SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed Rosen Zhelyazkov of the centre-right GERB party a mandate to try to form a government on Monday, after it won the most seats in a parliamentary election last month. Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, said after receiving the mandate that he was putting forward a proposal for …
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By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Democrats on Sunday ruled out the possibility of replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee after a feeble debate performance and called on party members to focus instead on the consequences of a second Donald Trump presidency. After days of hand-wringing about Biden’s poor night …
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(Reuters) -Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s two largest cities on Sunday, with missile fragments falling on a suburban Kyiv apartment building and a guided bomb killing one person in Kharkiv. More than 28 months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces maintain regular attacks on Ukrainian cities as well as on energy infrastructure. Attacks on Kyiv …
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) -Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The euro gained around 0.23% to trade around $1.0736 in early Asia-Pacific trading. European markets have been rattled …
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Exit polls after Sunday’s first round of the snap parliamentary election in France showed the far-right National Rally winning Sunday’s first round, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before the July 7 run-off. The RN might win in the end, but may end up without an …
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By Elias Marcou and Giorgos Moutafis ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after managing to contain blazes in a mountainous area also near the capital as well as on an island in the Aegean Sea. Dozens of firefighters in full gear, backed by 23 …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Here’s how the second round of France’s parliamentary election on July 7 will work and the possible scenarios after exit polls showed Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party had won Sunday’s first round. HOW DOES IT WORK? Elections for the 577 seats in France’s National Assembly are a two-round process. …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War Two, with the anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) winning the first round of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to exit polls. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called the election after his centrist Together alliance was trounced by …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) -Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The RN was seen winning around 34% of the vote, exit polls …
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz and the populist Czech ANO party led by Andrej Babis are forming a new political alliance and inviting others to join, FPO chief Herbert Kickl said on Sunday. In a statement to the media attended by the three leaders, Kickl said …
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