Dutch Safety Board says Russian made BUK shot down MH17, Ukraine should have...
On 13 October the Dutch Safety Board published its report on the Malaysia airlines MH17 flight that crashed in the East of Ukraine in July 2014. The report concluded that a Buk surface-to-air missile...
View ArticleFuture Leaders Training 2015 held in Amman
Between the 8th and 11th of October the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity organized the first training weekend in the framework of the Future Leaders project. The training was attended by...
View ArticleMoldovan ex PM arrested on suspicion of fraud
On 18 October a Chisinau court put former Prime Minister of Moldova, Vlad Filat, under a 30-day preventive arrest, as he was accused of influence peddling, fraud and passive bribery in connection with...
View ArticleMontenegro protests turned violent as opposition sets deadline for PM’s...
For the past month Montenegrins have demonstrated against their government by organizing large-scale protests in the capital Podgorica and setting up tents near parliament. Early on 17 October the...
View ArticleEuropean enlargement commissioner disappointed in lack of progress in...
On 20 October European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said he was disappointed no deal was reached between the Macedonian government and opposition on a reshuffle of government. An EU brokered...
View Article“For the Love of Egypt” alliance big winner in the first round of Egypt’s...
The turnout in the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections held from 18 to 19 October was low as only 26.56% of voters cast their ballots. Of the 284 seats in parliament that are elected in the...
View ArticleOSCE and EP refuse to monitor Azerbaijan’s upcoming parliamentary elections,...
On the 1st of November parliamentary elections will be held in Azerbaijan. Voters will elect, in 125 electoral districts, 125 deputies for a five year term in the unicameral parliament, the Milli...
View ArticleTurkey’s upcoming general elections to take place in a tense atmosphere
On 1 November snap elections for the parliament will be held in Turkey, after the AKP (Justice and Development Party) failed to form a coalition government with opposition parties after the last...
View ArticleAmid opposition boycott and lack of genuine international observers...
After the November 1st parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has claimed victory, as most established opposition parties declined to participate in what critics...
View ArticleTurkey’s snap elections land AKP a surprising landslide victory
On November 1st , snap elections were held in Turkey, which saw the long ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) win enough seats in parliament to once again establish a single party rule. The AKP...
View ArticleMoldova’s Pro-European parties negotiate to form a new government
Amid protests, economic problems and the 1 billion dollar corruption scandal that saw former Prime Minister Vlad Filat arrested last month, Moldova’s European integration alliance is negotiating to...
View ArticleUkraine’s local elections show a divided country
On 25 October local elections were held throughout Ukraine, with the exception of the rebel-held areas in the East of the country, to elect local councils and mayors. With complete results announced...
View ArticleTunisia’s ruling party MPs suspend their membership and threaten to resign
On 5 November thirty Members of Parliament from Tunisia’s ruling secularist Nidaa Tounes (Call of Tunisia) party have suspended their membership and are threatening to resign if there “will be no...
View ArticleCourse for Promising Politicians in Ljubljana: the EU inside out
From 29 October to 1 November the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and Foundation Max van der Stoel (FMS) organized the third and final seminar of the 2015 Course for Promising Politicians (CPP) in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tunisia’s ruling party MPs suspend their membership and threaten to...
On 9 November 32 MPs resigned from Nidaa Tounes , after earlier threats that they might do so. One of the MPs, Hassouna Nasfi, said that “we decided to resign from the party's bloc today after the...
View ArticleMoldova’s court approves of referendum to amend constitution as trust in...
On 10 November Moldova’s Constitutional Court (CC) ruled in favor of a referendum of four amendments to the constitution, after the Central Election Commission (CEC) asked the court to rule on the...
View ArticleSyria’s opposition and foreign countries reject Russian draft proposal on...
On November 10th news agency Reuters obtained a Russian draft proposal on the ending of the nearly five year old Syrian war, ahead of the next round of international peace talks in Vienna on November...
View ArticleNine arrests over Lebanon bombings, as politicians seem to unite against terror
On 15 November nine people were arrested in Lebanon over the 12 November double suicide bombings that killed at least 43 people and injured over 240 in the capital of Lebanon Beirut. The bombings,...
View ArticleClashes in Kosovo’s streets and parliament over Serbia accords
On 18 November protesters in Kosovo clashed with police in Pristina for the second time in two days over the arrest of nationalist Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) MP Donika Kadaj Bujupi, who...
View ArticleFor the love of Egypt’ alliance takes all coalition-based seats in second...
On 22 and 23 November the second round of parliamentary elections were held in 13 provinces of Egypt, with a turnout of 29.83%, similar to that of the first round. The ‘For the love of Egypt’ alliance,...
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