The main parties in Greece must either form a coalition by today, or face a second General Election.

Barack Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage has boosted the hopes of rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example.

SPAIN’S opposition conservatives swept into power and into the hot seat yesterday as voters enduring a 21.5% jobless rate and a stagnant economy dumped the Socialists — the third time in as many weeks that Europe’s debt crisis has claimed a government.

Portugal's financial troubles deepened today despite political efforts to contain the acute debt crisis that is also worrying the 17-nation eurozone.

AN EXIT poll showed the centre-left Socialist Party won re-election in Portugal’s parliamentary elections.

An exit poll tonight showed the centre-left Socialist Party has won re-election in Portugal’s parliamentary elections.

Euro-MPs are expected to back Jose Manuel Barroso as European Commission president for another five years today.

Czech conservatives and the ruling Socialists are running neck-and-neck ahead of the two-day elections that start today and are likely to be the closest since the fall of communism.

Politicians from the left and right today criticised new Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz’s decision to extend Poland’s military mission in Iraq.

EC President Jose Manuel Barroso backed down today only hours before the European Parliament appeared set to veto his 24 member executive.

SWITZERLAND’S ultra-right People’s party (SVP) has rocked the country’s political system after emerging as the clear winner of Sunday’s general election.

The opposition National Party conceded defeat today in New Zealand’s general election and its leader said he expected Labour leader Helen Clark to form the next government.