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Centre-right government returned in Latvia

October 5, 2014 Deutsche Welle Latvia

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s three-party coalition looked set on Sunday to be returned as the Baltic nation’s next government.

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Russia in mind, Latvia votes in parliamentary elections

October 4, 2014October 4, 2014 Deutsche Welle Latvia

Polling stations opened in Latvia on Saturday for parliamentary elections from which the current ruling center-right coalition under Prime Minister

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Turkish press say Erdogan beats Ihsanoglu

August 10, 2014August 10, 2014 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks set to become Turkey’s next president. Initial election results put the current prime minister on 52

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Europe 

Kosovo elections marked by low voter turnout

June 8, 2014 Deutsche Welle Kosovo

Polling stations closed across Kosovo at 7pm local time (1700 UTC ). The electoral commission reported low voter turnout, saying

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Deutsche Welle: Political extremism on the rise in Bulgaria

May 6, 2014May 7, 2014 Deutsche Welle European elections 2014

At about nine per cent of the population, Bulgaria’s Muslim minority is the EU’s largest. The minority group is made

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Ukraine: ‘EU needs to follow through’

March 17, 2014May 10, 2024 Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

DW: EU foreign ministers have imposed sanctions – travel bans and asset freezes – on 13 Russian officials and eight

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