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The Green Party has lost its legal challenge against a decision by RTÉ which resulted in its exclusion from the political parties' leaders' debate which takes place tonight.

Unlike the inaugural debate, you felt Mr Museveni's presence in the men and women with walkie talkies with overbearing ammunition, draped in army fatigues, shoving here and there, taking charge of the atmosphere.

The PNP will, leading up to the February 25 general election, air nine national broadcasts, which will be delivered by select portfolio ministers. Five of the broadcasts are to be delivered this week and four next week.

Martin claimed not one guard in the country believes Adams was not a member of the IRA

La Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS) manifestó hoy su respaldo a los debates entre candidatos presidenciales, tras considerar “que constituyen una sana práctica democrática que debe de ser instaurada en República Dominicana”.

La juventud del Frente Amplio llamó hoy a los candidatos presidenciales a participar de un debate televisado, sin importar que el presidente Danilo Medina se niegue a acudir por el presunto incumplimiento de programa de gobierno.

The conditions laid down by the People’s National Party (PNP) to participate in planned political debates ahead of the February 25 General Election are really designed to shield the prime minister from the event.

The People’s National Party’s recent comments about its participation in the election debate are an unpleasant reminder of why so many people are turned off by politics and politicians

It is unfortunate that the governing People's National Party (PNP) appears intent at avoiding debates between its spokesmen and members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) - including one between the two party leaders - ahead of the February 25 general election on what seems to us to be contrived and

Davao City mayor and PDP-Laban standard-bearer Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to boycott the first presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) following allegations of discrimination in media coverage.

The Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) says it has written the general secretaries of both the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) proposing a new schedule of debates ahead of the February 25 General Elections.

The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia provided a rare moment of agreement among Republican presidential candidates at a debate that quickly fractured into the most bitter and vicious brawl of the 2016 cycle.