eight years before the building was finished. Twenty-five years later, it remains an endless ballroom in search of dancers. Nominally, the Romanian parliament meets there, but there are still ...

Now the Speakers of the House of Commons and Lords have written to MPs and peers to remind them of these rules. The Russian diplomats had visited Parliament just before Christmas, according to the ...

These include imposing term limits on the prime minister, lowering the age for entering parliament to encourage ... In the lower house, out of 400 seats, 300 would be filled through parliamentary ...

Previous Persons of the Year include Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014, and, in 2013, the Romanian Parliament. The Romanian winners made corruption news again at the end of 2017 for considering ...

On this date in 1927, India’s first Parliament building, now known as the Old Sansad Bhavan, was inaugurated by then Viceroy Lord Irwin. Also, in 1919, the Paris Peace Conference was held to outline ...

At the end of October, the New People Party—supported by the presidential majority—submitted a proposal to amend legislation to ban religious activities held in homes or buildings outside ...

The expressive silhouette of the building, situated among the greenery of the park and the light orange colour of the stone give the parliament building a majestic and expressive appearance. The ...

If the Elizabeth Tower had not been urgently conserved, there was a risk that the clock mechanism might fail or that the building will become too costly ... and located in the middle of a busy working ...

A murdered journalist. Shady offshore deals. A tiny nation in the grip of large-scale criminal interests. These are the leading factors behind the selection of Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat as ...

A relatively new court, established in 2003, is the Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi), which monitors whether decisions made by the cabinet and parliament (MPR) are in line with the ...