(Reuters) – Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to introduce life sentences for those convicted of treason, part of a concerted drive since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine to step up punishment …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of accepting bribes in one of the biggest scandals to hit European Union institutions, was released from custody …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s parliament on Wednesday rejected a Credit Suisse rescue package that included 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.87 billion)in financial guarantees in a largely symbolic vote as the …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The speaker of the lower chamber of the Czech parliament told Taiwanese lawmakers on Tuesday that her country and Taiwan are bound together by freedom and democracy, …
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By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament approved a bill on Monday to allow Finland to join NATO once its application has been ratified by all 30 members of …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will delay the process for discussions on the controversial planned judicial overhaul to next month, a statement from the far-right and coalition …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition government on Monday survived no-confidence motions filed by the opposition in protest over its judicial overhaul plan. One motion failed …
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By Ismail Shakil and Molly Cone OTTAWA (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users’ search results on March 16, a company executive told …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), wraps up on Monday, capping what is expected to be the biggest government reshuffle in a …
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By Engen Tham SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jack Zhang, one of thousands of people who lost access to their savings last year in a rural bank scandal, recently tried to go …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), began its annual session on Sunday and is expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle in …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), begins its annual session on Sunday and is expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle in …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s government will present a NATO accession bill to parliament in March, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, though the timing for membership still depends on both …
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(Reuters) -Swiss police arrested a man found with traces of explosives outside the country’s parliament on Tuesday, sparking a security alert that shut down part of Bern for several hours. …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will present its nominees for the new central bank governor and two deputies to parliament on Feb. 14, Tsuyoshi Takagi, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s …
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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s top lawmaker on Wednesday backed a proposal by the founder of the Wagner mercenary group fighting in Ukraine to make it a criminal …
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By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The head of the European Parliament will set out a 14-point plan on Thursday to tighten within weeks rules for lawmakers on financial declarations …
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ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Thursday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Senate over its expansionary 2023 budget, obtaining parliament’s final approval of the package a …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Parliament president Roberta Metsola told EU leaders on Thursday she would lead reforms to prevent a repeat of a corruption scandal that has rocked the assembly. …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament has passed all the legislation sought by the European Union before Kyiv starts talks on joining the 27-member bloc, the assembly’s speaker …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Parliament adopted Serbia’s budget for next year on Friday, projecting growth at 2.5% of national output and a 3.3% deficit, down from 3.9% set for 2022, as …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament voted by a majority on Thursday to back the ratification of the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, five years …
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(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday the German parliament’s move to recognise the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine as a Soviet-imposed genocide was an anti-Russian provocation and an attempt by Germany …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament on Friday passed the majority Socialist government’s 2023 budget, which aims to further slash the deficit and debt even as economic growth is expected to …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s lower and upper houses of parliament passed a welfare reform on Friday that will raise unemployment benefits from the beginning of next year and provide new …