Snap election

Currently, only 21 percent of Serbian citizens support the idea of holding another early parliamentary election, shows a Faktor Plus poll that B92 has seen.

At the same time, 43 percent are against the idea, while 36 percent said they "do not know" whether another snap election should be held.

Serbia's canny Prime Minister could go for joint presidential and parliamentary elections in spring 2017 in order to mobilize voters and boost the chances of his party's presidential candidate, experts say.

The head of Iceland's Left-Green movement was tasked Nov. 17 with forming a new government, nearly three weeks after snap elections triggered by the Panama Papers scandal left the country in political deadlock.

 "The group is backing me. I will not tender in my resignation," stated the chairwoman of Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva to journalists, reported BGNES.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has asked the Constitutional Court whether the head of state can call a new early election without dissolving Parliament.

Bulgaria seems poised to hold a snap general election after Sunday's presidential vote - but not before next year.

With a presidential transition due over the months to come, the President's competence to dissolve Parliament - a key prerequisite to setting an election date - is limited under the constitution.

Turkey marked the 92nd anniversary of the Republic on Oct. 29 with celebrations across the country. The ceremonies took place against the backdrop of political turbulence ahead of the snap general election on Nov. 1

A proposal to raise the number of diaspora MPs from three to 20 in the 123-seat parliament has met a cold response from the main opposition Social Democrats.

The Social Democrats said the idea, presented as the parties mull electoral changes ahead of the snap elections set for next April, was "a plan to avoid electoral defeat" on the part of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) will return to its "factory settings" at its party's congress in mid-September, adding that this date would also mark the start of its campaign for the snap election set for Nov. 1. 

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is considering not convening a meeting of political leaders after another three-day period to form a government given to the head of the newly formed Popular Unity party, Panayiotis Lafazanis, which expires on Thursday.