Tag Archives: parliamentary
Labour Wins South Shields By-Election
Labour’s Emma Lewell-Buck has won the South Shields parliamentary by-election, with UKIP’s Richard Elvin coming second. Continue reading
In Morocco, activists struggle to keep protest fervor alive
Avenue Mohammed V, a wide street that runs directly through Rabat’s centre-ville and past Morocco’s parliamentary headquarters, is the site of nearly daily protests against the country’s government. Continue reading
Iraq election candidates killed before local vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two Iraqi Sunni Muslim candidates were killed less than a week before local elections that will be a test of the country's political stability after U.S. troops left more than a year ago. Continue reading
Lebanon’s new premier says election delay likely
By Dominic Evans and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria. Salam, a moderate who won broad political support to become premier, said he would try to bring all of Lebanon's rival factions into a government whose main priority was paving the way for the parliamentary election. .. Continue reading
U.K. Banking Commission Urges Stricter Rules
A British Parliamentary commission Monday said that a higher leverage ratio should be imposed on banks, as part of a wider review of government legislation aimed at shoring up the U.K.’s financial system. Continue reading
Morsi’s call for vote won’t calm Egypt’s streets
The Islamist president called for parliamentary elections to begin in April. Continue reading
Divided Egypt opposition attacks Mursi on election call
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's opposition attacked President Mohammed Mursi on Friday for calling elections during a national crisis, but face a test of unity in challenging Islamists who have won every poll since the 2011 revolution. No sooner had Mursi called the parliamentary polls on Thursday than liberals and leftists accused him of deepening divisions between Islamists and their opponents. Continue reading
Rise of Israeli centrist raises hopes for peace
JERUSALEM (AP) — The unexpectedly strong showing by a new centrist party in Israel's parliamentary election has raised hopes of a revival of peace talks with Palestinians that have languished for four years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading
Weakened Netanyahu likely to remain Israeli leader
JERUSALEM (AP) — Key questions following Israel’s parliamentary election: Continue reading
