The Austrian National Council election also has consequences for the Austrian Members of the European Parliament: the Paneuropeans gain a new member with the swearing-in of Lower Austrian Lukas Mandl.

Recently, the months-long tensions within the artificially created ‘people’s republics’ in the east culminated. Already last year, there had been tensions in Luhansk when Oleg Anashchenko, the ‘defence minister’, was

In the Czech parliamentary elections, the head of government was punished. Good figures alone are not enough when uncertainty about a positive future prevails. A commentary by Stefan Haböck, International

ÖVP Chairman Sebastian Kurz announced today that he has invited the FPÖ, led by Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache, to coalition talks. An analysis by Philipp Jauernik

It has become part of the often embarrassing election day ritual for parties to fundamentally declare themselves the winners of the election. A commentary by Patrick Minar.