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Czechs near minority cabinet as president backs tycoon’s bid

Bloomberg Czechs moved closer to a rare minority government envisaged by billionaire Andrej Babis as his euroskeptic party failed to find coalition allies after winning this month’s general elections. President Milos Zeman said he won’t object if Babis proposes forming a government that lacks a parliamentary majority, because a single-party cabinet would rule more efficiently. While Babis, the second-richest Czech ...

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Serb leader mulls new snap vote

Bloomberg Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s Progressive Party is considering triggering the third snap parliamentary elections since 2014 as it moves to further consolidate power in the European Union candidate. Vucic, a former ally of war-time leader Slobodan Milosevic, said his party are discussing early elections this week. His party won snap bal- lots in both 2014 and last year bef-ore ...

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Kenyatta named winner of Kenyan vote as Odinga cries foul

Bloomberg Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the landslide winner of a chaotic election rerun that his main rival Raila Odinga rejected as a sham. Kenyatta, 56, won 7.48 million votes, or 98.3 percent of the total cast on Oct. 26, Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission, said in Nairobi, the capital. The turnout was ...

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