By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s only Black lawmaker suspended himself from his left-wing party on Thursday after his family was accused of mismanaging funds and exploiting staff at …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament easily approved the majority Socialist government’s 2023 budget bill on its first reading on Thursday, paving the way for planned further deficit and debt reductions …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech parliament gave its initial nod to the 2023 state budget bill, setting the deficit at 295 billion crowns ($12.1 billion) as the country grapples with …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – The Italian right-wing coalition’s resounding victory in Sunday’s general election marks a return to parliament for former premier Silvio Berlusconi, nine years after he …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament will consider summoning Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to face questioning in a closed session, senior lawmaker Sergei Mironov was cited as saying …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday, bringing the two Nordic countries one step closer to …
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By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s security forces were called on Monday to secure a voting process in parliament and hold back rowdy opposition members of parliament (MP) who …
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Climate Activists Superglued Themselves Inside UK Parliament Using A Petroleum-Based Product Jack McEvoy on September 2, 2022 Extinction Rebellion, an international group of climate activists, announced on Friday that they …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law cementing the country’s membership of the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making it the latest Southeast Asian nation to …
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By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers on Monday voted in favour of setting up an inquiry commission to probe the phone tapping of an opposition leader that led …
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ROME – The Italian parliament has given its final approval to a highly contested bill to promote competition in product and services markets, required to help secure a new tranche …
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SYDNEY – Australia’s parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw the Greens party win record seats, reflecting …
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Sri Lankan Parliament Elects Allegedly Corrupt Former Prime Minister As President Micaela Burrow on July 20, 2022 Sri Lanka’s parliament elected former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a figure seen by …
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KYIV -Ukraine’s parliament dismissed the domestic security chief and prosecutor general on Tuesday, two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended them for failing to root out Russian spies. Ivan Bakanov …
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BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fended off accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement in a televised session of parliament on Tuesday, as a censure debate got under way …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Leigh Thomas PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron’s French government, hunting for votes to enact a cost-of-living relief bill after losing its majority in parliament, is open …
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Israeli Parliament Bargains With Netanyahu To Ease Government Collapse Micaela Burrow on June 27, 2022 The doomed Israeli government has reportedly offered to bargain with Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s …
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Israeli Lawmakers Will Vote To Dissolve Parliament, Hold New Elections Micaela Burrow on June 20, 2022 Israel’s coalition government will dissolve next week as the country heads a new round …
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By Michel Rose PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and unable to push through his economic reform agenda with …
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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canadian police are investigating a possible risk to national security that forced parliament to lock down for several hours on Saturday after border agents warned …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – One of Sri Lanka’s richest businessmen will replace the president’s brother in parliament, a ruling party official said on Friday, as the cash-strapped country moves …
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PARIS – The centrist camp of French President Emmanuel Macron is not guaranteed to win an absolute majority in this month’s legislative elections, two polls showed on Tuesday. Macron won …
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LONDON – Russia’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a bill in the first reading that removes legal liability for parallel imports of a range of goods and intellectual …
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PARIS – The new French government will draft a bill on how to protect consumers’ purchasing power before the start of parliamentary elections in June, government spokeswoman Olivia Gregoire said …
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By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT – When Halime El Kaakour enters Lebanon’s parliament as a newly elected lawmaker next week, she will step past the same concrete barriers …