The leader of the largest opposition party in northern Macedonia, the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE, Christian Mickovski, said in an interview last night on Skopje’s largest private television station, Sitel, that he would never use the country’s new name. Macedonia), despite the fact that it recognizes, as he said, that the Prespa Agreement is a reality that […]
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Unwanted neighbors in the … Parliament
New “headache” for the presidency of the Parliament in the post-Merkel era: the Liberals refuse to sit next to the ethno-populists of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD). In all parliaments the order of the parties reflects and symbolizes the political correlations. In the Federal Parliament that emerged from the 2017 elections, the extreme right seats […]
Nicaragua – Election: Daniel Ortega, winner before the polls open
Under the watchful eye of some 30,000 troops, polling stations will open in Nicaragua today at 7 a.m. local time for a surprise vote: President Daniel Ortega has secured a fourth consecutive term after all serious his opponents have been taken into custody. “A farce”, “a travesty”: Washington and the European Union do not have […]
Libya: Foreign Minister relieved of her duties
Libyan Foreign Minister Nila Al-Mangous was fired on Saturday and banned from traveling, a spokesman for the Presidential Council told the media. The presidency has launched an “investigation into administrative misconduct”, spokeswoman Naila Wahiba told Libya Panorama on Saturday. According to the electronic media El-Marsad, Al-Mangous, close to General Haftar, a powerful man in eastern […]
Northern Macedonia: Opposition secures majority in Parliament, leading to fall of government
LAST UPDATE: 18.20 Opposition parties in northern Macedonia, along with a small Albanian party still in power, have agreed to the ouster of the government, which consists mainly of Zoran Zaef’s Social Democratic Party (SDSM) and Ali Ahmeti’s Albanian DUI. The leader of the main opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, Christian Mickoski, said today that his party, […]
‘Teacher you teach’ about the climate …
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen are being criticized for traveling by private jet – and even during the COP26 Climate Summit … Is it justified for top politicians to use private jets to meet their obligations? In fact, when they declare abstinence from environmentally harmful behaviors and claim a pioneering role in climate […]
France: Marcon sermon on November 9 for the pandemic
French President Emmanuel Macron will address the French people on November 9 at 9:00 pm, the Palais des Champs-Elysees announced today. Macron will talk about the resurgence of Covid-19 infections as well as other issues, French government spokesman Gabriel Atal told reporters earlier. “The epidemic is accelerating again in Europe, Europe has once again become […]
Portugal: Parliament recasts law to decriminalize euthanasia
The Portuguese Parliament today approved the second version of a law decriminalizing euthanasia, sending the text to the Conservative president’s camp after it was redrafted to take into account the reservations expressed by the Constitutional Court. The text, which “allows medically assisted death”, was approved by 138 votes in favor out of a total of […]
What Virginia’s defeat means to Biden
By Costas Raptis Virginia is an American state in which during last year’s presidential election Joe Biden prevailed over Donald Trump by ten percentage points. But in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Republican nominee Glenn Yangin won by a three-point lead over Democrat Terry McOliffe, who had previously served as governor of Virginia. The significance of the […]