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General Petr Pavel wins Czech presidential election

The Editorial Board January 31, 2023

Czechia – As was foreseen after the main candidates eliminated in the first round of the Czech presidential election endorsed the candidacy of General Petr Pavel against former PM Andrej Babiš, the former won in the second round held last weekend, and…

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Czech presidential election run-off between Petr Pavel and Andrej Babiš

The Editorial Board January 18, 2023

Czechia – Czech voters were called to the polls on 13 and 14 January to choose a successor to President Miloš Zeman. According to the results published by the Czech press, the two candidates qualifying for the second round of voting on…

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Nine candidates to succeed Miloš Zeman as president of Czechia

The Editorial Board December 14, 2022

Czechia – 21 people initially said they would try their luck in Czechia’s upcoming presidential election. After having gone through the scrutiny of the interior ministry, which had to check, among other things, that each candidate was endorsed by at least twenty…

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Presidential election in Austria: towards an annulation of the election?

The Editorial Board June 23, 2016

Austria - The verdict of the Constitutional Court has not yet been decided but all indications are that the result of the presidential election could be invalidated. The Austrian presidential election, of which the second round was held on Sunday, May 22, 2016, brought…

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The Austrian presidential election is not over: FPÖ challenged presidential election results

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Austria – Two weeks after the presidential elections, the FPÖ – Freedom Party – filed a complaint which has been given to the Constitutional Court of Austria. According to the FPÖ, many irregularities and suspicions of fraud have been proven, which needs…

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Austrian presidential election: close victory of the Green candidate over the populist one

The Editorial Board May 24, 2016

Austria - The Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen won the presidential election after a very tight second round. After 24 hours of suspense, the Green candidate has won against the candidate of the populist Freedom Party (FPÖ), Norbert Hofer. …

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Austria: FPÖ tops first round of presidential vote

The Editorial Board April 25, 2016

Austria - The Austrians went to the polls on Sunday, April 24th to elect their future president. It is the Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) that has come top in the first round of presidential elections, with 36.4 %…