Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast elected Chile’s new President
Santiago, Dec 15 (IANS) Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, won the Chilean presidential run-off election, becoming the country’s new president, said the electoral authorities on Sunday. According to Chile’s Electoral Service, with 99.33 per cent of the votes counted in the run-off, Kast won 58.18 per cent, compared with 41.82 […]
Greek parliament fails to elect new President in 2nd round of voting
Athens, Feb 1 (IANS) The Greek parliament failed to elect the country’s next President in the second round of voting. A majority of 200 votes in the 300-seat parliament was needed for one of the four candidates to assume the post. All 300 members of parliament participated in the voting on Friday. Today’s attempt followed […]
