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10 November 2025
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Centrist pro-European D66 party set to win election in The Netherlands
30 October 2025
The Netherlands is set to elect its youngest ever prime minister after the far-right party of Geert Wilders was projected to suffer losses in an election he brought about by bringing down the government. Rob Jetten, the 38-year-old leader of the pro-European centrist D66 party, is on course to claim the top job with most votes counted. His party is projected to win 27 of the 150 seats in the country's lower house of parliament, beating Mr Wilder's Freedom Party on 25, according to an exit poll by Ipsos. It comes just two years after he led his party to victory in the last election, winning 37 seats, although his coalition partners refused to endorse him as prime minister. Mr Jetten will also need to rely on a coalition himself, with 76 seats needed for a majority. At least four parties will be required for him to get there.
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EU Foreign Ministers reaffirm committment to Eastern partners
15 November 2016
The EU Council called "for renewed efforts to promote the peaceful settlement of conflicts in the region on the basis of the principles and norms of international law". "The EU remains committed in its support to the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of all its partners. The Council recalls the EU's role in conflict resolution and confidence building efforts in support of the existing agreed formats and processes."
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EU and Azerbaijan to start talks on comprehensive agreement
15 November 2016
The European Union will start negotiations with Azerbaijan on a comprhensive agreement which will form a contractual arrangement between the two sides. A decision was adopted by the Council of the EU on Monday. Baku has welcomed the decision
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Armenia’s new electoral law: a historical consensus, or a sophisticated deception?
14 November 2016
A new electortal law, adopted earlier this year, provides a new framework, which has on the whole been welcomed by local political forces and the international community. However, as political analyst Sos Avetisyan writes from Yerevan, in this commentary for commonspace.eu, the government still has subtle ways in which it can influence the outcome of next spring's parliamentary elections
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister pays rare compliment to EU
11 November 2016
Mehmet Simsek told a meeting of business leaders that Europe is a reference point for Turkey as it moves forward its democratic standards. "We want to improve the rule of law and the quality of our institutions. Europe has advanced standards in this regard", he said.
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Ambitious plans to turn the Port of Baku into a Eurasian transport “hub of hubs”
10 November 2016
At an event in the European Parliament in Brussels, Port of Baku Director-General, Taleh Ziyadov, said legislation to be presented by the end of the year will turn the new facility into a Free Economic Zone with special legal status
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Italian Foreign Minister visits Armenia
8 November 2016
At a meeting this morning Armenian Foreign Minister Nalbandian and Italian Foreign Minister Gentiloni discussed issues related to the Karabakh conflict, the new Armenian-EU framework agreement, as well as various bilateral and international issues.
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Italian Foreign Minister holds talks in Baku during second lap of his South Caucasus visit
8 November 2016
Paolo Gentiloni earlier had meetings in Tbilisi with the Georgian leadership during which he expressed his support for Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations
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Italian Foreign Minister makes first ever visit to South Caucasus states
7 November 2016
The visit of the head of the Farnesina to the region comes as Italy prepares to take on important roles in various international organisations over the coming two years
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International observers give positive assessment of run-off elections in Georgia
1 November 2016
"Yesterday's second round reconfirmed that Georgia's 2016 parliamentary elections enabled candidates to campaign freely and voters to make informed choices about their options," said Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission.