Elections

Journalist Syndicate leadership race heats up
Egypt

Journalist Syndicate leadership race heats up

Two of the nation's biggest names in journalism have announced their candidacy for syndicate chief in elections planned for next…
Commission announces regulations for NGO elections monitoring
Egypt

Commission announces regulations for NGO elections monitoring

The High Judicial Elections Commission announced regulations for civil society organizations monitoring the upcoming parliamentary elections. The regulations include a…
Whatever happened to the Brotherhood?
Opinion

Whatever happened to the Brotherhood?

In elections in late 2011, the Brotherhood secured more than 42% of the parliamentary seats and emerged as the single…
Scattered violations reported in referendum’s second round
Egypt

Scattered violations reported in referendum’s second round

  As the first part of the day went by in the second phase of the constitutional referendum, monitoring groups…
Update: Woman shot dead in Gharbiya following voting scuffles
Egypt

Update: Woman shot dead in Gharbiya following voting scuffles

Voting has started on Saturday morning for the referendum on the constitution draft in 10 governorates. The voting is set to…
Divided Palestinians hold municipal elections without Hamas
World

Divided Palestinians hold municipal elections without Hamas

Palestinians in the West Bank go to the polls on Saturday in long-delayed municipal elections that have already highlighted deep…
Venezuela’s Chavez re-elected to extend socialist rule
World

Venezuela’s Chavez re-elected to extend socialist rule

CARACAS ­­­­— Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez comfortably won re-election Sunday, quashing the opposition's best chance at unseating him in…
Former NDP lawmakers making fresh bid for office
Egypt

Former NDP lawmakers making fresh bid for office

Seventy-seven former MPs associated with Hosni Mubarak's dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) have banded together to run in the forthcoming…
Former NDP parliamentarians join forces for next polls
Egypt

Former NDP parliamentarians join forces for next polls

Former MPs from the formerly-ruling National Democratic Party have formed a new coalition to compete in the next parliamentary elections.…
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