Elections
Our coverage of major elections around the world this year, in countries including America, India and Britain

The Americas
Suriname’s chaotic democracy just chose its first woman president
An oil windfall may make it harder for Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to clean up the country



Europe
Poland’s presidential election leaves the country exhausted
The liberal and conservative candidates offered very different visions

Europe
Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s new president, has a shadowy past
The right-wing candidate was supposed to be free of baggage. Not so fast

The Americas
Venezuela’s sound of silence
The people abstain from voting in parliamentary elections as the United States turns oil sanctions back on

Europe
Poland’s election will cement or ruin its standing in Europe
Can Donald Tusk and Rafal Trzaskowski hold back the hard right?

Leaders
How Poland can keep its place at the heart of Europe
If it turns inward, the country and continent will lose out

Europe
The liberal favourite stumbles in Poland’s presidential election
Rafal Trzaskowski may now be the underdog


United States
Why a vote dispute in North Carolina should worry Americans
Partisan judges endorsed specious claims until a federal court stepped in
