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EU extends Fiji sanctions by six months in push for return to democracy, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

The European Union has decided to extend its sanctions against Fiji by six months until October to put pressure on the military regime in Suva to return to democracy and respect human rights.

Northern Mariana Islands: CNMI’s northern islands now have a mayor, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

After months of confusion, residents in the northern islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas now have a mayor, after independent candidate, Tobias Aldan, was declared the winner in a special election, held on 27 March.

French Polynesia majority to consider assembly presidency candidate, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

The ruling coalition in French Polynesia is to meet shortly to discuss next week’s re-election of the assembly leadership amid a push by the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party to make its leader, Gaston Flosse, the assembly president.

Papua New Guinea: Nominations open in Bougainville election, ABC News (2010)

Nominations have opened in what could be the last elections on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville before a referendum on independence.

By-elections to be called in Samoa for three vacant seats, Radio New Zealand International (2010)

Members of the Tautua Samoa party forced out by the Samoa government’s amendments to the Electoral act say they will contest the upcoming by-elections for their seats.

Slovaks worried at outcome of Hungarian elections (CNS, 2010)

Opinion polls in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Hungary put voter support for the nationalist Fidesz party and the extreme right Jobbik as high as 80 percent.

Parties support citizenship to ethnic Hungarians beyond borders (Politics.hu, 2010)

Hungary's parties with a national list all support the notion to offer citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living beyond the borders, party representatives said on Duna Television on Sunday.

Jobbik prone to inner conflicts, says pollster (Politics.hu, 2010)

Hungary's radical nationalist Jobbik party may give the impression of a "unified party devoid of inner debates" but a deeper analysis reveals several possible sources of inner conflict, pollster Nezopont Institute said on Sunday.

Democratic Forum gets approval for Budapest list (Politics.hu, 2010)

Hungary's small conservative opposition Democratic Forum was able to get approval for its party list in Budapest after the National Election Board (OVB) on Friday overruled a city committee's earlier rejection of the list.

Socialists, Jobbik neck-and-neck for 2nd place, poll shows (Politics.hu, 2010)

The ruling Socialist Party is neck-and-neck against radical nationalist Jobbik for second place in the April general election after main opposition Fidesz, which is tipped to bag an "unprecedented" victory, a poll by Gallup released to MTI on Friday showed.

Race among also-rans (The Budapest Times, 2010)

Newcomers show strength; old parties prove weakness The collection of recommendation slips that closed on 19 March proved to be a bigger hurdle for the parties than ever before. As a result of this, just three political forces have been able to field candidates in every constituency: Fidesz, Jobbik and the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). Collecting recommendation slips was a much bigger challenge for the Politics Can Be Different (LMP) party and the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), who will each field candidates in roughly half of Hungary’s constituencies.

Socialists to close campaign on April 8 (Politics.hu, 2010)

The Socialist Party will conclude its election drive in Miskolc next Thursday, breaking with the tradition of holding its campaign-closing event in Budapest, Népszabadság reports.

Bolivia:TEN NEW MUNICIPALITIES IN NEXT MONTH’S BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS

The regional elections of April 4 will be a milestone in the history of Bolivia as it is under the umbrella of the new constitution and the formal establishment of 10 new municipalities, La Razon newspaper said.

Bhutan: Delegating dispute resolution, Kuensel Online (2010)

The election commission of Bhutan (ECB), which had received about 111 cases of allegations and complaints during the first parliamentary elections in 2008, has now developed a two-tier dispute resolution mechanism, empowering dzongkhag electoral officers to settle certain cases at the local level.

Mozambique leader sets date for polls, News24 (2013)

In this article, Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza announces the date for the upcoming general elections. According to the news, the Presidential, parliamentary and regional assembly elections will be held on 15 October 2014.

Counting under way in knife-edge Zim polls, News24 (2013)

In this article, Vote counting is under way in Zimbabwe. It is reported that there was a high turnout across the country.

AU monitor - Zim vote 'free and fair', News24 (2013)

In this article, Head of African Union Election Observer Mission, former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo says the conduct of the election... has been peaceful, orderly, free and fair thus far. He was speaking at the closing of a polling centre in Harare.

Zim cops warn against leaked poll results, News24 (2013)

In this article, Zimbabwe police vows to crack down on thoses who may attempt to leak early election results. Frances Lovemore, a senior official at the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says the Police thwarted plans to collate election results posted outside polling stations by declaring it an offence to send results via text messaging or the Internet.

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Malawi: President Mutharika Reshuffles Cabinet, AllAfrica (2015)

Malawian President Peter Mutharika made some changes to the Cabinet with effect from Friday, 10th April, 2015.