Kazakhstan’s Lower House initiates its dissolution, calls for snap elections
On 13 January lawmakers from the three factions in the Mazhilis (Lower House), all loyal to President Nursultan Nazerbayev, initiated a motion to dissolve parliament and hold snap elections, "in...
View ArticleKosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaçi put forward as presidency candidate
Kosovo’s governing party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), has named its leader Hashim Thaçi as its candidate for the presidency. Current president Atifete Jahjaga will finish her term in office...
View ArticleEgypt’s Parliament approves controversial terrorism law
After a three year absence, the Egyptian parliament convened on the 17th of January for the first time and passed a number of controversial laws. The House of Representatives, started its duties Sunday...
View ArticleSerbian PM Vucic calls for early elections
On 17 January Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic called for early local and parliamentary elections in the country. Vucic said his government, in power since 2014, has been held back by opposition...
View ArticleMacedonian Parliament votes to dissolve ahead of April elections
On 18 January the Macedonian Parliament, in the absence of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDSM), voted to dissolve Parliament and appointed an interim government. In the same vote...
View ArticleUN backed Libyan unity government unveiled in Tunis
On 19 January Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) was announced by the Tunis-based Libyan Presidency Council. The formation of the government is the outcome of an UN-deal aimed at ending years...
View ArticleGovernment announces measures after five days of protests in Tunisia
The Tunisian government announced on January 20th that it would take measures to create 5000 new jobs, after a protests across the country had been ongoing for five days. The protests were triggered by...
View ArticleMoldovan pro-European government sworn in amid protests
On 20 January Moldova’s government was sworn in, led by Pavel Filip of the Democratic Party (PDM). In a parliamentary session hampered by the Socialists (PSRM), 57 out of 101 MPs approved the...
View ArticleUkraine’s PM calls for referendum on constitutional changes
On 24 January Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called for a referendum on constitutional changes. These amendments to the constitution are an important part of the implementation of the Minsk...
View ArticleRights Watchdogs: Turkey’s freedom has declined due to media crackdown
In its latest report published on 27 January rights body Freedom House said that the media crackdown in Turkey has led to a decline of political rights and civil liberties. In the past months several...
View ArticleMoroccan parliamentary elections to be held on 7 October this year
On 28 January Morocco’s Minister of Communication and spokesman of the government, Mustapha Khalfi, announced that the parliamentary elections will take place on October 7 this year. Currently, the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Montenegrin Prime Minister survives motion of no-confidence.
On 27 January Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic’s (Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS) government gained just enough votes in the parliament to be able to continue his mandate. Djukanovic himself, who...
View ArticleIraqi-Kurdish leader calls for independence vote
On 2 February, the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Masoud Barzani, called for a nonbinding referendum on independence. He stated on his website: "The time has come and the situation is...
View ArticleUN blames Kosovo’s opposition violence for delayed agreements
On 3 February, in his latest report on Kosovo, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon showed his concern about the violent tactics of the opposition parties in Kosovo. These violence actions have resulted in...
View ArticleReferendum in Republika Srpska postponed
On 9 February president Milorad Dodik of the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) mainly Serb entity, Republika Srpska (RS), postponed the planned referendum that would question the authority of the state...
View ArticleBosnia applies for EU membership
On 15 February Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) formally applied to join the EU, said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. The Bosnian PM Denis Zvidic announced on 10 February that his country was about...
View ArticleEU partially lifts sanctions against Belarus
On 15 February the European Council confirmed that sanctions against 170 Belarusians, including President Alexander Lukashenko, will not be extended. Sanctions included a list of visa bans and frozen...
View ArticleKosovo opposition sets ultimatum for resignation government
On 17 February the opposition held their biggest anti-governmental rally yet during the eight anniversary of Kosovo independence. They demand the government to resign and hold snap elections before 27...
View ArticleUkraine coalition party quits after confidence motion
On 17 February the Batkivshchyna party of Yulia Tymoshenko pulled out of the ruling coalition in Ukraine after Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk survived a no-confidence vote in parliament just a day...
View ArticleEU and US urge to postpone planned elections in Macedonia
On 21 February EU and US diplomats said that Macedonia is not ready to hold parliamentary elections scheduled for 24 April 2016. In a joint letter to Macedonian interim Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev,...
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