Shorouk Express “The United States is lifting sanctions on potash,” Coale told journalists in Minsk. “I think this is a very good step by the U.S. toward Belarus. We are lifting them now,” he said in remarks reported by state-run Belarusian news service Belta. “As relations between the two countries normalize, more and more sanctions…
Shorouk Express Brandishing slogans such as “enough is enough!” and “not another day!” Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party rallied in Madrid on Sunday to demand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez resign. The rally came days after Sanchez’s government suffered two setbacks in quick succession: the conviction of Spain’s Sanchez-backed attorney general over a judicial secrecy…
Shorouk Express Hopes had grown in recent days that De Wever could reverse his position if the European Commission were to offer him legal guarantees in the proposal that Belgium would not be financially exposed. But despite increasing diplomatic pressure for Belgium to cave, De Wever on Thursday only increased his hostility to the Commission’s…
Shorouk Express The man that polls suggest could be the next Prime Minister of Spain has proposed bolstering sentences for sex offenders, including deporting foreigners who commit sexual crimes. The leader of Spain’s centre-right opposition People’s Party (PP) has stated that if he becomes Prime Minister his government will deport foreign sex offenders. Alberto Núñez…
Shorouk Express Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday criticised the conservative opposition’s “immoral” healthcare conduct in the regions where they govern, after a cancer screening scandal provoked outrage. His comments follow last month’s revelation that hundreds of women in Spain’s most populous region, Andalusia, did not receive their breast cancer screening results. The regional…
Shorouk Express The leader of the Partido Popular (PP) opposition party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has proposed raising the language level to B2 in order to obtain Spanish nationality. This week, the PP proposed tightening the requirements for immigrants to gain Spanish nationality by raising “the linguistic, cultural, and constitutional standards”. According to PP leader Feijóo,…
Shorouk Express The social security budget would likely need votes from the Socialists, whose 69 lawmakers hold the balance of power in France’s National Assembly, to pass. If the parliament fails to adopt a budget, it will allow the government to legislate via executive action. This would effectively give Lecornu the power to force through…
Shorouk Express Mutlu is the latest in a string of opposition officials to be arrested in recent months in a clampdown on opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In August, İnan Güney, the mayor of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district was taken into custody for alleged corruption. In March, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu — Erdogan’s top political rival —…
Shorouk Express Their arrests come four months after the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was jailed over allegations of corruption. İmamoğlu is considered to be the main political opponent to Erdoğan. His arrest in March led to widespread protests, and he was later named as his party’s presidential candidate. The next presidential election in Turkey…
Shorouk Express Although none of the opposition leaders convicted so far held office in the previous Georgian government, they were summoned to testify and prosecuted for refusing. All four — Mamuka Khazaradze, Badri Japaridze, Zurab Japaridze and Giorgi Vashadze — received seven to eight months in jail and two-year bans from holding public office. Kallas…
