The (Social) Democratic Map of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia
Wed 8 Feb 2012
The book was edited by Marina Ohanjanyan (Project Manager European Forum) and Jan Marinus Wiersma (Vice-President European Forum), and includes expert contributions on the development of democracy and social democracy in the three regions. It is based on three conferences organised by the European Forum in 2010 and 2011 in Kiev (Ukraine), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan).
If you are interested in a copy of the publication, please contact the European Forum secretariat.
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Algeria
Mon 21 May 2012
As a response to the regional unrest the Algerian authorities promised to make the 2012 parliamentary elections a next step on the road towards real democracy. But while officials have billed the elections as 'an Algerian spring' they were mainly marked by a low turnout.
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Armenia
Mon 14 May 2012
Latest elections were held on 6 May 2012, in these parliamentary elections the governing parties remained strong, while the opposition cried foul.Read full update
Serbia
Fri 11 May 2012
On 7 May 2012 parliamentary elections and the first round for the presidential elections took place in Serbia. The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won with 24.04 percent of the votes resulting in 73 seats in parliament and the Democratic Party (DS) that until these elections formed the biggest party in the governing coalition came second with 22.3 % of the votes. By almost doubling their seats...
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