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Denmark's left wins razor-thin election victory

Final vote count gives PM Frederiksen's side 87 seats in mainland Denmark, with another three coming from the autonomous overseas territories of Faroe Islands and Greenland, giving the bloc a majority of 90 seats in the 179-seat parliament.

Germany's two largest parties to open coalition talks

Four months after the September election that left Europe's largest economy in an unprecedented state of political limbo, Germany's two largest parties are trying to hammer out a deal that will bring an end to the impasse.

Germany's Merkel and SDP strike deal for coalition

After months of wrangling to form a government, a deal was struck between the Germany's two largest parties to form a coalition. However, an SPD congress still has to approve any "grand coalition".

Romania's former economy minister designated as new PM

President Klaus Iohannis endorsed Mihai Tudose's nomination after ruling Social Democrats picked Tudose to replace the ousted Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu who was toppled last week in a no-confidence motion.