Spain 09/01/2018 Mas quits party leadership and fires Catalonian independence warning Former Catalonian president says failure to score more than 50% in election means independence best kept off the agenda in the short term.
Zimbabwe 21/11/2017 Harare erupts with joy as Robert Mugabe accepts his fate Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president after losing cabinet and party support.
United Kingdom 09/11/2017 British minister Priti Patel quits over secret meetings in Israel UK's aid minister is summoned to Downing Street and forced to resign over unauthorised meetings with Israeli officials.
Korea 13/10/2017 Samsung CEO announces shock resignation The boss of Samsung has announced his surprise resignation on the back of record Q3 profits.
Romania 15/06/2017 Romanian PM Sorin Grindeanu refuses to resign amid crisis Romanian PM Sorin Grindeanu refuses to quit amid government crisis
USA 14/06/2017 Uber director resigns after sexist remark Uber’s director David Bonderman has resigned after making a sexist remark at a staff meeting in San Francisco. He made the comment at an all-staff
Czech Republic 05/05/2017 Czech Prime Minister Sobotka reneges on threat to quit over rival The Czech Prime Minister has made an about turn in his battle to remove his finance minister.
Malta 01/05/2017 Malta PM calls snap election Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called a snap general election for June 3, a year before the end of his term.
South Africa 12/04/2017 South Africa: Zuma not stressed by protests calling for him to quit South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has said he is not stressed by calls for him to quit, hours after more than 30,000 people marched in the country’s capital…
France 21/03/2017 French interior minister quits over jobs scandal Bruno Le Roux denies he has done anything wrong but says he does not want the scandal to affect the government's work.
USA 14/02/2017 Russia says Flynn resignation engineered by opponents of good US-Russian relations Russian politicians have been quick to defend Mike Flynn, Donald Trump's national security advisor, who has resigned. They claim he has been forced out by those seeking to ruin better US-Russian relat
Japan 14/02/2017 Toshiba on the rocks after Japanese giant reveals huge losses Japanese household name Toshiba is in crisis after huge losses and the possible sell-off of its nuclear division, threatening a new nuclear plant project in the UK.
Romania 09/02/2017 Romanian justice minister quits over corruption decree Romanian justice minister resigns over corruption decree and public outrage
Romania 02/02/2017 Romanian minister quits over government corruption stance *NB: an updated version of Thursday’s events in Romania is available here.
Netherlands 27/01/2017 Dutch minister resigns over cash deal with convicted drug dealer Dutch justice minister quits over cash deal with drugs trafficker
United Kingdom 19/01/2017 Martin McGuinness quits politics due to serious illness Martin McGuinness former IRA leader quits politics
Gambia 19/01/2017 Last ditch efforts to persuade Gambia's President Jammeh to quit fail Last minute diplomatic efforts by Mauritania to persuade Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to step down appear to have failed.
United Kingdom 09/01/2017 Instability in Northern Ireland as deputy first minister resigns Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has resigned from office in protest over his power-sharing partner’s handling of a botched energy…
brussels bureau 04/01/2017 The Brief from Brussels: fallout continues over UK envoy's resignation This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s political capital.
