Myanmar's parliament to resume 12th sess...

YANGON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's parliament will resume its 12th session on April 29, the parliament announced on Monday. The sessions of both House of Representatives (Lower House) and House of

Estonian gov't resigns as per procedure ...

TALLINN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Estonia's outgoing coalition government stepped down as per procedure after the country's 14th Riigikogu (parliament) convened on Thursday. However, under Estonian law th

Henn Polluaas elected president of Eston...

TALLINN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Henn Polluaas of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia was elected President of the 14th Estonian parliament Riigikogu on Thursday. The election of the Estonian parl

Maltese parliament approves George Vella...

VALLETTA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Maltese parliament approved the nomination of George Vella as the tenth President of the Republic on Tuesday. Vella will be sworn in on April 4 and will replace outg

Slovak parliament rejects ratification o...

BRATISLAVA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Slovak parliament has rejected the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul C

Roundup: Environment drives plenary agen...

STRASBOURG, France, March 29 (Xinhua) -- With Brexit negotiations still in disarray and European elections coming in May, the European Parliament set environmental concerns at the top of its agenda d

Greek parliament adopts new foreclosure ...

ATHENS, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A new system for the protection of borrowers' homes from foreclosure was voted into law by a large majority in the Greek parliament on Friday, garnering the support of bo

We are not a tax haven: Malta PM

VALLETTA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has rejected accusations that his country was a tax haven after the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on Tuesday saying

Maltese gov't proposes to introduce mech...

VALLETTA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Maltese government has put forward proposals to introduce a mechanism in the country's electoral law with the aim of boosting female representation in parliament. A

S. African Parliament Speaker rejects re...

CAPE TOWN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday rejected a request to reconvene Parliament to address a worsening power crisis. In reply to the request from the opposition