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Romanian PM steps down over protests Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc has quit in the face of widespread protests over IMF-backed austerity measures. Announcing his resignation, he said he… 06/02/2012
Deux ans de prison pour l’ex-Premier ministre roumain Nastase Adrian Nastase écope de deux ans de prison ferme. Il a été reconnu coupable de corruption par la Haute cour de cassation à l’issue d’un long procès. Chef… 30/01/2012
Australian PM gets her shoe back after protest scuffle Both sides are blaming each other after an incident that saw Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard rushed out of an event by her security team on Thursday… 27/01/2012
Salmond sets out Scottish referendum test Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has outlined his plans for an independence referendum despite opposition from Westminster. There will be a… 25/01/2012
Japan’s Noda eyes tax hikes as new ministers named Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has replaced five members of his cabinet as he plans to push ahead with new tax hikes. Katsuya Okada, a former… 13/01/2012
Putin campaign website attracts calls for resignation The most popular comments on Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign website are ones calling for him to quit politics. Just three hours after launching… 12/01/2012
Bowing down to the King of Thailand on his birthdayThailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pays her respects to Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn during the royal party in Bangkok to celebrate the 84th… 09/12/2011
Papademos sworn in as GreeK PM – nocomment With Archbishop Ieronymos, the country’s spiritual leader overseeing the ceremony, Lucas Papademos has been sworn in to head Greece’s new interim government. 12/11/2011
Turbulent times call for budget cuts, says Portuguese PM Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho on Thursday called for public spending to be slashed as the country’s parliament started to debate next year’s… 11/11/2011
Japan’s PM Kan announces resignationJapan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to Japanese national flag as he leaves at a news conference announcing his resignation at his official residence in… 26/08/2011
Norway’s massacre victims mourned – nocomment Norway’s prime minister and members of government attending a ceremony in a mosque to mourn Friday’s massacre victims. 30/07/2011
China’s Wen Jiabao visits Britain – nocomment China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced trade… 27/06/2011
Which MP would you rather have sex with?A TV star in the UK has set up of a website to rate the sex appeal of the country’s parliamentarians. Francis Boulle’s sexymp.co.uk has a simple rule. It… 31/05/2011
Poland: We want the euro For the next six months Poland will hold the presidency of the European Union. Their priorities include strengthening cohesion and cooperation in Central… 27/05/2011
Norway: find the Ugly DucklingNorway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg watches a Mallard duck and its offspring cross a street near his official residence in the centre of Oslo… 26/05/2011
Spain’s PM Rajoy names insiders in new cabinetThe new Spanish prime minister has chosen mostly close advisers to make up his cabinet, which has the unenviable task of reviving a floundering economy and… 21/12/2011
Rajoy sets out Spain’s new economic targetsSpain’s incoming Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has made his first speech to Parliament. The conservative People’s Party leader told the chamber that the next… 19/12/2011
Video surfaces of imprisoned TymoshenkoA political storm has broken out in Ukraine after a video showing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko surfaced on social networking sites after being… 16/12/2011
Putin ‘welcomes’ protests while dismissing themIn Vladimir Putin’s latest four-and-a-half hour television marathon the Russian prime minister dismissed the recent protests against his United Russia party’s… 15/12/2011
Fighting in Yemen as new Government sworn inYemen’s new unity government had its first meeting on Saturday, following a power transfer brokered by its gulf neighbours. It is now tasked with averting… 10/12/2011
Belgium government goes back to business after PM appointedIn Belgium King Albert II has appointed a new cabinet. The government will be headed by Socialist leader, Elio Di Rupo, the first native French speaking… 06/12/2011
Belgium’s new government to be sworn in todayBelgium’s new prime minister, Elio Di Rupo and his new government are to be sworn in later today. It marks an end to the country’s record breaking 541 days… 06/12/2011
Benkirane named as Morocco’s new PMMorocco’s King Mohamed has named Abdelilah Benkirane as the country’s new prime minister. Benkirane’s Justice and Development Party, a group of moderate… 29/11/2011
Egyptian military appoints former PMEgypt’s ruling military council has appointed an ex-prime minister, Kamal Ganzouri, to form a new government, according to state media. He was prime… 25/11/2011
The new Premier want to eliminate the italian deficitIt wil be possible for 2013, Mario Monti says 24/11/2011
Monti goes to work on forming Italy’s new governmentItaly’s new prime minister designate says he is starting work immediately on forming a caretaker government. As widely expected, Mario Monti was nominated… 13/11/2011
Monti nominated as Italy’s new premierMario Monti has been asked to form a new Italian government. The former European Commissioner has received a presidential mandate nominating him as prime… 13/11/2011
New Greek government offers no austerity reliefGreece’s new cabinet may last a month or two longer than planned, according to senior officials but it is very unlikely to be given a honeymoon period to… 12/11/2011
Italy ‘needs reforms, not elections’, says Van RompuyKey political figures visited Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday evening, as there was still no formal announcement of his resignation. The… 11/11/2011
Papademos named as new head of Greek coalitionLucas Papademos has been appointed to form a new coalition government in Greece. The decision was made after talks between George Papandreou, the leader of… 10/11/2011
Anti-EU protest at the AcropolisMany ordinary Greeks have little faith in a new government to save them from financial ruin – but they are not too impressed with the European Union… 08/11/2011
Greeks await the name of a new leaderIn Greece it is another day of waiting and of talking. It is also deadline day. European finance ministers meeting in Brussels today are insisting their Greek… 07/11/2011
Papandreou steps aside for unity governmentGreek premier George Papandreou is to step down as part of a deal to form a unity government. His expected departure broke a deadlock in talks after the … 07/11/2011
Breakthrough in Greek political deadlockThe Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and the opposition leader Antonis Samaras have agreed on a new coalition government in principle. Who will lead… 06/11/2011
Greek Finance Minister could take the helmShould George Papandreou step down, the man widely tipped to take over the role as Greek PM, at least temporarily, would be the Finance Minister Evangelos… 05/11/2011
French tell Greeks to hurry up on debt dealA Greek crisis meeting has been held in Paris with French Finance Minister Francois Baroin, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, the governor of the Bank of… 02/11/2011
Birthday for action-man PutinPolice in Moscow moved to break up opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the eve of his 59th birthday. They were there to remember a former senior… 07/10/2011
Poland votes: will Tusk beat Kaczynski on Sunday?If Donald Tusk wins this Sunday’s elections it will be a first for Poland since the fall of Communism there in 1989. The prime minister’s job is up for grabs… 06/10/2011
Italy coalition leader sees Berlusconi as an obstacleThe leader of one of Italy’s ruling coalition parties has described Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a ‘problem’ preventing early elections. Umberto… 06/10/2011
Denmark elects its first female prime ministerDenmark will have its first-ever female prime minister after incumbent premier Lars Lokke Rasmussen conceded defeat in the country’s general election on… 16/09/2011
Belgium still unsteady as Leterme gets Paris jobBelgium heads deeper into the unknown with the caretaker Prime Minister for 15 months, Yves Leterme, quitting to take another job. King Albert has warned… 14/09/2011
Japanese trade minister resigns over gaffeThe Japanese Prime Minister’s new government has suffered a blow after just eight days in office. As Yoshihiko Noda visited tsunami and quake-hit zones… 10/09/2011
Noda voted in as Japanese Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda has been voted in as Prime Minister of Japan. The 54-year-old is the country’s sixth leader in five years – and has a job on his hands. His… 30/08/2011
Noda is surprise choice to lead JapanAgainst all the predictions, Yoshihiko Noda has become the leader of Japan’s governing Democratic Party. It was the second round of voting after none of the… 29/08/2011
Maoist becomes Nepal’s new PMMaoist leader Baburam Bhattarai has been elected by Nepal’s parliament as prime minister after failing to form a unity government. Bhattarai was once part… 29/08/2011
Turmoil in race for new Japan PMThe race to choose Japan’s sixth leader in five years is in turmoil after the decision by Naoto Kan to stand down. The prime minister had said he would… 26/08/2011
‘Poland’s Le Pen’ dead at 57Andrzej Lepper, a Polish former deputy prime minister, was found dead at his Warsaw office on Friday. Police believe the 57-year-old committed… 05/08/2011
Norway Massacre: PM and royals visit familiesOn Saturday, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg met the families and colleagues of the victims of Friday’s massacre on Utoeya island. He said the… 23/07/2011
Norway attacks motive: PM won’t speculateAs Norwegians began to face up to the extensive loss of life from yesterday’s twin attacks in Oslo and Utoeya, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg updated… 23/07/2011
Norway PM vows not to bow to violenceNorway will not be surrender its democratic values under pressure from violence, the country’s premier Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. The Norwegian prime… 23/07/2011
Are Belgian parties on verge of forming government?French-speaking Socialist Elio Di Rupo told King Albert II of Belgium late on Thursday that eight parties are in talks to form a new government. The… 22/07/2011
Egypt set for more protests as new cabinet sworn inEgypt’s ruling military council announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday with Hazem el-Beblawi sworn in as the country’s finance minister. He is one of 14… 21/07/2011
Japanese politics shaky over reconstructionJapan’s government continues to be shaken by reconstruction criticism. With pressure on Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit, he has created two new ministry… 28/06/2011
Kan lays down conditions for departureJapan’s beleaguered prime minister has announced a mini cabinet reshuffle, creating two posts to oversee the nuclear crisis and tsunami reconstruction. But he… 28/06/2011
Portugal under new governmentThe new government of debt-battered Portugal has signed into office. The inaugural speech of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, whose Social Democrats came… 21/06/2011
Croatian former PM extradition openCroatian former prime minister Ivo Sanader has withdrawn an appeal against his extradition from Austria, leaving the way open to face charges of corruption… 20/06/2011
Greece brings in new faces in bid to tackle debtGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou has appointed a new cabinet in his struggle to combat the country’s debt crisis. The new finance minister is Evangelos… 17/06/2011
Japanese voters unimpressed by political rowJapanese PM Naoto Kan has offered to resign despite surviving a no-confidence vote on Thursday. But voters say they are angry and surprised that politicians… 02/06/2011
Japan’s premier Kan survives no-confidence voteJapanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament. The opposition tabled the motion amid criticism of his handling of the… 02/06/2011
French minister accused of harassment resignsIn France, a junior government minister accused of sexually harassing staff at the town hall where he is mayor has resigned from the government. Georges… 29/05/2011
Irish ex-PM Garret FitzGerald diesGarret FitzGerald has died. Ireland’s most popular elder statesman twice served as prime minister and played a crucial role in paving the way for peace in… 19/05/2011
Back in the Day: Churchill enters No.10May 10, 1940. Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At 65 years old he was seen as the best person to lead the country through… 09/05/2011
Canadian PM Harper celebrates election winCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will head a majority government for the first time after his Conservative Party won Monday’s parliamentary… 03/05/2011
Canada’s Conservatives set for outright winVoting has ended in the most unpredictable Canadian general election in years. Although the poll appeared to be too close to call, provisional results place… 02/05/2011
Harper faces strong NDP challenge in voteVoting is coming to an end in the most unpredictable Canadian general election in years. Just weeks ago outgoing prime minister Stephen Harper had a healthy… 02/05/2011
Canadians brace themselves for political uncertaintyCanadians have gone to the polls in a federal election but the outcome is proving far from easy to predict. The ruling Conservatives are expected to win the… 02/05/2011
New Irish PM: ‘Darkest hour before the dawn’Ireland’s parliament has officially named Enda Kenny as the country’s new prime minister after last month’s general election. Lawmakers approved the Fine… 09/03/2011
Egypt’s first post-Mubarak era cabinet sworn inEgypt’s new government has been sworn in, purged of several figures from the Mubarak era. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has pledged to meet protesters’… 07/03/2011
Turkey’s modern Islamist founder Erbakan diesTurkey’s first Islamist Prime Minister, Necmettin Erbakan, has died from heart failure at the age of 85. The founder of Turkey’s modern Islamist movement… 27/02/2011
Egyptian constitution suspendedEgypt’s ruling military council has suspended the constitution. On state television a spokesman said a committee will be formed to draft a new constitution… 13/02/2011
Government sacked in Jordanian reshuffleJordan has a new prime minister after King Abdullah sacked his government to calm growing anger in the country. Former PM Marouf Bakhit has now been asked… 01/02/2011
Hezbollah candidate asked to form Lebanon’s governmentA Hezbollah-backed billionaire businessman has been asked to form Lebanon’s next government, in a move that has infuriated some parts of the population. … 25/01/2011
Croatia aims to extradite ex PM from AustriaThe former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader is being held by police in Austria over corruption accusations back home. He was picked up on a main road in… 10/12/2010
Comatose ex-Israeli PM Sharon moved homeIsrael’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been comatose for nearly five years, has been moved home from hospital. The 82-year old suffered a… 12/11/2010
Has Iraq’s political deadlock been broken?Reports from Iraq suggest rival parties may have reached a deal in which Nuri al-Maliki will be reappointed prime minister. The country has been without a… 07/11/2010
Australia welcomes its first saintTens of thousands of Catholics have gathered at ceremonies across Australia to witness the canonisation of the country’s first saint. Huge screens meant… 17/10/2010
Japan’s PM Kan survives leadership voteJapanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday survived a party leadership vote challenge by fellow Democratic Party lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa. The two men… 14/09/2010
China promises level playing field for foreign firmsSpeaking at the fourth World Economic Forum in the eastern Chinese port of Tianjin China’s prime minister has promised foreign businesses will get the same… 13/09/2010
Australian PM and opposition leader woo independentsAustralia’s political limbo looks set to continue for several more days. Both the prime minister and conservative opposition leader are wooing the… 23/08/2010
Necas appointed Czech PM The Czech President Vaclav Klaus has appointed Petr Necas as prime minister. The right-wing Civic Democrat leader has been officially sworn-in to lead a… 28/06/2010
Australia appoints first female Prime MinisterHer face may be unfamiliar to many now but Julia Gillard is set to take her place on the world stage as Australia’s first female prime minister. She mounted… 24/06/2010
Naoto Kan confirmed as new Japanese PMThe Japanese parliament has elected the country’s fifth prime minister in three years. As expected, Naoto Kan is the new leader, having already been chosen as… 04/06/2010
Japan’s parliament elects new PMThe Japanese parliament has elected the country’s fifth prime minister in three years. As expected, Naoto Kan is the new leader having already been chosen as… 04/06/2010
Nepal parliamentary vote averts political crisisMPs in Nepal have voted for an extension to the parliament’s term, paving the way for an end to political deadlock that has caused international… 29/05/2010
Cameron moves into Number 10Britain’s first coalition government since the Second World War begins work today under its new prime minister. The Conservative David Cameron has finally… 11/05/2010
Thai PM warns protesters of potential “losses”Thailand’s prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has implied that force could be used against anti-government protesters to dislodge them from a Bangkok shopping… 02/05/2010
Bangkok braced for further violenceThailand is bracing itself for further unrest after its prime minister spurned a compromise offer to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections. Security… 25/04/2010
Thai PM agrees to meet protestersIn a major u-turn, Thailand’s Prime Minister has agreed to face-to-face talks with anti-government protesters. The meeting came just hours after Abhisit… 28/03/2010
Thai PM agrees to talk with protestersThailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has agreed to talk face-to-face with anti-government protesters. The demonstrators had threatened to storm an… 28/03/2010
Iraq election: Allawi leads Maliki for first timeFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has edged past the country’s current Prime Minister Nuri-al-Maliki for the first time as the election count enters its… 17/03/2010
Red-shirt pro-democracy protests in BangkokThousands of protestors are on the streets of Bangkok. Dressed in red shirts, they are the supporters of former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. The… 14/03/2010
Ukraine parliament appoints Azarov new PMUkraine’s parliament has voted to appoint a close ally of President Viktor Yanukovich as prime minister. He will replace Yulia Tymoshenko who was ousted in a… 11/03/2010
Tymoshenko awaits confidence voteUkrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is battling for her political future a day before a vote of no confidence in her government. Tymoshenko lost last… 02/03/2010
Thaksin stripped of over one billion euros for abuse of powerThailand’s top court has seized just over one billion euros in assets belonging to the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, in a ruling many say was aimed at… 26/02/2010
Turkish Prime Minister almost hit by shoeOn a visit to Spain, you might be expecting the Turkish Prime Minister, to meet with his counterpart, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Instead, Recep Tayyip… 23/02/2010
Lebanese PM: “Israel keeps threatening us”In a wide-ranging interview with euronews, the Lebanese Prime Minister discussed relations with Israel and Syria, the UN inquiry into the murder of his… 15/02/2010
The second Leterme, Yves gets another go“If at first you don’t succeed try, try again” so the saying goes and its meaning will not be lost on Yves Leterme. The Flemish Christian Democrat is back in… 25/11/2009
Leterme sworn in as Belgium premierYves Leterme has been sworn in as Belgium’s prime minister, giving him a second stint at running the country’s fragile government. King Albert II presided… 25/11/2009
Financial expert nominated as Romanian PMRomanian President Traian Basescu has nominated a financial expert as prime minister to replace the outgoing premier who was ousted by parliament earlier this… 15/10/2009
Minister resignation holes Brown below water lineBritain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown is rallying his political allies in a desperate attempt to shore up his government after a third senior minister… 05/06/2009
