Angela Merkel elected for 4th term as German chancellor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth and likely final term.
Mar 14, 2018, 16:28 PM IST
German coalition talks collapse as pro-business FDP quits
With the Social Democratic Party already ruling out returning to a coalition with Merkel, and the veteran leader herself refusing a minority government, Germany would likely be forced to hold new elections.
Nov 20, 2017, 07:58 AM IST
Angela Merkel overshadows party ahead of September election
Challenger Martin Schulz of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is leading his campaign with "more social justice", promising reforms to tax, unemployment benefits and childcare after having just succeeded with a push to legalise same-sex marriage.
Jul 03, 2017, 11:19 AM IST
Tamil Nadu: Five injured in group clash in tiff over transporting cattle in Palani
Five persons were injured in a clash between two groups here on Wednesday over transporting cattle in a lorry, allegedly in violation of norms, police said.
Jun 28, 2017, 21:08 PM IST
Martin Schulz hits out at 'arrogant' Angela Merkel
The SPD's call for gay marriage comes just a week after the Greens set a similar condition, while Merkel's CDU has so far refused to allow same gender couples to wed.
Jun 25, 2017, 20:17 PM IST
German SPD wants gay marriage after September election
Germany`s Social Democratic Party (SPD) is making legalisation of gay marriage a condition for its participation in any coalition government after September`s national election, party Secretary General Hubertus Heil said.
Jun 23, 2017, 14:50 PM IST
Cut Le Pen link if you want to join government, Austrian leader tells far right
Austria`s Chancellor Christian Kern said the Freedom Party (FPO) must leave the far-right faction in the European Parliament if it wants to enter a coalition government with his centre-left party.
Jun 21, 2017, 15:40 PM IST
Merkel's party seeks key victory in bellwether state vote
But surveys ahead of the vote showed the centre-left party running neck-and-neck with Merkel`s Christian Democratic Union, with some even placing the CDU ahead.
May 14, 2017, 18:01 PM IST
Amid concerns over corruption, Romanians begin vote for re-election in bicameral Parliament
Romania's biggest party, the Social Democratic Party, is expected to come first and will likely try to form a majority with smaller parties.
Dec 11, 2016, 17:39 PM IST
Brazil`s Dilma Rousseff faces coalition collapse
Brazil`s largest political party, the PMDB, looks set to quit the government of leftist President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday.
Mar 29, 2016, 08:24 AM IST
Portugal votes in test for austerity policies
Portugal voted on Sunday in an election seen as a test of four years of austerity, with the centre- right coalition that pushed through the punishing bailout seen as the favourite - but unlikely to win a clear mandate.
Oct 04, 2015, 21:11 PM IST
Kyrgyzstan elects parliament with eye on Moscow
Kyrgyzstan went to the polls on Sunday for a hotly-contested parliamentary vote, but the results are unlikely to change the ex-Soviet country's firmly pro-Russian trajectory.
Oct 04, 2015, 19:32 PM IST
