«Athey grew up with golden spoons, I grew up selling tea on train platforms” said o Narendra Modi in the 2014 elections, denouncing the nepotism and corruption of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty that ruled India for decades. Coming from a humble family and from the bowels of Hindu nationalism, Modi defeated his opponents in two … Read more
National elections in Croatia will take place on Wednesday in a particularly tense political climate. Apart from the shocking prospect, the last member state elections before the European elections are also expected to be. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic is seeking to secure his third term in office since 2016. The conservative HDZ ruling party is … Read more
Greek-Turkish relations will be redefined if elected Ekrem Imamoglou president of the Turkish Republic in 2028, since after his re-election in Istanbul in last Sunday’s municipal elections, which caused a political “earthquake”, all the roads to the presidency were wide open? And if so, has it given any indication of the direction it will take? … Read more
Turkey “woke up” on April 1 unexpectedly – even for its advocates – to a completely new, unprecedented condition. Last Sunday’s polls showed the Republican People’s Party (CHP) – which polls showed in the 2023 presidential elections as an unfortunate winner – first after half a century with a margin of 2.14 points, in a … Read more
How much did the economy affect Turkey’s local government elections last Sunday, March 31? If Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had increased pensions as expected, he would have managed to prevent a landslide defeat for himself and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), even in its stronghold, raising unprecedented expectations in the main opposition, the … Read more
The Pfizergate case has recently passed into the hands of the European public prosecutors (EPPO), which concerns allegations of criminal offenses in relation to the negotiations on the coronavirus vaccines between the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenand the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Burla. The case, which Belgian prosecutors have been dealing … Read more
Republican Donald Trump, a candidate in the US presidential election in November and facing judicial problems, yesterday, Saturday, compared himself to a “modern-day Mandela”, provoking sharp criticism from the camp of the Democratic President Joe Biden. Over the past year, the former president has been charged in four criminal cases and faces prison terms in … Read more
Under the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the central executive committee of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) met yesterday Tuesday to assess the causes of its heavy defeat in Sunday’s municipal elections. Addressing its members, the president of Turkey listed the reasons for the defeat, according to him. In disgust of his speech, … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the unexpectedly “grounded” and moderate speech he gave from the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), on the evening of Sunday’s election, called the result of the election, which is the biggest defeat of his career, in numbers as well as in symbolism. A day later, under … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is expected to suffer a heavy defeat in the next general election, according to a forecast released on Wednesday that shows Labor will secure more than 400 seats in parliament. The YouGov model, which predicts the results for each parliamentary seat, shows that the Tories (Conservatives) will elect … Read more