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Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

I wasn’t kidding when I told you that this year is the biggest election year in history! While I was gone, a bunch of countries went to the polls. Here’s a brief recap of some of the major elections that went down recently:

Your Five Daily Current Events Questions

1. Peter Pellegrini won the presidential election of what European nation on Saturday, securing the position of pro-Russian prime minister Robert Fico?

2. Over in Asia, Asif Ali Zardari returns to power as president of what nation?

3. Who was chosen as the new leader of Fine Gael in Ireland, becoming the country’s prime minister after the resignation of Leo Varadkar?

4. What election-weary European nation will be headed to its sixth elections in three years after its political parties failed to agree on a unity government in Sofia?

5. Finally, general elections in Portugal saw no one party achieve a majority of seats, although it did see the surge of what far-right party?