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Images of Prime minister Kaja Kallas in her party headquarters (Reform Party, centre-right) just before the vote results in Tallinn, Estonia, as the country voted on Sunday to elect its new parliament in an election that could strengthen the far-right nationalists, a party that campaigned on opposition to new arms shipments to Ukraine. IMAGES
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis votes in the general election in Losovice. The populist billionaire is seeking a second straight victory for his populist ANO party despite his lukewarm handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and his clash with the law. IMAGES
Outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva's Movement for Democracy party declares victory in Cape Verde's parliamentary elections. "All of the data points to a victory," the party's national coordinator Rui Figueiredo says. SOUNDBITE
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announces an early general election. SOUNDBITE
Danish Prime Minister and head of the ruling Liberal Party, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, casts her vote in Copenhagen in a general election where climate concerns top the agenda. The opposition Social Democrats are tipped to return to power after adopting the right wing's long-standing restrictive stance on immigration. IMAGES
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Wednesday, as the European Council emergency meeting on the 'Brexit' issue takes place in the Belgian capital. Relations between Scotland and the EU, the 'Brexit' result, as well as the possibility of a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK were expected to top the agenda of the meeting.