They say writers are their own worst critics – but for the man who could become the next President of Poland, nothing could be further from the truth. Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago, he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV. Written by a…
Far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been detained by police as part of an inquiry by prosecutors into election campaign fraud, after he came from nowhere to win the first round of last year’s presidential election. Georgescu was stopped in traffic in the capital, Bucharest, on Wednesday. His supporters said he was on his way to…
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, arrives to speak to the media with AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla shortly after the AfD leadership confirmed Weidel as the party’s candidate for chancellor on December 07, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Maryam Majd | Getty Images Elon Musk used his social network X…
Venezuela’s government has offered a $100,000 (£81,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the opposition’s exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González. He fled the country in September and was granted political asylum in Spain after Venezuela’s authorities ordered his arrest, accusing González of conspiracy and of forging documents. González had vowed to return to…
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Alexandr Stoianoglo has denied being a pro-Kremlin candidate The man challenging Moldova’s pro-EU leader Maia Sandu for the presidency has taken a narrow lead, according to preliminary results, in a pivotal presidential election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed by the pro-Russian Party of Socialists, had…
Pushing a rare op-ed piece on Monday evening, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos held up the US news publication’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate ahead of the November 5 election. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas on June 6, 2019. (AP) The Amazon founder defended the…
