Eric Gerhardsson, who was elected into the municipal council in Gallivare in Sunday’s Swedish parliamentary and local elections will abandon his party and his seat in the council. Gerhardsson was on the list for the extreme right party Sverigedemokraterna (the Sweden Democrats) but now claims that after having actually read through the party’s manifesto he [...]
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Swedish politician gets elected, only then reads party manifesto
Posted on 24 September 2010.
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Faulty information to seven Icelandic voters means new election
Posted on 21 June 2010.
The Reykholahreppur municipality in the southern Westfjords region of Iceland will have to repeat the recent local elections all over again.
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Iceland’s biggest municipalities vote for change
Posted on 30 May 2010.
The council majorities in Reykjavik, Kopavogur, Hafnarfjordur and Akureyri all fell at yesterday’s local elections – Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir described it as a boundary shift in Icelandic politics.
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Local elections in Iceland today
Posted on 29 May 2010.
Icelandic voters are today casting their ballots in local elections across the country.
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Finnish political parties harden immigration position
Posted on 03 April 2010.
Some political parties in Finland have moved to harden their stances on immigration in the lead up to parliamentary elections.
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Coalition government seeks new platform in Norway
Posted on 30 September 2009.
Norway’s coalition government will meet next week to discuss the possibility of a new political platform after the three parties were all returned to power in the recent election.
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Norwegian government holds
Posted on 15 September 2009.
Norway’s left-leaning government coalition has won the country’s general election by a narrow margin.
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Norwegians may be voting from home in next elections
Posted on 14 July 2009.
A trial is being carried out to test whether it would be viable for Norwegians to safely cast their votes in municipal elections from a computer in their home. The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is developing the plan, which if successful, would be implemented in the next 2011 municipal elections.
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