Understanding politics across borders and divides
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Published: November 8, 2026 Iliana Yotova (also transliterated Iotova) won Bulgaria’s presidential runoff on November 1, defeating former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov by 57.57% to 39.48% with all precinct protocols processed by the Central Election Commission. She is the first woman elected to Bulgaria’s presidency. She has held the office in an acting capacity … Read more
Published: November 5, 2026 Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in the November 3, 2026 midterm elections, ending two years of unified Republican government under President Donald Trump. The party flipped seven Senate seats, in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina, and gained a large House majority … Read more
Canada and the EU launched an Alliance for the Future in Montreal on October 30, with deals on digital trade and minerals but no associate membership label.
Lula won Brazil’s October 25 runoff with 51.79% but faces a more conservative Congress, while Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and seeks annulment.
Israel’s October 27 vote gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats and the opposition 48, with Arab parties at a record 19. What that means for the coalition talks.
Published: October 26, 2026 Serbia’s snap parliamentary election on October 25 ended with the Student List, a citizens’ list built out of nearly two years of anti-corruption protests, on course for an outright majority in the 250-seat National Assembly. Aleksandar Vučić, who resigned the presidency in September to lead the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) … Read more
Published: 25 October 2026 Albertans voted on 19 October to stay in Canada. In the separation question, roughly three-quarters of voters chose “remain a province of Canada” over starting the legal process toward a binding independence referendum, according to unofficial results. Premier Danielle Smith, who opposed separation, has said she will not hold another referendum … Read more
Published: 25 October 2026 Kim Jong Un crossed into China on 24 October to open the New Yalu River Bridge, a four-lane, three-kilometre crossing into the Chinese border city of Dandong that was finished in 2014 but never used. The visit lasted one day. Kim did not meet Xi Jinping. He was received by Wang … Read more
Published: October 20, 2026 A student-led protest movement over school conditions in France merged on October 17 with a wider revolt over living costs, and the largest day of mobilization so far ended in rioting, looting and arson in Paris and other cities. The movement began in mid-September over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and the … Read more
Published: October 17, 2026 Protests demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, have spread from New Delhi to other cities since early October, turning a technical dispute over voter rolls into the most visible street challenge to Narendra Modi’s government in years. Opposition parties led by Congress, and a youth movement called … Read more