Turkish nationalists clashed
istanbul May 7, 2018 19:12The Turkish election campaign has become grim, now that physical attacks between political opponents are taking place.
The Turkish election campaign has become grim, now that physical attacks between political opponents are taking place.
The Italian president Sergio Mattarella does not consider the political parties in his country capable of forming a new government. He directs the formation of a neutral transitional government. New elections can then be held in 2019.
Italian voters may have to go to the polls again in July. The leader of the right-wing populist Lega, Matteo Salvini, stated that new parliamentary elections could be held on 8 July if no agreement was reached on a new government. He said that the Five Star Movement (M5S) is also a proponent of this.
According to preliminary results, the Shiite movement Hezbollah won the parliamentary elections in Lebanon. According to Lebanese media, Hezbollah and the small Christian and Sunni parties supporting the movement are gaining more than half of the 128 seats.
In a bomb attack on a mosque in East Afghanistan, dozens of victims have fallen. In the province of Khost, according to a local driver, at least twelve people were killed and 33 wounded.
The British parliament still wants Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to testify. The members of the parliamentary committee for digital affairs, culture, media and sports write this in a letter to Zuckerberg on Tuesday. If the CEO of the social media company does not want that, then the MPs will have him summoned so that he will have to appear before Parliament the next time he sets foot on British soil.
More than 12 million Turkish pensioners, or 15 percent of the population, can expect a check from the government a week before the parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24th.
The former president of Turkey Abdullah Gül will not participate in the presidential elections in June. He was pushed forward by a small Islamic party without his consent as a candidate but denied Saturday that he will take office against incumbent Head of State Recep Erdogan.
Afghans can register as voters since the beginning of this month for the parliamentary elections later this year. Terror groups do everything to make it impossible for them.
At least seven seated and former parliamentarians of the Council of Europe have admitted 'inadmissibly' with lobbying and other activities of the government of Azerbaijan. This is evident from an external investigation into corruption in the parliamentary assembly of the organization that oversees democracy and human rights.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan also wants to campaign abroad for himself and his party in the run-up to the early Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections this summer.
At least seven people were killed Sunday by a suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul. Approximately 35 people were injured. The Ministry of Health said that the perpetrator struck a center where proof of identity was issued.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Budapest in the Hungarian capital on Saturday to protest the government's control over the media. The protesters wrote on Facebook that the Hungarian state media have turned into a propaganda machine for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Two Turkish opposition members lost their parliamentary seats. The parliament decided to do so after the politicians of the pro-Kurdish party HDP were convicted for various criminal offenses.
Turkish voters go to the polls more than a year earlier than planned. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that premier presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 24 June. The ballot box was actually planned for November 2019.
The former boss of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, probably does not testify as expected Wednesday for British parliamentarians in the House of Commons. Nix would explain the role of its specialist in marketing and data analysis in the extensive privacy scandal of Facebook.
Russia has started a campaign of 'dirty tricks \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; against Great Britain and the United States after the attack on Syrian targets. The British government has seen the amount of disinformation that Russia is spreading through social media twenty-five years since the rocket attacks in the early hours of Saturday.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians have taken to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with the election victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The organizers of the protest demand a recount of the ballots, free media and a new electoral system. They also want opposition parties to work together better.
Russian naval vessels have left their base in the Syrian port city of Tartous on the Mediterranean. The news agency Interfax was told by parliamentarian Vladimir Shamanov on Thursday.
In Hungary there is a systematic threat to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms. This is the conclusion of the Hungary-Rapporteur of the European Parliament, Judith Sargentini, of GroenLinks after a small year of research.
The elections in Hungary did not offer the opposition parties the same opportunities as the government parties. As a result, the elections have been marred, although fundamental rights have been respected, according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The ruling Fidesz party of Prime Minister Victor Orban is almost certainly the winner of the Hungarian parliamentary elections.
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has presented his plans to reform the elections and parliament. He wants to reduce the total number of MPs in the National Assembly and in the Senate, now 925 MPs, by 30 percent.
Iran will definitively block the international messaging app Telegram within a few days. A similar Iranian app will be substituted for this. Opponents of the regime have made extensive use of Telegram in actions.
The whistleblower who brought out the scandal around the data processing firm Cambridge Analytica and Facebook is prepared to testify against American and British parliamentary committees of inquiry. On Twitter, Christopher Wylie announces that he accepts invitations from the committees.
Hungary has defended its anti-immigration policy on Monday at the United Nations (UN). The country underlined that it is determined to maintain a homogeneous, Christian society.
A Ukrainian air force pilot and MP was indicted on Thursday. Nadja Savchenko has planned a terrorist attack on the parliament of Ukraine, says justice in Kiev. She would like to throw hand grenades at the government box in the conference room. Then she would have wanted to shoot survivors.
Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar announced his departure on Wednesday evening. The Supreme Court had drawn a line earlier in the day due to the outcome of a referendum on the construction of a 27-kilometer long track.
In order to solve the mafia-like murder of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, the country must work closely with Europol. The country must also cooperate with investigations conducted by the European anti-fraud agency OLAF into possible abuse of EU subsidies.
The British authorities are going to investigate the possible involvement of Russia in fourteen deaths. Minister Amber Rudd (Home Affairs) announced this in the aftermath of the nerve gas attack on former double spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.