Estonia Estonia fails to elect President after rejecting sole candidate Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting. 30/08/2021
Tunisia Tunisia grapples with its biggest political crisis in a decade Two weeks after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of parliament, Tunisia is still facing its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy. 04/08/2021
no comment South Sudan swears in new parliament vowed under peace deal Hundreds of legislators were sworn into a newly created national parliament, a long-awaited condition of a fragile peace agreement. 03/08/2021
Republic of North Macedonia Former North Macedonian leaders convicted of 2017 parliament attack Four ex-senior officials including the former President of the parliament were sentenced to up to six-and-a-half years in prison for organising the attack. 26/07/2021
United Kingdom UK government wins vote for controversial cut to foreign aid budget The British parliament voted on Tuesday to cut the aid budget, despite some high profile politicians from the ruling Conservative party voting against the move. 13/07/2021
Sweden Stefan Löfven reappointed Swedish Prime Minister after parliament vote Sweden's parliament voted to approve caretaker prime minister Stefan Löfven to lead a new coalition government. 06/07/2021
Poland Poland's conservatives formally lose majority in parliament Three rebel lawmakers have left Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, leaving the conservatives two seats short of a majority in parliament. 25/06/2021
Malta Proposal to decriminalise abortion in Malta sparks debate A proposal to decriminalise abortion in Malta has stirred up a debate in the country with the EU's strictest abortion laws. 27/05/2021
Bulgaria President's ally is Bulgaria's caretaker PM ahead of July election His temporary appointment brings an end to the tenure of Boyko Borisov, who had dominated Bulgarian politics since 2009. 11/05/2021
Belgium Belgium's parliament and universities hit by cyber attack Belnet said 200 of their customers were affected, including universities, public administrations, and research institutes. 05/05/2021
Germany Angela Merkel denies lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 trip to China Wirecard collapsed last June amid a major accounting scandal that left a €1.9 billion hole in its books. 23/04/2021
France France adopts law criminalising sex with children aged under 15 French Parliament adopts a law that sets the age of consent at 15 years old, and 18 years old in the case of incest. 16/04/2021
France French MPs pass controversial law that restricts images of police The bill will make it an offence to maliciously share images of French police online, where the officer can be identified. 15/04/2021
Russia Russian parliament passes law that could keep Putin in office to 2036 Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a law allowing acting President Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms. 24/03/2021
Portugal Portugal's constitutional court blocks law decriminalising euthanasia The court said the law is too imprecise in identifying the circumstances under which assisted suicide procedures can occur. 16/03/2021
Turkey Turkey slams Dutch bid to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide Turkey has strongly denounced a motion by the Dutch parliament to formally recognise the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide. 26/02/2021
Germany Germany charges man with passing Bundestag floor plans to Russia A German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligence. 25/02/2021
Slovenia Slovenian PM Janez Jansa survives confidence vote The conservative prime minister has been accused by the opposition of using the coronavirus pandemic to undermine the rule of law. 15/02/2021
Czech Republic Czech PM Babis defies MPs to extend COVID-19 state of emergency "The end of the state of emergency would mean a de facto easing (of restrictions) and we cannot afford that," Babis said. 15/02/2021
Czech Republic Czech MPs refuse to extend pandemic-related state of emergency Government ministers have warned the move will further worsen the country's COVID-19 situation and might cause the struggling health system to collapse. 12/02/2021
Netherlands Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide. 09/02/2021
New Zealand MP stopped from speaking in parliament because he wasn't wearing a tie Rawiri Waititi said his Māori pendant was his choice of a tie and that it was "absurd" he was not allowed to speak in parliament for not wearing a necktie. 09/02/2021
Italy Italy's Senate to hold confidence vote on Giuseppe Conte's government Italy's prime minister is fighting for political survival after former leader Matteo Renzi pulled his party's support from the government. 19/01/2021
Finland Finland's former Prime Minister assaulted outside Parliament Helsinki police are investigating after Juha Sipilä told national television that he had been "attacked with fists" by an unknown assailant last week. 13/01/2021
Sweden Sweden's Parliament votes in favour of new pandemic law The new legislation will still not allow the government to impose curfews or a domestic travel ban. 08/01/2021
Finland 'Serious attack on our democracy': Cyber strike hits Finnish MPs "There is a possibility unknown actors have been able to obtain information through the hacking, either for the benefit of a foreign state or to harm Finland," said crime commissioner Tero Muurman. 28/12/2020
