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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned on Jan. 26 after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government.

The country will navigate this storm brought about by the pandemic with a new parliament that emerged from the December 6 general election - whose results were a major disappointment for many mostly young reformist voters with centre or centre-right pro-EU views. 

The ruling National Liberal Party, PNL, the centrist USR PLUS alliance and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, UDMR, sealed a deal on Monday night to form a coalition government that is expected to be approved by parliament in the coming days.

The prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Dec. 20 was elected head of the National Unity Party (UBP), a major coalition partner, at its 12th extraordinary congress.

The new government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) secured a vote of confidence from parliament on Dec. 19. 

With three abstaining, lawmakers voted 24-20 in favor of the coalition government made up of the National Unity Party (UBP), Democratic Party (DP), and the Rebirth Party (YDP).

In the future Parliament, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will have 47 seats in the Senate and 110 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, while the National Liberal Party (PNL) obtained 41 seats in the Senate and 93 in the Chamber of Deputies, respectively, according to the data the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) presented on Monday.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis has invited the chairs of the parties and political formations represented in Romania's Parliament, to the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Monday, for consultations aimed at designating the candidate for the prime minister office, the Presidential Administration informs.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has won the parliamentary election by 30.13 pct of the votes cast for the Senate and 29.69 pct for the Chamber of Deputies, followed on the second spot by the National Liberal Party (PNL) that garnered 25.58 pct for the Senate and 25.18 pct for the Chamber of Deputies, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) announced on Monday evening, after the centralisation of t

Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party, PSD, scored a narrow victory in Sunday's general elections, according to exit polls local news channels report.

Despite lacking solid support in parliament, Orban had great plans when he took office in November last year, after the government of the Social Democratic Party, PSD, was toppled in a no-confidence vote.