Bloomberg Polish citizens are voting in a presidential election that will determine the fate of the east European country’s nationalist makeover. After voiding a ballot in May due to the coronavirus pandemic, Poland on Sunday held the first of an expected two rounds of voting to determine whether to re-elect President Andrzej Duda. More than 27,000 polling stations catering to ...

Bloomberg Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in as Malawi’s new leader on Sunday, a day after trouncing Peter Mutharika in a court-ordered election rerun, and pledged to unite the deeply dividend nation and clamp down on graft. “I know that there are many of you who did not vote for me in this election, and perhaps the prospect of my presidency ...

Bloomberg After two decades in power, Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings are at an all-time low as Russia’s economy reels under the impact of the coronavirus epidemic and the slump in oil prices. What better time for him to seek to extend his presidency for potentially 16 more years? It’s a measure of how tightly Putin has controlled the operation to ...