Kyrgyz interim president Roza Otunbayeva was officially sworn in on July 3, 2010. However, Otunbayeva will not be allowed to run in the 2011 presidential election and her term will end on December 31, 2011.

She became the first woman to win presidency in Central Asia, where after the collapse of the Soviet Union only male politicians ruled the former Soviet republics. The inauguration ceremony took place in the National Philharmonics in Bishkek.

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Dervis Eroglu has won the northern Cyprus presidential election, exit polls say.

Eroglu beat Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat with more than 50 per cent of votes cast and so will avoid a run-off.

Eroglou’s win could complicate Turkey’s bid to join the EU. Unlike rival Talat, he opposes the island’s reunification.

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Voters in the Dutch Antilles are casting ballots in the final election before the five-island federation is disbanded.

The islands are due to go their separate ways on 10 October.

But they will still remain, with varying degrees of autonomy, under the bosom of the Netherlands.

Curaçao and St Maarten will become autonomous territories within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius will become special municipalities.
Anguilla slate confirmed
Twenty candidates have filed papers to contest general elections in Anguilla on 15 February.

Seven seats are at stake in the British territory.

The governing Anguilla United Front is contesting all constituencies, while the Anguilla United Movement and the Anguilla Progressive Party are fielding representatives in five each.

There are three independents.

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