High hopes (over and over again)

"... builds". An electoral poster of a candidate in the presidential campaign in Poland. Bochnia, 21.06.2010.

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Polish choice

After tragic death of  polish president Lech Kaczynski 10 of April, Poles are choosing the new President.
Poland, Rogoźnik, June 20, 2010
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Ukrainians choose president

On 17th of January Ukrainians choose their president. Viktor Yanukovych, pro-Russian opposition leader leads in all surveys and in second round of elections he will probably face present prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Politicians accuse each other of buying votes, warn against counterfeiting and try to mobilize their supporters, but there is no chance for repeat from 2005. Five years after The Orange Revolution citizens of immersed in crisis Ukraine are bored with politics and mostly don't care who will become their next president. On the photo: Lviv on the eve of elections.

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Elections according to Vetëvendosje!

I vote, You vote, He/She votes, We vote, You vote, They profit - graffiti in the centre of Prishtina made by Vetëvendosje! - group of kosovo Albanians which fight in non-violence way for rights to self-determination. Organization is against presence of international forces in Kosovo (UNMIK, EULEX, ICO, KFOR) and boycott the Ahtisaari Plan according to which local elections take place.

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