The Malaysian ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) seems to have managed to remain in power after today’s general elections, having at least passed the mark of the 112 necessary seats necessa...
http://polemarchus.net/2013/05/05/malaysian-ruling-coalition-remains-in-power/
The Democrats may lose their supermajority in the Senate. A serious problem for health reform. Several bloggers have opinions on what this may signal that way or the other, particularly since thi...
It now seems more or less certain that Norway will see 4 more years with a centre-left government under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from Labour. At the moment the right wing parties are throw...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/09/15/centre-left-victory-in-norway/
Votes are being counted in the Norwegian parliament election. At the moment, 78 % of the votes are counted and the official prognosis is at 86 seats to the government centre-left block and 83 sea...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/09/14/norwegian-election-thriller/
Daniel Berman and Thomas Rintoul of the Insitute of Iranian studies at the University of St. Andrews have analyzed the figures from the Iranian election. The report is published through Chatham H...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/06/25/the-iranian-election-undoubtedly-rigged/
The so called “long campaign” before the Norwegian parliamentary election is well under way, and once again it appears that immigration will be a central topic. In the aftermath of a controve...
http://polemarchus.net/2009/03/01/racism-paving-the-way-to-government/
In the euphoria surrounding the presidential election, other events in American politics have been crowded out in media. A darker chapter in American history was written in the presumably liberal...
Obama has had a good lead on the polls for a few days now – does this mean he’s won? Here’s a side glance at what the internet thinks. Yes, say Norwegian newspapers. The reason they all agr...