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Lebanon's political paralysis could be defused

01/06/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. According to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Parliament could soon vote the 2022 budget, allowing the Council of Ministers to meet again after three months of paralysis.

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Libyan presidential election postponed to end of January 2022

12/23/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. In a statement, the Libyan High Electoral Commission proposes to postpone by one month the presidential election scheduled for December 24, 2021, and strongly criticizes the obstacles raised for the holding of this election in time by the legislative and judicial authorities.

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Libya's December 24 presidential polls in trouble

12/20/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Intimidation of candidates, theft of voter's cards, fraud, difficulties in deciding on appeals, list of contenders not yet published, the Libyan presidential election scheduled for December 24, 2021 should be postponed.

The President of the Tunisian Parliament refuses the extension of the freeze of his institution

12/16/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Rached Ghannouchi, the current president of the Assembly of People's Representatives, has rejected the decision to extend the freeze of the Parliament until December 2022 announced by the Tunisian head of state Kaïs Saïed.

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Libyan National Election Commission opens nominations

11/09/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. The Libyan National Electoral Commission announces the opening of candidacies for the first presidential election since the country's independence and the legislative elections.

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The Portuguese will go to the polls in January 2022 for early legislative elections

11/09/2021 | Society / Institutions

PORTUGAL. The break-up of the ruling left-wing coalition, following the rejection of the 2022 budget bill in Parliament, leads Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to dissolve the National Assembly.

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Libya welcomes the international community to Tripoli

10/21/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. The new Libyan authorities are organising a conference in support of Libya's stability to obtain the support of the international community two months before the legislative and presidential elections.

Moroccan legislative elections severely punish the ruling Islamist Party

09/09/2021 | Society / Institutions

MOROCCO. In power for ten years, the Justice and Development Party has been reduced from 125 to 12 deputies in the future national assembly.

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Tunisia prolongs its break from democracy

08/24/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The President of the Tunisian Republic announced the publication of a decree extending "until further notice" the freezing of the Parliament.

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed assumes full powers

07/27/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Ten years after the Jasmine revolution, seven years after the vote of a new constitution, is the Tunisian government succumbing to the temptation of returning to dictatorship after the freezing of the activities of the Parliament, the dismissal of the Prime Minister and the lifting of the immunity of the deputies?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for a two-state solution for Cyprus

07/20/2021 | Society / Institutions

CYPRUS / TURKEY. In the northern part of Cyprus, the Turkish president has been pushing for a partition of the Mediterranean island between the Greek and Turkish communities.

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"The Nazi character of the Greek party Golden Dawn was not perceived as it should have been"

07/13/2021 | Society / Institutions

GREECE. The shock documentary "Golden Dawn a public affair" by the Franco-Greek director Angelique Kourounis, in which her colleague and accomplice Thomas Iacobi participated, deciphers how this neo-Nazi party almost came to power before declining. The two journalists talk to econostrum.info about the changes that have taken place in Greek politics over the last five and a half years.

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The European Union is brought under the Slovenian flag

07/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU / SLOVENIA. The Slovenian government of Janez Janša takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. This ultraconservative personality fails to win unanimous support as the EU is in the midst of a debate regarding its future.

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Naftali Bennett dethrones Benjamin Netanyahu by becoming Prime Minister of Israel

06/15/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. After twelve years in power as Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu must step aside for his rival Naftali Bennett.

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Isaac Herzog elected president of Israel as coalition prepares to unseat Benyamin Netanyahu

06/03/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. The son of a former president, Isaac Herzog was elected to the position by Knesset members on the same day as the announcement that opponents of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu had signed a government agreement.

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Israel heads for its fifth legislative elections in two years

05/06/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. Benyamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government and returns to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin the mandate he had given him.

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The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5

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Benyamin Netanyahu appointed to form a new government in Israel

04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. Despite his previous failures, a corruption trial that has just begun, Benyamin Netanyahu has been appointed by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form the next government.

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Act 4 of the Israeli legislative elections ends up with the same scenario as the first three

03/24/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. The ballot boxes of the legislative elections of Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Israel have still not managed to deliver a clear winner. Pro and anti Benyamin Netanyahu remain neck and neck.

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Turkish justice wants to ban the pro-Kurdish HDP party in the name of Turkey's integrity

03/18/2021 | Society / Institutions

TURKEY. The Turkish Public Prosecutor's Office launches a procedure to ban the Peoples' Democratic Party, a pro-Kurdish left-wing movement, at the Court of Cassation. The authorities consider it to be very close to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), considered a terrorist party.