Following the indiscriminate use of violence in January, these elections, called early by president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, represented an opportunity missed for Astana to demonstrate that a page has truly been turned (Photo: Wikimedia) The results of Kazakhstan’s snap…
Parliament approved the purchase of eight more US F-16 fighter jets of the latest Block 70/72 version after a heated political debate on Friday, resulting in the pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party and the extreme pro-Russian Revival voting against the deal…
As Serbia is to face disciplinary measures from FIFA for making political statements against Kosovo in a dressing room at the World Cup, the country’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic called the football body hypocrites and doubled down on the statement.…
Albania and Kosovo held a joint parliamentary session in Tirana on Sunday to mark 110
A stronger-than-expected midterm showing has quieted the party’s public hand-wringing about a re-election campaign for President Biden. But it hasn’t put those worries to rest. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Albania’s centre-right Democratic Party caused outrage over the weekend after the Head of the Secretariat for Human Rights, Bislim Ahmetaj, called the LGBTIQ community poison and said it is pushing propaganda from George Soros. The outburst came after an animated…
The Greek parliament’s inquiry committee will hold a crucial meeting on Monday to investigate the wiretapping scandal which has rocked the country, with the Greek prime minister’s former chief of staff and nephew, Grigoris Dimitriadis, set to testify. However, it…
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Slovenia’s ruling coalition has deflected a major challenge from the opposition as voters confirmed three laws in Sunday’s referendum which many saw as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Robert Golob’s government. All three laws were endorsed with double-digit…
Municipalities have asked the government to provide greater clarity regarding its long-term plan to continue accommodating Ukrainian refugees should future migration waves occur. Municipalities feel they need more clarification from the government and also have a few ideas of their…