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Political and economic outlook The parliamentary election on August 30th resulted in the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) losing power for the first time ever. The new government, led by [...]

Political and economic outlook The parliamentary election on August 30th resulted in the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) losing power for the first time ever. The victorious opposition is a [...]

The ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led by the president, Aleksandar Vucic-secured an emphatic victory in the parliamentary election on June 21st. With the main opposition parties boycotting the poll and [...]

Political and economic outlook The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which leads a coalition government with a slim parliamentary majority, to remain in power after [...]

Political and economic outlook The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which leads a coalition government with a slim parliamentary majority, to remain in power after [...]

After a calm electoral period in 2017, during which none of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member countries held elections, the political scene will become relatively more active [...]

Political and economic outlook On October 25th the president, Michel Temer, survived another vote in Congress on whether to open a trial against him on corruption investigations, and is likely [...]

Political and economic outlook The Economist Intelligence Unit expects political stability to remain fragile, as the threat posed by terrorist groups remains high and implementation of the peace process will [...]

Political and economic outlook Political tensions will increase in the two anglophone regions, as secessionist movements have taken over the current crisis and protests are likely to intensify around the [...]

The Swazi regime, headed by the king, Mswati III, as absolute monarch, will do little to respond to popular discontent over the restrictive political environment, and unrest will become more [...]

Outlook for 2016-20 The president, Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi), is approaching the halfway point of his five-year term. The Economist Intelligence Unit believes that he will serve out his [...]

Event The House of Representatives (the lower chamber of Congress) passed a last-minute bill to fund most of the government until the end of the fiscal year in September 2015, [...]

Event Vietnam's legislative body, the National Assembly (NA), held only the second confidence vote in its history on November 15th (the first took place in June 2013). Lawmakers each gave [...]

Event The Republican Party will enjoy majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate in 2015-16, giving them more control over the legislative process than they have had for [...]

Republicans scored big gains in the mid-term elections, winning the Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) and increasing their hold on the House of Representatives (the lower chamber). Although a [...]

Outlook for 2013-17 The coalition led by Zoran Milanovic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which includes the Croatian People's Party (HNS), the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) and the Croatian [...]

Slovenia's government became the latest in the region, following that in Bulgaria, to be toppled as a result of growing public dissatisfaction with political corruption and economic stagnation. The five-party [...]

The governing coalition consists of the National Coalition Party (Conservatives, or KOK), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Left Alliance (VAS), the Green Party (VIHR), the Swedish People's Party (SFP) [...]

The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) to serve its full term until 2013. The previous SPÖ-ÖVP [...]

The government coalition, Alliance de l'avenir, which consists of the Labour Party (with 30 seats in the National Assembly) and its junior partners, Mouvement socialiste militant (MSM; 12 seats), Parti [...]

Outlook for 2011-15 The ruling party, Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA), is set to continue its dominance of the political system, by virtue of its control of government [...]

The next few weeks will also be decisive for one of Mr Christofias's junior coalition parties, the Democratic Party (Diko), traditionally a hardline party on the Cyprus question. Diko is [...]

Malawi's president, Bingu wa Mutharika, was inaugurated for a second term following his landslide victory in the May 2009 presidential election, while his party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), secured [...]