With Quang’s death, is political change on the horizon?
Ever since Vietnam’s president, Trần Đại Quang, died in late September, the country’s political landscape is in uproar. The leading…
Tag: politics
Turks remain undecided on referendum
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s critics were more vocal before last year’s botched coup. In April 16, Turkey is due to…
Senators probe Putin’s election meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s relationship with the west is coming under increasing scrutiny. Moscow tried to hijack the US democratic…
Dutch MPs vote to relax cannabis laws
Coffee is not the main priority in Amsterdam’s coffee shops. Source: Flickr Dutch MP Vera Bergkamp of the progressive D66…
Romanian MPs bow to protesters’ wishes
Romanian crowds are reviving the spirit of 1989, this time with mobile phones. Source: YouTube The Romanian parliament…
Brexit focus moves to the Lords
The House of Lords is under threat as an institution if it tries to stifle the Brexit process. Source: Flickr…
Old, poorly educated backed Brexit: data
Brexit has polarised Britain. Source: Eurasian Times While Britain’s wrestles with the fallout from last June’s vote to…
UK govt disowns Speaker’s Trump tirade
Mr Speaker’s procession in Westminster. Source: Flickr The UK government has distanced itself from the Speaker of the House…
By-elections put Corbyn in spotlight
Copeland in Cumbria largely voted to leave the European Union last year. Source: Wikimedia UK by-elections in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent…
Polish leaders flee parliament siege
The Sejm, Poland’s lower house. Source: Wikimedia The head of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, left parliament on…
MPs back May’s Brexit ‘policy’
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has been largely silent on Brexit. Source: Flickr UK MPs voted overwhelmingly last week in favour…
Uzbeks pick second leader
Shavkat Mirziyaev. Source: Kremlin Uzbekistan voted on December 4 in an election to appoint acting president Shavkat Mirziyaev…
Top German spies fear Russian election hacks
Bundesnachrichtendienst headquarters in Berlin. Source: Wikimedia Germany’s foreign intelligence chief has warned that the 2017 general election could be targeted…
Merkel to stand again
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking equal Helmut Kohl’s record. Source: Flickr German Chancellor Angela Merkel will stand for re-election next year…
Poland reopens 2010 crash probe
The 2010 Smolensk crash site. Source: Wikimedia Poland has begun a probe into the death of former president Lech Kaczynski…
Orban’s migrant ban rejected
Hungary’s parliament. Source: Pixabay Hungarian MPs have rejected the prime minister’s attempt to push through constitutional amendments opposing any EU…