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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Bulgaria's Socialist-led coalition government suffered a severe blow in the general elections on Sunday , which saw a high turnout and a clear-cut victory for the centre-right opposition Gerb party of Sofia mayor Boiko Borisov.

Dr. Russell Kerr, left, receives the Premiera s Medal of Innovation from Premier Robert Ghiz during an Innovation P.E.I. ceremony in Charlottetown.

Premier Shawn Graham reneged on a verbal agreement with the province's doctors that they could accept a wage freeze after their new four-year deal expired, legal documents filed with the Court of Queen's Bench state.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim faces trial this week on sodomy charges, for the second time in a turbulent political career that has put him within striking distance of seizing power.

More than 30 years after it was created, Alberta's multibillion-dollar Heritage Savings Trust Fund has become a stagnant pool of money that has failed to achieve one of its primary goals - diversifying the province's boom-bust economy.

No, they don't have Stephane Dion to kick around anymore. Soon, depending on what verdict Canadians render when we go to mark an X in a few short months, Stephen Harper could rue the day he didn't let the footnote-in-his/Tory opposition coalition take a turn at the wheel.

A year after a fatal vehicle accident which took the life of Shana Lee Berryman of Belleisle Creek, RCMP have laid charges against the driver.

Montrealers don't know much about Laurent Lessard, who has quietly replaced Natalie Normandeau as Quebec's minister of municipal affairs.

Angry protesters stepped up calls for a new Icelandic government on Wednesday and the country's prime minister said he had the support of his coalition partner.

The uncertainty around the future of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited left Infrastructure Minister George Smitherman no alternative but to call a temporary halt to the province's plans to expand the Darlington nuclear plant.

Ontario, Canada was hailed as North America's wind energy leader recently at an international conference in South Korea, where George Smitherman, Ontario's Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, accepted the 2009 World Wind Energy Award.

Suresh Tendulkar, an economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 billion foreign-exchange reserves and hold fewer dollars.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will have to wait until later this year to find out if he keeps his job, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Friday.

Japan's ruling party under embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso is in disarray and facing the spectre of electoral defeat after more than a half-century of almost unbroken rule, analysts say.

Critics of a new hydroelectric project in Quebec now have a prominent ally - Nobel Prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.

Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Friday promised Hungary would maintain strict fiscal discipline right up to the next general election in 2010.

Canadians from all walks of life, among them some of the country's best-known politicians, paid their final respects Friday to Romeo LeBlanc, Canada's 25th governor general.

France says it wants Quebec to adopt a more prominent role on the world stage in the fight against climate change.

Keith Doucette Halifax - The Canadian Press Last updated on Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009 08:33PM EDT W ithout a budget in place, Nova Scotia's fledgling NDP cabinet moved Thursday to authorize $1.13-billion in spending to keep the government functioning until Oct.

Alberta names blue-chip economic panel Group to be chaired by Emerson and include Dodge, head of GE Canada; will advise on how best to handle province's roller coaster economy Dawn Walton and Nathan VanderKlippe Calgary - From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Thursday, Jul.