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Rotation: Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has Resigned
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has resigned.
He announced this himself minutes ago at a press conference at the Council of Ministers on Victoria Square in Bucharest, BTA reported.
Recognition of Turkish Cyprus only way for negotiations: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated that the only way for the resumption of talks for resolving the decades-old Cyprus problem is the recognition of Turkish Cyprus as an independent entity with international status.
Bosnian War Victims Demand Review of Early Release of Kordic
The Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide on Monday asked the president of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Graciela Gatti Santana, to review the 2014 early release of convicted Bosnian Croat war criminal Dario Kordic.
Unprecedented: Regional Governors from all over Bulgaria are Leaving their Posts
"The Council of Ministers receives applications for the resignation of regional governors and deputy regional governors from all over the country. The action is unprecedented and puts to the test the fulfillment of the legal obligations of the executive power." This was announced by the press service of the Ministry of Justice on Monday.
Montenegro’s Next Govt Will be Fragile Despite Election Win
An opposition bloc led by the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, which was swept from power in 2020 after three decades of uninterrupted rule, came second with 23.8 per cent of votes.
Sakellaropoulou affirms Treaty of Lausanne’s enduring role in regional peace
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou affirmed the enduring significance of the Treaty of Lausanne on its 100th anniversary during the opening of an international conference organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) on Monday.
Erdogan to visit breakaway state in northern Cyprus
Newly re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit the breakaway state in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus on Monday, as reported by Turkish media.
Data, Spies and Indifference: How Mitsotakis Survived His ‘Watergate’
The surveillance of Koukakis' phone turned out to be the tip of an iceberg whose scale only began emerging last summer, as the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was swamped with claims that it had spied on the phones of journalists, opposition politicians, oligarchs and top state officials.
Montenegrin Centrist Movement Tops Parliamentary Poll after Taking Presidency
Leader of Europe Now movement Milojko Spajic talks to media after casting his ballot in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
The result confirmed Europe Now's dominance after it took power in the capital, Podgorica, and another town in October last year and its deputy leader, Jakov Milatovic, beat incumbent Milo Djukanovic in April's presidential election.
Tsipras: Proportional representation is dead for decades
In the May 21 national election, the left-wing main opposition SYRIZA party lost 11.5 points compared to the previous election, in July 2019, and got 20.07% of the vote, far behind ruling New Democracy's 40.79%.