News about Parliament

Kazakh Senate passes bill prohibiting foreign currency mortgage loans Kazakh Senate, the upper house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, has passed a bill on non-performing loans and assets of second-tier banks.
17 November 2015
Catalan parliament to vote on secession in showdown with Madrid Catalonia's pro-independence regional parliament is expected to launch a secession process in Spain's wealthiest region, in a showdown with the central government in Madrid.
09 November 2015
British PM denies Syria strikes climbdown The British government denied it was abandoning plans for a parliamentary vote to join air strikes in Syria as an influential committee of MPs advised against action.
03 November 2015
EU has little option but to deal with strengthened Erdogan: analysts The EU, desperate for help to solve the migrant crisis, has little option but to deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his own terms after a stunning election victory.
03 November 2015
EU says Turkish vote reaffirms people's 'strong' democratic commitment The European Union said it looked forward to working with the new Turkish government after elections showed the people's "strong commitment" to democracy.
02 November 2015
Erdogan: Turkey's 'Sultan' wins again President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose from humble beginnings to become Turkey's most powerful politician since Ataturk.
02 November 2015
Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer discloses Twitter stake Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer disclosed that he has taken a four percent stake in Twitter, expressing confidence in the messaging platform's new management team.
17 October 2015
Greece adopts more painful reforms demanded by creditors Greece's parliament narrowly adopted further reforms demanded by the country's international creditors in return for further bailout funds.
17 October 2015
Putin wins parliament approval for Syria air strikes Russian President Vladimir Putin won permission from parliament to carry out air strikes in Syria.
30 September 2015
Dariga Nazarbayev appointed Vice PM in Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayev has been appointed Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
15 September 2015
Kazakhstan's former State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev goes to Parliament Kazakhstan's ex State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev became a member of the Majilis, the lower Chamber of the Parliament.
02 September 2015
Greece rebels form new party ahead of snap polls Rebels from Greece's Syriza party on Friday formed a breakaway parliamentary group after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned.
22 August 2015
Greek PM wants European parliament to join creditors quartet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked that the European Parliament (EP) join the group of creditors overseeing the recently-approved bailout deal.
20 August 2015
Nazarbayev instructs government to cut back expenses Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the government and Akims (Mayors) to cut back expenses where possible.
11 August 2015
Kosovo's parliament votes in favour of war crime court Kosovo's parliament amended the constitution to allow the creation of a special EU-backed court to examine war crimes allegedly committed by ethnic Albanian guerrillas during the 1998-1999 war.
04 August 2015
Greece's Tsipras asks parliament to approve reforms as "national responsibility" Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked parliament early to approve his reform proposals to creditors as a "national responsibility".
11 July 2015
Erdogan asks Turkey PM to form new government Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form the next government, over a month after elections where the ruling party lost its overall majority.
10 July 2015
Transfer of powers from President to Parliament and Government takes time: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev reminds that transfer of powers from the President to the Parliament and the Government takes time.
09 July 2015
Tripoli parliament rejects Libya peace plan, wants more talks The parliament in Tripoli rejected a UN proposal to resolve Libya's political crisis but said it wanted to press on with talks toward reaching an accord with its rival in the east of the country.
08 July 2015
Russian MPs pass 'right to be forgotten' Internet law Russian lawmakers passed a bill allowing people to force Internet search engines to remove links to data about them.
04 July 2015
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