Browsing: Politics

What happened in 2024? June – December: A look back at the latter half of the year, Euros heartbreak, flooding in Spain and more elections!

Tbilisi – During yesterday’s demonstrations at the parliament, some citizens have brought diplomas – to mark the fact that the…

Surveys have fluctuated wildly in the run-up to election day, but observers believe that whichever party wins the most seats in this Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in the Netherlands may need support from at least three other parties to govern. Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to outgoing PM Mark Rutte, is hoping to cap a meteoric rise by clinching the top job. She would be the first woman to do so in the Netherlands. Born in Turkey, the 46-year-old Yesilgoz has taken a hard line on immigration. For more, we speak to Professor Joop van Holsteijn from the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.

The Tories’ ‘dog whistle politics’ on immigration mean she can no longer bring people to safety in the UK.

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement has been on hold for a number of years now.

Finnish PM Sanna Marin to divorce as she prepares to leave office Finland’s outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her…

Pakistan braces for Imran Khan’s corruption hearing amid protests Pakistan remains tense as former Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a…

European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni told the Brussels Economic Forum on Thursday that Europe’s “social model proved to be effective” through the pandemic and must be kept despite the economic challenges facing the bloc.

New Zealand cabinet reaches gender equality for the first time Aotearoa New Zealand now has an equal number of men…

China jails prominent legal activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi Two prominent Chinese activists, lawyer Ding Jiaxi and legal scholar…