Politics
Debt ceiling agreement gets thumbs up from business groups
The reviews are starting to come in as details emerge about the debt ceiling agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Even before seeing those details, some lawmakers were criticizing the deal as not doing enough to tackle the nation's debt, while others worried it's too austere and will harm many low-income Americans.
Over 54 mln dropped votes in nearly 200,000 ballot boxes
More than 54 million people on May 14 dropped their votes in over 197,000 ballot boxes set up across the country for the presidential runoff elections.
Though the voting process ended at 5 p.m., citizens waiting to cast ballots at polling booths during the deadline voted in turns under the supervision of attendants.
New Parliament sworn in; to be dissolved almost immediately
The 300 MPs elected on May 21 were sworn in Sunday afternoon.
The new Parliament, in which no party achieved an overall majority, will elect a Speaker and deputy speakers Monday. It will then be dissolved by presidential decree, either Monday or Tuesday, and new elections proclaimed, for June 25.
Voting for the presidential runoff election ends
Millions of Turkish citizens on May 28 headed to ballot boxes established across the country to cast their votes in the presidential election runoff.
The country has witnessed the first runoff election since the new presidential system was accepted in 2018.
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Greece’s interim government sets guidelines for transition period
Greece's interim government received its first set of guidelines from caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas during the inaugural session of the transitional cabinet immediately after the swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Friday.
Bulgaria: DPS proposes the Convening of a Grand National Assembly
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) proposes convening a Grand National Assembly to vote on changes to the Constitution. This was announced by the movement at a briefing on the sidelines of the parliament.
Slow death or a second chance?
SYRIZA is in intensive care and the prognosis for the leftist opposition is not good. Will it suffer a slow death or will it make a recovery and get a second chance? Is there a cure and, if so, will it work for this particular patient under these particular circumstances?
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Turkish voters weigh final decision on next president, visions for future
Two opposing visions for Turkey's future are on the ballot when voters return to the polls Sunday for a runoff presidential election that will decide between an increasingly authoritarian incumbent and a challenger who has pledged to restore democracy.
Voting ends in overseas representations
Voting ended at the diplomatic missions abroad on May 24 for the presidential election runoff, slated for May 28 at home, while citizens abroad can still cast their votes at border gates.
The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has reinstalled ballot boxes at 167 points in 151 representative offices across 73 countries for the runoff election.
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Conservatives take Crete for first time in decades
Among the impressive reversals of the Sunday's election was Crete, where ruling New Democracy scored a major victory, its first in decades on the island.
However, on another level, the evidence also suggests that Cretans have not moved as far to the right as the electoral map suggests.
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