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Morocco's main Islamist opposition group said the country is run by a shadow government and warned dire social and economic conditions could cause an "explosion" among disaffected youths.

• 24 апреля 2013, 16:34

India's main political parties have struck a "broad consensus" on a contentious land acquisition bill to better reward landowners whose property is bought for industrial development.

• 20 апреля 2013, 10:00

The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island for commercial exploitation.

• 19 апреля 2013, 12:39

Spain's centre-right government has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure.

• 18 апреля 2013, 14:57

French ministers will for the first time on Monday disclose their assets, in a move President Francois Hollande's Socialist government hopes will restore public confidence after a tax fraud scandal.

• 15 апреля 2013, 19:15

Not so long ago, Croatia was ebullient at the prospect of becoming the EU's newest member in July this year.

• 11 апреля 2013, 18:12

France's Socialist government said Monday it had ordered ministers to declare their assets publicly within days, as it seeks to limit the damage from a tax fraud scandal involving an ex-minister.

• 10 апреля 2013, 10:02

Spanish youths demonstrated Sunday in cities across Spain and near the country's embassies abroad against sky-high unemployment and poor working conditions.

• 08 апреля 2013, 12:34

Tamam Salam of the Western-backed opposition is to be named Lebanon's prime minister Saturday, two weeks after Najib Mikati resigned and effectively brought down his Hezbollah-dominated government.

• 06 апреля 2013, 16:26

The United States has "real concerns" about the direction being taken by the Egyptian government following recent arrests and political violence.

• 03 апреля 2013, 17:21

The Central African Republic's new post-coup government was due to hold its first meeting as soon as Tuesday, its spokesman said, as anger rose in South Africa over its military mission in the restive country.

• 02 апреля 2013, 13:23

Italy remained in political limbo on Friday after talks to break a deadlock created by inconclusive polls ended with no solution in sight.

• 30 марта 2013, 14:46

Italy was left struggling to form a government after leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Thursday lost his bid to end an impasse created by elections with no clear winner in the eurozone's third-largest economy.

• 29 марта 2013, 13:42

British lawmaker David Miliband, who lost the 2010 battle for the leadership of the opposition Labour party to his younger brother Ed, is to stand down as an MP.

• 27 марта 2013, 17:42

The British government has insisted that bloggers and posts on social media would not be caught by a new system of press regulation, but campaigners warned the new rules could be open to interpretation.

• 20 марта 2013, 15:38

Governments and agencies must be wary of drowning Myanmar with well-intentioned but ill-targeted aid, experts warned Thursday, admonishing the global community to "first do no harm."

• 15 марта 2013, 18:05

India's government is drawing up a major new welfare reform which would hand small plots of land to millions of homeless poor in the countryside.

• 14 марта 2013, 18:08

The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern Territory, after staging a backroom coup.

• 14 марта 2013, 16:05

President Barack Obama warned Tuesday America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.

• 13 марта 2013, 18:16

A memorandum of experience exchange in local self-government has been signed between Poland and Kazakhstan.

• 13 марта 2013, 14:13