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China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

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Debate by leaders of Japanese political parties

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi attend a debate session with the leaders of five other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026, a day before official campaigning for the Feb. 8 general election starts.

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Voting underway in presidential runoff in Türkiye

STORY: Voting underway in presidential runoff in Türkiye DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting in Ankara 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter "Turkish voters started to cast their ballots on Sunday as of 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) local time for the second round of the presidential election. In Istanbul, the country's largest city with around 11 million eligible voters, many people already showed up at the polling stations before the start. Over 31,000 ballot boxes have been set up across all 39 districts. The second round is expected to be a knife-edge contest between the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the joint opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Turkish people will either decide to continue with Erdogan for another five-year term or vote for change and elect Kilicdaroglu. A six-party opposition bloc and several other minor parties back Kilic

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China calls for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2010. China urged five other parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs the same day to support a Chinese proposal to convene an emergency head-of-delegation meeting.

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including rival Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including rival Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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20th CPC National Congress an important step for national rejuvenation: delegate

STORY: 20th CPC National Congress an important step for national rejuvenation: delegate DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beijing 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XIE CHUNTAO, Delegate to 20th CPC National Congress STORYLINE: Just before the start of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing on Sunday, a delegate said the congress will become an important step for the Chinese people to realize national rejuvenation. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XIE CHUNTAO, Delegate to 20th CPC National Congress "The report of the 20th CPC National Congress will be beneficial for the development of China in the next five years or even longer. The central government has been fully prepared for this report, and the efforts made towards that goal have rarely been seen in other countries' parties ever. I have to say that the number of people involved in such opinion solicitation exceeded 4,700. So I believe this report is very thorough and pro

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5 opposition parties submit bills aimed at scrapping security laws

The heads of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan and four other opposition parties hold talks at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2016. Later that day, the five parties submitted two bills aimed at scrapping controversial security laws enacted in 2015 in a challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to expand the role of Japan's armed forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese envoy speaks at nuclear disaster compensation pact ceremony

Mitsuru Kitano (far R), Japanese ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, speaks at a ceremony marking the entry into effect of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage in the Austrian city on April 15, 2015. In addition to Japan, five other countries, including the United States, are contracting parties to the convention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parties to nuke disaster compensation pact shake hands

Mitsuru Kitano (2nd from R), Japanese ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, joins the representatives of five other contracting parties to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage on the occasion of a ceremony to mark the entry into effect of the pact in Vienna on April 15, 2015. The treaty obliges each country to cover at least 47 billion yen in compensation in connection with nuclear disasters within their borders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including rival Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including rival Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including rival Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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China calls for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2010. China urged five other parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs the same day to support a Chinese proposal to convene an emergency head-of-delegation meeting. (Kyodo)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Zuzana Caputova

Slovaks are choosing their 14 MEPs in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) from 7:00 to 22:00 today, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Turnout is expected to be higher that in the previous EP elections five years ago when it was the lowest out of the EU member states. The anti-EU far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) of Marian Kotleba is expected to score a success in the elections. Some 4.5 million voters in the five-million Slovakia can choose from candidates of 31 political parties, movements and their election coalitions.Unlike the neighbouring Czech Republic where the elections started on Friday and ended at 14:00 today, the EP elections are held only one day in Slovakia and other EU member states. The (European) elections are important since we are standing at the crossroads as far as the future shape of the European Union is concerned - whether Europe will be stronger and more integrated or whether the process of its weakening will start, President-elect Zuzana Caputova (photo), who will assume office in three weeks, told reporters. Caputova is of the view that anti-European forces became a strong element in these European elections. It is important to take part in them, she added. She expressed her conviction that this time, Slovakia will not have the lowest turnout of the EU countries. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Zuzana Caputova

Slovaks are choosing their 14 MEPs in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) from 7:00 to 22:00 today, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Turnout is expected to be higher that in the previous EP elections five years ago when it was the lowest out of the EU member states. The anti-EU far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) of Marian Kotleba is expected to score a success in the elections. Some 4.5 million voters in the five-million Slovakia can choose from candidates of 31 political parties, movements and their election coalitions.Unlike the neighbouring Czech Republic where the elections started on Friday and ended at 14:00 today, the EP elections are held only one day in Slovakia and other EU member states. The (European) elections are important since we are standing at the crossroads as far as the future shape of the European Union is concerned - whether Europe will be stronger and more integrated or whether the process of its weakening will start, President-elect Zuzana Caputova (photo), who will assume office in three weeks, told reporters. Caputova is of the view that anti-European forces became a strong element in these European elections. It is important to take part in them, she added. She expressed her conviction that this time, Slovakia will not have the lowest turnout of the EU countries. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Zuzana Caputova

Slovaks are choosing their 14 MEPs in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) from 7:00 to 22:00 today, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Turnout is expected to be higher that in the previous EP elections five years ago when it was the lowest out of the EU member states. The anti-EU far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) of Marian Kotleba is expected to score a success in the elections. Some 4.5 million voters in the five-million Slovakia can choose from candidates of 31 political parties, movements and their election coalitions.Unlike the neighbouring Czech Republic where the elections started on Friday and ended at 14:00 today, the EP elections are held only one day in Slovakia and other EU member states. The (European) elections are important since we are standing at the crossroads as far as the future shape of the European Union is concerned - whether Europe will be stronger and more integrated or whether the process of its weakening will start, President-elect Zuzana Caputova (photo), who will assume office in three weeks, told reporters. Caputova is of the view that anti-European forces became a strong element in these European elections. It is important to take part in them, she added. She expressed her conviction that this time, Slovakia will not have the lowest turnout of the EU countries. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Zuzana Caputova

Slovaks are choosing their 14 MEPs in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) from 7:00 to 22:00 today, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Turnout is expected to be higher that in the previous EP elections five years ago when it was the lowest out of the EU member states. The anti-EU far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) of Marian Kotleba is expected to score a success in the elections. Some 4.5 million voters in the five-million Slovakia can choose from candidates of 31 political parties, movements and their election coalitions.Unlike the neighbouring Czech Republic where the elections started on Friday and ended at 14:00 today, the EP elections are held only one day in Slovakia and other EU member states. The (European) elections are important since we are standing at the crossroads as far as the future shape of the European Union is concerned - whether Europe will be stronger and more integrated or whether the process of its weakening will start, President-elect Zuzana Caputova (photo), who will assume office in three weeks, told reporters. Caputova is of the view that anti-European forces became a strong element in these European elections. It is important to take part in them, she added. She expressed her conviction that this time, Slovakia will not have the lowest turnout of the EU countries. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Zuzana Caputova

Slovaks are choosing their 14 MEPs in the elections to the European Parliament (EP) from 7:00 to 22:00 today, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Turnout is expected to be higher that in the previous EP elections five years ago when it was the lowest out of the EU member states. The anti-EU far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) of Marian Kotleba is expected to score a success in the elections. Some 4.5 million voters in the five-million Slovakia can choose from candidates of 31 political parties, movements and their election coalitions.Unlike the neighbouring Czech Republic where the elections started on Friday and ended at 14:00 today, the EP elections are held only one day in Slovakia and other EU member states. The (European) elections are important since we are standing at the crossroads as far as the future shape of the European Union is concerned - whether Europe will be stronger and more integrated or whether the process of its weakening will start, President-elect Zuzana Caputova (photo), who will assume office in three weeks, told reporters. Caputova is of the view that anti-European forces became a strong element in these European elections. It is important to take part in them, she added. She expressed her conviction that this time, Slovakia will not have the lowest turnout of the EU countries. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)