make him look good. Once the seemingly… 27/11/2011
Russia’s Putin accepts nomination for PresidentNow it is official. Vladimir Putin had already revealed he was seeking a third term as Russia’s President. And today, watched by the current man in the… 27/11/2011
Clashes in run-up to DR Congo electionThere remains a tense atmosphere in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo after violence at pre-election rallies left at least one person… 27/11/2011
Back in the Day: Africa’s first female head of stateNovember 23, 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is officially declared the next President of Liberia, making her the first elected female African head of state. … 22/11/2011
Early voting begins in Russian electionEven before the campaign reaches its climax, voting has already begun in Russia’s parliamentary election. The vote takes place on December 4 but… 19/11/2011
South Ossetia vote enters run-offKremlin-backed Anatoly Bibilov faces a run-off the first-ever presidential election in South Ossetia. Bibilov, the current emergencies minister, is neck and… 14/11/2011
Disputed election in South OssetiaVoters in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new leader. In all, 11 candidates are campaigning to succeed… 13/11/2011
Fatal clashes as Nicaragua rivals dispute Ortega victoryViolence in the wake of Nicaragua’s disputed presidential election has left at least four people dead and dozens of police officers injured. Police say… 10/11/2011
Protest erupt over Ortega victory in NicaraguaViolence has broken out in Nicaragua in protest over disputed presidential election results. Hundreds of people took the streets of the capital Managua in… 09/11/2011
Sirleaf set to win second term in LiberiaWith counting underway in Liberia’s presidential run-off the incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is expected to win after her rival for the job… 09/11/2011
UN intervenes to stop violence before Liberia electionUp to four people have been killed in clashes with police ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election in Liberia. Supporters of the main rival to the… 07/11/2011
Violence on eve of Liberian presidential run-offAt least one person has been killed in Monrovia as Liberia prepares to go to the polls in a presidential run-off on Tuesday. Its reported Liberian police… 07/11/2011
Ortega wins back-to-back terms in NicaraguaNicaragua’s outgoing leader Daniel Ortega appears to be heading for a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election. Early results indicate… 07/11/2011
Ortega set for re-election in NicaraguaNicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega looks set to be re-elected. Despite some allegations of election fraud, the former Marxist guerilla leader is almost… 07/11/2011
Guatemala moves to the right with a new leaderThe central American nation of Guatemala has elected a new president. He is a retired right-wing general called Otto Perez and he will be the first military… 07/11/2011
Ortega set for victory in Nicaraguan voteNicaraguans are voting in a presidential ballot that looks set to hand incumbent Daniel Ortega a second term. The country has enjoyed strong economic… 06/11/2011
Ex-general set to lead GuatamalaRetired general Otto Perez is on course to become the first military man to lead Guatamala since the return of democracy 25 years ago. In the run up to the… 06/11/2011
Nicaraguans stick with OrtegaNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega looks certain to be reelected in the country’s election on Sunday. The leftist former Sandinista commander has the… 06/11/2011
Bulgaria’s Plevneliev wins presidencyBulgaria’s presidential run-off has been won by Rosen Plevneliev, the ruling conservative party candidate. Preliminary official results show he polled 52… 31/10/2011
Kyrgyz PM poised to become presidentHe is seen as the flag-bearer of reforms in Kyrgyzstan. And now Almazbek Atambayev, prime minister of the strategically-important ex-Soviet republic, is… 31/10/2011
Bulgaria’s ruling party claims presidencyBulgaria’s candidate from the ruling GERB party has claimed victory in the country’s presidential run-off. Rosen Plevneliev is a former construction… 31/10/2011
Kyrgyz PM out in front in presidential ballotThe party of Kyrgyzstan’s Moscow-backed prime minister claim he has won the country’s presidential election. Almazbek Atambayev had been a favourite to win… 30/10/2011
Kyrgyzstan votes for a new presidentKyrgyzstan is going to the polls to vote for a new president. The election is the result of reforms put in place after a bloody uprising toppled the… 30/10/2011
Poet Higgins becomes Ireland’s ninth presidentMichael D. Higgins, a former culture minister and part-time poet, has been officially named as Ireland’s new president. Higgins said in his victory speech… 30/10/2011
Higgins celebrates Irish presidential winMichael D. Higgins is celebrating victory in Ireland’s presidential election. The 70-year-old former culture minister and poet secured just under 40 per cent… 29/10/2011
Higgins set to be elected Irish presidentMichael D. Higgins is on course to be elected Ireland’s new president. The 70-year-old former culture minister and poet is ahead in most exit surveys after… 28/10/2011
Presidential vote underway in IrelandThe Irish are voting for a new president. Seven candidates are fighting for the biggest share of just over 3.1 million electors. Two referenda are also… 27/10/2011
Favourite suffers setback in Irish presidential pollAll seemed to be going well for the favourite to replace Mary McAleese as Ireland’s next president when during a televised debate Sean Gallagher suffered a… 27/10/2011
Election day in Ireland to choose new presidentIreland goes to the polls on Thursday to choose a new president. Seven candidates are battling to succeed Mary McAleese who’s standing down after 14… 26/10/2011
Bulgaria’s GERB set to strengthen grip on powerIn Bulgaria first official election results appear to show the ruling conservative party’s candidate on course to comfortably win the first round of the… 24/10/2011
Fernandez claims landslide victory in ArgentinaArgentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has been re-elected in a landslide victory. Early results give her 53 percent of the vote, with no one coming close… 24/10/2011
Argentina’s President Fernandez wins landslide pollArgentina’s centre-left President Cristina Fernandez has scored an easy win in her bid for re-election – according to local media reports. A government… 24/10/2011
Re-election expected for Cristina FernandezArgentines are heading to the polls in an election that centre-left President Cristina Fernandez is expected to win. Polls show Fernandez taking a landslide… 23/10/2011
Tunisia prepares to vote in historic electionThe world will be watching this weekend as Tunisia, the birth-place of the Arab Spring, holds the first general election since the uprisings. European Union… 20/10/2011
Putin defends his bid to return to the KremlinAt a meeting of foreign investors in Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised to boost the country’s social spending. With the next… 18/10/2011
Liberia’s Johnson-Sirleaf ahead on early vote countPartial results from Liberia’s second presidential poll since a civil war have put newly-named Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in the lead. The… 14/10/2011
