Today: November 03, 2024
Today: November 03, 2024

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Election|Europe|News|Political

Spain's Catalonia to elect new leader as ex-leader Puigdemont's arrest looms

The parliament of Spain's Catalonia region is set to elect a new leader this week, although the event may be upstaged by the return of its former

Spain's Catalonia to elect new leader as ex-leader Puigdemont's arrest looms
Europe|World

Azerbaijan's president pledges to help French territories secure independence

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pledged on Saturday to help France's overseas territories secure independence, the latest in a series of incidents

Azerbaijan's president pledges to help French territories secure independence
Economy|Election|Finance|News|Political|US

Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up

The Federal Reserve is highlighting the importance of its political independence at a time when Donald Trump, who frequently attacked the Fed’s policymaking in the past, edges closer to formally becoming the Republican nominee for president again

Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up
Crime|News|World

Police arrest New Caledonia pro-independence protest leader

Police in New Caledonia arrested protest leader Christian Tein on Wednesday at the headquarters of the biggest pro-independence political party, the Caledonian Union, as he prepared to

Police arrest New Caledonia pro-independence protest leader
Crime|Europe|World

Spain's top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty

Spain's Supreme Court on Monday upheld arrest warrants for Catalonia's former leader and others charged with embezzlement over the region's

Spain's top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty
Political|World

New Caledonia independence party says Macron needs to do more to defuse tension

New Caledonia's pro-independence political party has told French President Emmanuel Macron it can't persuade protesters to remove roadblocks across the French

New Caledonia independence party says Macron needs to do more to defuse tension
Crime|News|World

New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb

The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence

New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb
Economy|Election|Finance

Central banks face threats to their independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to have a say on it.

Central banks face threats to their independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
Europe|News

Catalonia's separatist leader quits, refuses to back Socialists to form regional government

Catalonia's outgoing president said on Monday he would quit politics after his separatist party's disastrous showing in the region's election that saw Spain's

Catalonia's separatist leader quits, refuses to back Socialists to form regional government
Election|Europe|News

Catalonia's independence struggle – what now?

Spain's Catalonia region holds an election on Sunday with big implications for the Socialist-led national government and a pro-independence movement rumbling for a

Catalonia's independence struggle – what now?
Election|Europe|News

With problems to tackle, SNP veteran Swinney set to be Scotland's new leader

Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney was elected as its new leader on Monday and is set to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland's first minister after he

With problems to tackle, SNP veteran Swinney set to be Scotland's new leader
Asia|Crime|News|Political|World

French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia

French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France

French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia
Crime|News|World

Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory

Violence is raging across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day

Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory
Europe|News|World

Explainer-Scotland's leader Yousaf has resigned. What's next for SNP?

Scotland's leader Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further imperilling more than a decade of governance by the Scottish National Party (SNP) and setting back its

Explainer-Scotland's leader Yousaf has resigned. What's next for SNP?
Election|Europe|News|Political

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government
Europe|News|Political

Scotland's leader faces knife-edge no-confidence vote after collapsing coalition

Scotland's leader faced a fight for his political future on Thursday as opponents said they would try to oust him after his once dominant pro-

Scotland's leader faces knife-edge no-confidence vote after collapsing coalition
Election|Europe|News|Political|World

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia's secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

About 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that will surely have reverberations in Spain's national politics

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia's secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election
Europe|News

John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party

A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland's next leader

John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party
Europe|News

Under-pressure Scottish leader cancels major speech as confidence vote in his government looms

Scotland’s leader has cancelled a speech as he fights for his political life in the wake of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement

Under-pressure Scottish leader cancels major speech as confidence vote in his government looms
Asia|Election|News|World

Taiwan elects its own leaders so is already independent: presidential frontrunner

Taiwan has shown it is already independent and sovereign by electing its own president and has no need for a separate declaration of independence, the frontrunner to be the island's

Taiwan elects its own leaders so is already independent: presidential frontrunner
Europe|News|World

Spanish parliament set to approve controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists

Spain’s Parliament is set to give its initial approval Thursday to a controversial amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes — both proved and alleged — committed by Catalan separatists during a chaotic attempt to hold an independence referendum six years ago

Spanish parliament set to approve controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists
Election|Europe

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty

The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain’s wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty
Europe|News|World

Catalan separatists reject amnesty bill, highlighting the fragility of Spain's minority government

Catalan separatist lawmakers have dealt Spain’s government a blow by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid

Catalan separatists reject amnesty bill, highlighting the fragility of Spain's minority government
Election|Europe|News|World

Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government

Spain’s Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region’s failed secession bid in exchange for its key backing of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to form a new government

Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government

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