Spain set for further political deadlock
Podemos has disrupted the political balance in Spain. Source: Wikimedia The Spanish Socialist party leader has pledged to reduce unemployment,…
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Right-wing opposition party wins Polish election
Beata Szydlo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The right-wing Law and Justice party has won yesterday’s general election in Poland, according to…
Romanian PM quits after protests over nightclub fire
Victor Ponta. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Romania’s embattled prime minster Victor Ponta has resigned after anti-government protests over a nightclub fire…
European Parliament suspends two right-wing MPs for making Nazi salutes
Janusz Korwin-Mikke. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Two right-wing Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have been suspended for making Nazi salutes….
Ex-president Ion Iliescu appears in Romanian court for crimes against humanity
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Former president of Romania Ion Iliescu yesterday appeared in court on charges of crimes against humanity for…
Romanian PM survives no-confidence vote
Victor Ponta. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The prime minister of Romania, who is currently standing trial for corruption, survived a no-confidence vote…
Berlesconi hails Putin as ‘world’s greatest leader’
Putin and Berlesconi pictured together earlier this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday hailed his…
Greek minister resigns over anti-Semitic comments
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came under fire for appointing Kammenos. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. A Greek minister has been forced…
Left-wing Syriza party holds on to power in Greek polls
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Greek’s left-wing Syriza party won a decisive general election yesterday, for the…
Court releases former mayor of Tbilisi from detention
Gigi Ugulava. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The former mayor of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi has been released from detention after 14 months…
Uzbekistan bans teaching of political science
Uzbekistan’s authoritarian President Islam Karimov. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The government of Uzbekistan has banned the teaching of political science, saying…
Mayor of Bucharest arrested for corruption
Sorin Oprescu. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The mayor of Romania’s capital Bucharest has been arrested for corruption. Sorin Oprescu is accused…
Clashes between government and rebels kill at least 10 people in Tajikistan
The violence occurred in and around the capital, Dushanbe. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. At least 10 people have been killed in…
Violence flares outside Ukrainian parliament after autonomy vote
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. A security officer died and around 100 people were injured when violence broke…
Tajikistan ‘bans’ Islamic opposition party
The government of President Emomali Rahmon has recently cracked down on religion in Tajikistan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Authorities in Tajikistan…