ROME (Parliament Politics Magazine): In Italy’s presidential election’s first round of voting, the lawmakers and regional electors cast primarily blank ballots amid a political impasse on Monday. During the first three rounds, a two-thirds majority is needed to win the election. Six
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine): As worries of a Russian invasion rise, the United Kingdom has begun to evacuate workers from its mission in Ukraine. Officials have confirmed no specific threats being made against ambassadors of Britain but around half the staff in
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine): On Sunday, Belgian police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse activists in Brussels who had gathered to oppose the COVID-19 regulations and viral vaccinations the government announced. Thousands of demonstrators, including some from neighbouring European nations,
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to court documents, the Liverpool terror attacker’s asylum plea was denied six years before he attempted to carry out his attack. On Remembrance Sunday last year, Emad al Swealmeen was killed when his homemade bomb exploded outside
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): The chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the government’s proposed Online Safety Bill “neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content.” A group of
ATHENS (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to an aid organisation, 6,000 individuals, many of whom are children, are reported to be without food owing to service cuts. The Greek government has been accused by the Humanitarian organisations of causing a hunger crisis in
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine): Turkey’s currency exchange arrangement with the UAE is a very needed boost of confidence for the country’s economy when Ankara is looking for foreign resources and confronting rising inflation rates. Analysts have cautioned, however, that this agreement wouldn’t
NUKU’ALOFA (Parliament Politics Magazine): Following Saturday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami, stories of survival are beginning to emerge from Tonga. After telling a local radio station that he had to swim for more than a day to survive the tsunami, Lisala Folau’s story
MOSCOW (Parliament Politics Magazine): Russia’s central bank advocated a total ban on the use and manufacture of all cryptocurrencies, citing threats to the country’s financial system and ecology. Cryptocurrency has all the signs of a pyramid scheme and threatens monetary policy sovereignty,
Updating the Navy The UK Royal Navy’s Surface Combatant numbers will increase after the Integrated Review, with 6x Type 45 Destroyers, 8x Type 26 Frigates, 5x and a new unspecified number of Type 32 Frigates. The announcements of a fourth class of
