The newly elected mayors of the island’s main cities, responding to their electoral victory, have pledged to do all they can for their home towns, saying they would work very hard to meet the challenges ahead and respond to the needs of their c…
The Government promotes the further autonomy of the local administration and the broadening of its contact with the citizens, President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias said on Sunday, and called on the citizens to vote in the local adm…
Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday to elect new local authorities for a five-year term. Polling stations will open at 0700 local time (0500 GMT) and close at 1800. There will be a break between 1200 and 1300. A total of 546,111 persons are …
Electors in Egypt are going to the polls in what are believed to be the first truly democratic elections in many years. The voting process is sure to be long and complicated as 85 million residents make their choices from more than 6000 candidates an…
Myanmar (Burma) political party the National League for Democracy NLD) has declared that it has ended its boycott of the political system and will enter candidates in the next election. One of these candidates is likely to be Aung San Suu Kyi but nei…
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has officially announced the resignation of Chairman Dr Tony Tan, the newly elected President of Singapore. He will leave the post today. Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for…
Dr Tony Tan has been elected Singapore's seventh President, narrowly beating his closest rival Dr Tan Cheng Bock by just 0.34% of the vote. With such a small margin separating the two leading candidates a recount was submitted on Saturday evening…
The four candidates vying to attain the Singaporean presidency have all appeared on state television to debate each of their credentials. The debate, entitled 'Meet the Candidates', was aired on Tuesday evening and gave each candidate the opportu…
Singaporeans will officially go to the polls on August 27th to elect a new president, the government announced on Wednesday. Government official Yam Ah Mee announced the list of presidential candidates after no objections were raised during nomin…
Thais have overwhelmingly voted the UDD, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, into power with an overall majority and under the leadership of Yingluck Shinawatra, who will become the country's first female Prime Mininster. She is the sist…