The Moldovan parliamentary election of February 24, 2019 led to a silent revolution in the tiny Eastern European state with less than 3 million inhabitants; roughly one million Moldovans...

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the Servant of the People party (Sluha Narodu) of President Volodymyr Zelenski...

The results of the Conservative Party leadership contest have been published today. The former foreign secretary and former...

In mid-June, as every year, any self-respecting collector, museum director and art lover travels to Switzerland for the world’s leading art fair. A look back at Art Basel 2019 proofs...

On July 6, 2019 the now famous Rag ‘n’ Bone Man was back at the Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) where, in 2016, his...

As for the March 31, 2019 mayoral election, for the June 23, 2019 rerun, some 84% of the roughly 10.5 million Istanbul voters...

The great German chef Holger Zurbrüggen was born in the city of Greven in North Rhine-Westphalia on January 21, 1966. His father ran a restaurant, his brother was a trained chef. Holger...

In June 2019, towards the end of the asparagues season, I walked along Berlin’s river Spree and saw a restaurant...

On 9 June 2019 over 1 million Hong Kong people took to the streets to protest against the attempt by the administration of Carrie...

Amin Saikal is professor of political science, public policy fellow and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra. His 2019 book...

In seven phases from April 11 until May 19, 2019 some 900 million Indian voters had the chance to elect their 543 Lower House...

Currently, in seven phases from April 11 until May 19, 2019 some 900 million Indians are eligible to vote in the parliamentary...

A national exit poll shows that the comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the presidential election in Ukraine. In the second...

On April 9 some 6.34 million voters were asked to cast their vote in the 2019 Israeli legislative election. Voter turnout reached 67.9% (in 2015: 71.8%). With roughly 97% of the votes...

Surprise, surprise. The Turkish opposition is alive. If President Erdogan should really lose the capital Ankara AND his hometurf city of Istanbul, it could signal the beginning of his...

The history of The Connaught begins in 1815: Napoleon was definitively defeated and George III was King (1760-1820) of the ever more powerful British Empire. My first stay at the London...

Just a few minutes ago, the House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, negotiated...

The hard Brexiters aka Brexiteers suddenly look weak. Leading Leave supporters such as Boris Johnson changed their view regarding PM Theresa May’s deal and regard it now as the...

Today, March 27, 2019 the House of Commons had the chance to agree on a way forward regarding the Brexit mess. The MPs voted down...

The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on a cross-party amendment. MPs are now trying find a majority for a Brexit...