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Kurdish PKK disbands and ends insurgency against Turkish state
12 May 2025
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- Turkey's accession to the European Union frozen due to lack of progress
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- Irakli Kobakhidze reappointed Chairman of Georgian Dream
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New Pope, new Chancellor, same old Trump
12 May 2025
The Catholic Church has a new leader. Robert Prevost was not discussed by the media before being announced as the new Pope on Friday. He will follow the Church’s mantra, that has served it well over two thousand years, to be as flexible as necessary and as rigid as possible Europe has fresh energy in the person of the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz. Despite the wobbly start in the German Parliament, Merz in the four days after his swearing-in met key European leaders, and laid the basis for his Chancellorship. Meanwhile, Donald Trump statements continue to hanker for the past. His call for the re-opening of the prison on Alcatraz is a case in point. Trump marks the end of the “American era”. The US will remain a rich and powerful country, but its global role will be much diminished.
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Thousands rally in Moldova calling for early elections
6 December 2020
Thousands of supporters of incoming Moldovan president Maia Sandu rallied in Chisinau on Sunday to demand a snap parliamentary election, accusing parliament of trying to sabotage her ability to fight corruption.
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First Saudi woman to chair Shura Council session
4 December 2020
Dr Hanan Al Ahmadi is the first Saudi woman to hold a top leadership position in the council and became one of the first women appointed to it seven years ago.
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Pandemic and politics: Georgia heads back to lockdown amid political stalemate
26 November 2020
The Georgian government has announced a two month partial lockdown following a spike in coronavirus cases. The move comes amid continued political stalemate with all opposition parties refusing to enter the new parliament after recent elections.
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Erdogan loses another of the AK party grandees
24 November 2020
In recent days Bulent Arinc, during a TV interview, appeared to be advocating the release from prison of Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas who is accused of supporting Kurdish PKK terrorist activity, and businessman philantropist Osman Kavala, who is accused of being involved in a coup attempt in 2016
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Georgian opposition decides to boycott parliament after declaring elections "illegitimate".
3 November 2020
The opposition is also expected to boycott the second round of elections scheduled for 21 November to fill 16 majoritarian seats where last Sunday's elections were inconclusive.
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Opinion: The swan song of Europe’s last dictator
4 September 2020
The clock is ticking for Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, but his tenure in office may yet drag on for a while unless the opposition consolidates and cracks emerge in the ruling elite, argues Alexander Petrossian in this analysis.
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Editorial: Belarus awakens
17 August 2020
Lukashenko promised stability but delivered stagnation. Defying fear, the people of Belarus now see hope and their aspirations must be respected