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3/26/2023 11:35:43 AM
Parliamentary polls opened on Sunday in Turkmenistan, a gas-rich authoritarian country that does not tolerate political dissent or a free press.
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3/22/2023 2:46:35 PM
Israel has "no intention" of reviving West Bank settlements evacuated nearly two decades ago, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, after a parliamentary vote sparked US ire.
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3/19/2023 12:15:42 PM
A Kuwaiti court on Sunday annulled the results of a parliamentary election held last year, saying it would reinstate the previous slate of lawmakers elected in 2020, according to the state news agency.
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3/16/2023 11:36:25 AM
France’s standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads toward a climax Thursday, either via a parliamentary vote or through a special presidential move to force it through the legislature.
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3/12/2023 7:20:50 PM
Speaker of Egypt's House of Representatives Hanafy El-Gebaly and his Indian counterpart Om Birla decided on Sunday to reinforce relations between the parliaments of the two countries.
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3/10/2023 2:05:05 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking to extend his two decades in power, on Friday formally set the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14 — a month earlier than scheduled despite last month’s devastating earthquake.
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3/5/2023 10:48:21 PM
Voters in Estonia cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election that the center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, was considered a favorite to win.
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2/26/2023 2:29:18 PM
Egypt’s speaker of parliament headed to Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad, among a delegation of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union. The trip follows a mini-summit in Baghdad that affirmed the Arab League's intentions of bringing Syria back into the region's fold in the wake of the devastating quake that hit the country.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/24/2023 7:17:57 PM
Egypt welcomed on Friday the approval by the Libyan House of Representatives of the 13th constitutional amendment, describing it as an important step to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in Libya.
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2/23/2023 6:08:12 PM
An Israeli parliamentary committee on Thursday approved new funding for Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, giving the prime minister a boost in personal spending at a time when he is facing mass protests over his policies and as the economy is on shaky ground.
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2/21/2023 6:38:50 PM
Tunisia's former parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi appeared in court Tuesday on new terror-related charges after being accused of calling police officers "tyrants", his party said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/11/2023 9:44:33 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on Saturday that Egypt is exerting efforts to strengthen parliamentary communication and cooperation between Arab states in his meeting with the speakers of Arab parliaments, the Egyptian presidency said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/11/2023 6:22:26 PM
The coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine have disrupted international food supply chains, leading to a food crisis in many countries, including in the Arab world, said the speaker of Egypt's House of Representatives Hanafy El-Gebaly.
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Foreign Affairs
1/31/2023 7:45:02 PM
An Italian parliamentary delegation led by Stefania Craxi, chairwoman of the Italian Senate's Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee, will begin Wednesday a two-day visit to Cairo, Egypt.
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1/30/2023 4:56:59 PM
Turkey's opposition vowed on Monday to crimp the president's powers and broadly expand democratic rights if they seize power in May 14 presidential and parliamentary polls.
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International
1/29/2023 5:06:24 PM
France's prime minister insisted Sunday that the government's plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is "no longer negotiable,'' further angering parliamentary opponents and unions who plan new mass protests and disruptive strikes this week.
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1/29/2023 12:35:08 PM
Polling began in the second round of elections for Tunisia's parliament on Sunday, but as the divided nation grapples with economic woes, all eyes will be on turnout.
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1/24/2023 1:32:19 PM
Bulgaria will hold another parliamentary election - its fifth in two years - after the Socialist Party on Tuesday announced that it had failed to form a government and had returned the unfulfilled mandate to the country's president.
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1/23/2023 7:34:44 PM
Kuwait's government resigned on Monday amid a power struggle with the Arab Gulf country's assembly less than four months after parliamentary elections delivered a mandate for change.
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1/9/2023 1:29:42 PM
China Monday invoked Germany's "painful" history in slamming a Taiwan visit by a high-ranking parliamentary delegation from Berlin, in an apparent reference to the country's wartime record.
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