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The Croatian parliament was dissolved on Thursday to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year, with 143 out of 151 lawmakers backing the decision. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has suggested the election could be held before the vote for the European Parliament, which takes places on June 6-9, but no date has yet been set. The decision to dissolve parliament comes as Plenkovic and his conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party are facing mounting accusations of high-level corruption from the opposition ahead of the ballot. Last month, thousands of protesters rallied ...
Euronews (English)
Editor’s note: This is issue 43 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly “Ukrainian Economy in Brief” newsletter, covering events from Feb. 12-18, 2024. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and international financial programs. The Kyiv Independent is republishing with permission. IMF benchmarks in focusLawmakers submitted an alternative draft law on restarting the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) in line with international recommendations. On Feb. 12, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, first deputy head of the Committee on Finance...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Editor’s note: This is issue 43 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly “Ukrainian Economy in Brief” newsletter, covering events from Feb. 12-18, 2024. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and international financial programs. The Kyiv Independent is republishing with permission. IMF benchmarks in focusLawmakers submitted an alternative draft law on restarting the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) in line with international recommendations. On Feb. 12, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, first deputy head of the Committee on Finance...
Kyiv Independent
Editor’s note: This is issue 43 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly “Ukrainian Economy in Brief” newsletter, covering events from Feb. 12-18, 2024. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and international financial programs. The Kyiv Independent is republishing with permission. IMF benchmarks in focusLawmakers submitted an alternative draft law on restarting the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) in line with international recommendations. On Feb. 12, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, first deputy head of the Committee on Finance...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Spain's conservative opposition People's Party (PP) retained its absolute majority in the northwest region of Galicia on Sunday in a close-run regional election. Alfonso Rueda, the victorious Galician regional president, said it was a victory for common sense. "Everybody was talking about Galicia today. Everybody was expectant about Galicia. Everybody was watching us," Rueda said following his win. The right-wing PP won 40 seats in the 75-seat regional assembly, The Galician Nationalist Bloc finished second with 25 seats followed by the Socialist Party with nine seats. The party’s national lea...
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Talks to form a far-right-led government in the Netherlands have come to a premature end - for now. The Netherlands is now in limbo as attempts to build a political coalition around anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders have stalled. Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) swept to victory in the country's November parliamentary election on campaign pledges that included slashing immigration. He was in talks with leaders of three other parties to form a government that would have held a solid majority in the 150-seat lower house of the Dutch parliament. The far right is already part of the European mains...
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Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. The legislators ratified Sweden’s accession protocol by 287 votes to 55, with four abstentions. It will come into effect after its publication in the Official Gazette, which is expected to be swift. Hungary then becomes the only NATO ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession. NATO-member Turkey had been delaying Sweden’s membership for more than a year, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups that Ankara regards ...
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By Ritika Jain Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Saturday denied signing a reply to a Parliament question on whether India plans to deem Hamas, an Islamist military organisation governing the Gaza strip, as a terror outfit in India and if Israel had made any such official demand to the government. The Winter Session of the 17th Lok Sabha started on December 4 and is scheduled to conclude on December 22. The first week of Parliament saw the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra over a 'cash-for-query' scandal. The document showed two questions posed by K. Sudhakaran, a Congress MP from Kerala, addre...
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By Ritika Jain The monsoon session of Parliament that begins Thursday will test the unity and strength of the newly formed Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) – an alliance of 26 opposition parties. In the run-up to General Elections 2024, the real litmus test of the opposition’s unity and its ability to go up against the BJP will depend on whether it is able to defeat the passage of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha. The GNCTD (Amendment) Bill, 2023—that seeks to replace the contentious Delhi Ordinance Bill by whi...
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By Mohammed Kudrati A viral post, stating that the Tata Group built India's new Parliament building for a cost of just ₹1, is false. Further, the claim also says that the construction of the building took only 17 months, which is also not true. The 17-month mark has already been exceeded. BOOM recieved this claim on its WhatsApp helpline (7700906588). This is also viral on social media. This post comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the new Parliament site for an inspection. FactCheck BOOM sifted through publicly available information to ascertain that the new Parliament build...
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