Politics by country
President visits border for ‘Operation Peace Spring’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Nov. 3 visited the border area of "Operation Peace Spring."
Kerameus pledges to implement court rulings on religious education
Greece's Education Minister Niki Kerameus pledged to abide by two court rulings regarding the way religion is taught at the country's public high schools and the procedure to seek exemption from the course.
Tensions peak over parliamentary panel
Political tensions intensified on Friday after Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas rejected a complaint by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras over the exemption of leftist MPs Pavlos Polakis and Dimitris Tzanakopoulos from a House committee probing alleged meddling by former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos in the Novartis investigation.
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Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet
Tens of thousands of Iraqis massed in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Nov. 1 in the biggest demonstrations since anti-government protests erupted a month ago, defying security forces that have killed scores of people and harshly criticizing Iran's involvement in the country's affairs.
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House committee probing Novartis to postpone Tuesday meeting, says speaker
Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas announced on Friday that a House committee probing alleged meddling by former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos in the Novartis investigation will not meet next Tuesday, as it was planned, to allow time for main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras to select the replacements for the two party MPs who were ejected this week.
Turkey’s isolation, Erdogan’s achievement
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#PresidentialElections2019 Iohannis: PSD is desperately clinging to power, PSD will lose elections
President Klaus Iohannis stated on Friday, at the regional meeting of National Liberal Party (PNL) South-Muntenia branches, organized in Pitesti, that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) is "desperately clinging to power" and stated that the Social Democrats will lose the election. "The PNL is powerful and determined. They can feel it too.
"Serbia will not join EU without Kosovo recognition"
According to Pristina media, Palmer said to the students at the National Library of Pristina that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic know that Serbia would never join EU without solving the problem with Kosovo.
Prof. George Pagoulatos named new DG of ELIAMEP think-tank
European politics Professor George Pagoulatos has been named the new director general of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), replacing Dr Thanos Dokos, who was appointed deputy national security adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the think-tank said on Friday.
Serbian Minister Confronts Kosovo Ambassador at UN
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic sparked a row when he showed what he said was the birth certificate of Kosovo's ambassador to the US, Vlora Citaku, at a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, and claimed that it proved that she was a citizen of Serbia.
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