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Relief for Spain’s socialists as Catalan amnesty bill clears parliamentary hurdle
Spain’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists, clearing a major hurdle for a law set to define Prime Minister Pedro...
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Israeli parliament approves amended 2024 budget to fund Gaza war
Israel i lawmakers gave their final approval on Wednesday to an amended 2024 state budget that adds tens of billions of shekels to fund Israel ‘s war against...
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European Parliament adopts plans for reduced energy consumption by new buildings by 2030
The European Parliament has adopted plans to help reduce energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions from the buildings sector, with 370 votes to 199 and 46...
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Police remove Greta Thunberg from blocking Swedish parliament
By Ilze Filks Swedish police on Tuesday forcibly removed Greta Thunberg and other climate activists who were blocking the entrance to parliament for a second day,...
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Cyprus and Turkmenistan forge Parliamentary ties for future cooperation
In a landmark virtual meeting, the President of the Cyprus-Turkmenistan Friendship Group in the House of Representatives, Haris Georgiades, and the President of the...
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EU Parliament approves law to make buildings more energy efficient
The European parliament approved a new law on Tuesday that requires member states to push the renovation of buildings to make them more energy-efficient and reduce...
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EU Parliament passes weakened pollution limits for livestock farms
The EU Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to new rules to cut pollution from livestock farms, but only after agreeing with EU countries to make the law far...
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Greta Thunberg, other climate activists block Swedish parliament entrances
Greta Thunberg and dozens of other environmental campaigners blocked the main entrances to Sweden’s parliament on Monday in a sit-down protest against the effects...
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Greek parliament approves private foreign universities, bucking protests [PHOTOS]
Greece’s parliament narrowly passed a bill early on Saturday that will allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country, bucking weeks of protests by...
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Greek parliament approves private foreign universities, bucking protests
Greece’s parliament narrowly passed a bill early on Saturday that will allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country, bucking weeks of protests by...
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Greek parliament approves private universities bill amid protests
The Greek parliament passed a significant bill on Saturday, allowing for the establishment of private non-profit universities in the country for the first time. Greek...
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Greek PM urges parliament to approve education bill
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged parliament on Friday to approve an education bill that allows foreign private universities to set up branches in the...
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Cypriot MPs address the 24th CFSP and CSDP Interparliamentary Conference
The works of the 24th Interparliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have wrapped in...
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Azerbaijan demolishes former Karabakh Armenian parliament building
Azerbaijani state television broadcast footage on Tuesday showing mechanical diggers destroying the building that once housed the breakaway ethnic Armenian parliament...
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EU Parliament, Council agree to ban products made with forced labour
European Union Council and the European Parliament on Tuesday reached a provisional agreement to ban the entry of products made with forced labour into the European...
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Thai parliament holds Myanmar seminar over junta’s objection
Thailand’s parliament opened a seminar on Saturday on the political situation in Myanmar, including opponents of the neighbouring country’s military government,...
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HIO and Okypy budgets approved by parliament
Parliament on Thursday night unanimously approved the budgets of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and State Health Services (Okypy) . Okypy’s total budget for...
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Britain’s Galloway wins parliament seat with Gaza agenda, vows to take on Labour
Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway was elected as the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side for...
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Parliament votes to extend maternity leave by 4 weeks
The Parliament on Friday unanimously ratified government legislation to extend the maternity leave and allowance period to 22 weeks for the first child. The new...
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Parliament urged to establish breastfeeding regulations
Regulations for breastfeeding need to be established by parliament soon, the House health committee urged on Thursday, following complaints that women were having their...
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Israel parliamentary panel approves rise in 2024 budget deficit target to 6.6%/GDP amid Gaza war
Israel’s parliamentary finance committee cleared a proposal to sharply raise the budget deficit target for 2024 to 6.6% of gross domestic product from a planned 2.25%...
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Extension of fuel tax reduction under parliamentary review
In the coming days, urgent legislative measures regarding anti-inflationary measures, approved by the Cabinet last Wednesday, will be submitted to Parliament....
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Parliament delays decision on luxury campsite law
The issue of categorising tourist campsites and the establishment of luxury camps, such as Glamping, was discussed today by the Trade Committee of the Parliament,...
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Parliament to discuss public servants’ ratings concerns
The PASYDY trade union will seek a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Makis Keravnos, in the coming days to discuss the problems arising from the new evaluation...
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Parliament to vote on Okypy budget
The annual budget of the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be submitted to parliament’s plenum for a vote, it emerge after an extraordinary house health...