site.news_by_theme party
Rudd's return revives Australia's Labor: poll
The dramatic return of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered his flagging Labor party a six percentage point bounce.
30 June 2013
Hollande, Merkel to mark 150 years of German centre-left
Germany's opposition Social Democrats mark their 150th birthday Thursday, with French President Francois Hollande as the only foreign speaker and conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in the audience.
23 May 2013
China Communists must slash membership: academic
China's ruling Communist Party should cut its more than 80 million members by nearly half to avoid the bloat that felled the Soviet Union, a political scientist has written in a party magazine.
21 May 2013
Titanic tycoon launches political party in Australia
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, the tycoon who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic, on Friday unveiled his new political party and said he would run in the September 14 elections.
26 April 2013
Brother of British Labour leader to step down as MP: report
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 March 2013
Spain's main parties hit by scandals, crisis
Spain's two major political parties, the pillars of a democratic system re-born after the 1975 death of General Francisco Franco, face an historic crisis.
20 March 2013
Bauyrzhan Baibek appointed first deputy chairman of Nur Otan
Kazakhstan President and chairman of the ruling party Nursultan Nazarbayev introduced Baibek at the meeting of the political council bureau.
17 January 2013
Honduras leader regrets embassy orgy
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Monday that a pre-Christmas party at the country's embassy in Colombia that included prostitutes was a "sad incident."
08 January 2013
One third Kazakhstan companies spend up to 500 thousand tenge on New Year staff parties
According to 31 percent of the polled representatives of Kazakhstan companies, their New Year staff party costs from 300 to 500 thousand tenge.
28 December 2012
Euro crisis cements Merkel support for election duel
Germany swings into election countdown next week when Chancellor Angela Merkel and her chief challenger rally their party faithful for a campaign likely shaped by how hard the euro crisis hits German wallets.
28 November 2012
Nazarbayev invited new Secretary General of China's Communist Party to Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a congratulatory telegram to Xi Jinping on his election as a new Secretary General of the Central Commission of China's Communist Party.
28 November 2012
French right close to collapse after talks fail
France's main right-wing opposition party was close to collapse on Monday after talks failed to resolve a bitter leadership dispute and an ex-prime minister vowed to take the battle to the courts.
27 November 2012
China unveils new leaders with Xi Jinping at helm
China unveiled its new leaders, with Vice President Xi Jinping marching on stage at the head of a revamped line-up that will steer the world's number two economy for the next decade.
15 November 2012
Naomi Campbell hosts huge party for boyfriend in India
A star-studded guestlist including Kate Moss and Bob Geldof gathered in India Wednesday for a lavish 50th birthday party arranged by supermodel Naomi Campbell for her Russian billionaire boyfriend.
08 November 2012
First new political party formed in Turkmenistan in 20 years
A new political party was formed for the first time in Turkmenistan since the isolated ex-Soviet state won independence in 1991.
22 August 2012
FBI probes Republicans' drunken Israel trip
The FBI has investigated an incident that saw at least one Republican congressman swim naked at a drinking party in Israel last year attended by top leadership staff, Politico reported Sunday.
21 August 2012
Tunisia coalition's main party opts for 'moderate' stance
Tunisia's ruling Islamist Ennahda party stressed its "centrist" and "moderate" position, in a resolution adopted Sunday, the fourth day of its first congress at home in 24 years.
16 July 2012
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party in historic meeting
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party Ennahda holds its first congress at home in 24 years on Thursday, seeking to clarify its strategy against a backdrop of political and religious tensions in the country.
13 July 2012
Average wedding party costs $15,000 in Almaty
A regular 100-guest wedding party in a restaurant in Almaty is estimated to cost $13,000-15,000.
02 April 2012
Are religious parties possible in Kazakhstan?
Leaders of key religions in Kazakhstan do not support the idea of creation of religious parties.
13 February 2012