Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's top candidate Kai Wegner (left) celebrates with CDU party members after the first exit poll results for the Berlin state's repeat elections at the State parliament in Berlin on Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN – Germany's conservative CDU party was course for a clear victory in a repeat […]
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Cypriot diplomats face off in cliffhanger presidential vote
Polling station officers receive the ballot boxes for the second round of the 2023 Presidential Elections on Feb 10, 2023, at the Cyprus State Fair grounds in the capital Nicosia's suburb of Engomi. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA- A runoff election on Sunday to select the president of Cyprus pits two career diplomats against each other […]
Cyprus presidential election goes to runoff
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of presidential elections, in his office in the capital Nicosia, on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the […]
Bulgaria anti-graft party drops bid to form government
Kiril Petkov and Assen Vassilev, leaders of the centrist "We Continue The Change" (PP) party, speak to the media after the first exit polls during a general election, in Sofia, Bulgaria Oct 2, 2022. (SPASIYANA SERGIEVA / REUTERS) SOFIA — Bulgaria's second largest party, the anti-corruption We Continue the Change (PP), gave up plans on […]
Labour’s Starmer plans to shift power to Britain’s regions
File photo of Britain's main opposition Labour Party lawmaker Keir Starmer speaks during the Brexit debate inside the House of Commons in London Oct 19, 2019. (JESSICA TAYLOR / HOUSE OF COMMONS VIA AP) LONDON — British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to spread power away from the political centre of Westminster […]
Biden resists change despite voter concerns
No need to alter course, president says, as US left hanging on Congress makeup US President Joe Biden says during a post-election news conference Wednesday at the White House that he intends to run a second term "regardless of what the outcome of this election was". (ZHAO HUANXIN / CHINA DAILY) US President Joe Biden […]
Rishi Sunak set to take over as next UK PM
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves the campaign office in London, Oct 24, 2022. (ABERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party's leadership contest. He will replace Liz Truss as the country's new prime minister. Sunak was the […]
Far-right leader Meloni becomes Italy’s first woman PM
This handout picture taken and released by Quirinale Press Office on Oct 21, 2022 shows President of the Italian party Fratelli d'Italia and Italian Prime Minister-designate Giorgia Meloni addressing the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. (FRANCESCO AMMENDOLA / QUIRINALE PRESS OFFICE / AFP) ROME – […]
UK PM Truss resigns, new leader expected next week
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss reacts as she delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON – United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office and thus became the shortest-serving […]
Swedish parliament approves Ulf Kristersson as new PM
The leader of Sweden's Moderate Party and newly elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson holds a press conference after the voting at the Swedish parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct 17, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party, was on Monday voted by the parliament to be Sweden's […]
Preliminary results: Latvian PM’s party wins parliamentary election
Member the New Unity Party (Jauna Vienotiba) and Latvia's Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins speaks to the media prior to the release of the general election exit polls, on Oct 1, 2022 in Riga, Latvia. (GINTS IVUSKANS / AFP) RIGA – Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins' centrist New Unity party has emerged as the winner of […]
Meloni’s right-wing bloc wins Italy election, exit polls say
Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, Sept 25, 2022. (GREGORIO BORGIA / AP) ROME – A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party was on course for a clear majority in the next parliament, giving the country its most […]
Right-wing alliance seen as likely winner as Italians vote
Leader of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni (rear center on stage) delivers a speech on Sept 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the Sept 25 general election. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Millions of […]
Italy’s frontrunner party bans candidate over Hitler praise
People wave flags as right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally to start her political campaign ahead of Sept 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Aug 23, 2022. (DOMENICO STINELLIS / AP) ROME – The Brothers of Italy party, which is tipped to win national elections at the weekend, suspended one […]
Swedish right prepares for power as PM accepts election defeat
A woman walks next to election posters of Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party in Sweden, and leader of the Social Democrats and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm on Sept 8, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The head of Sweden's Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, said on Wednesday he would begin […]
Opposition bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections
Supporters of the Sweden Democrats cheer during the Party's election night in Nacka, near Stockholm after exit polls were released during the general elections in Sweden on Sept 11, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections showed early Monday morning that the opposition blue bloc gained 49.7 […]
Canada’s Conservatives pick populist in bid to oust Trudeau’s Liberals
Canada's Conservative Party newly elected leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during the Conservative Party Convention at the Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada on Sept 10, 2022. (DAVE CHAN / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada's Conservatives on Saturday picked Pierre Poilievre, a veteran parliamentarian who has promoted bitcoin as way to fight inflation, to spearhead the party's bid to […]
Truss vows tax cuts after winning vote to be next British PM
British lawmaker Liz Truss speaks after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Sept 5, 2022. Truss will become Britain's new Prime Minister after an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after […]
“METAGONZ”, will reveal Metahuman DJ NFT at the official after party of “Block Party 2022”.
South Korea, August 05, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Meta Octagon’s meta-human DJ & NFT project ‘METAGONZ’ which is developing an EDM and performance culture-based entertainment metaverse project, will participate as the sponsor in the official after-party “Block party 2022” festival of “Korea Blockchain Week 2022 (KBW 2022).” Also, a person of Metagonz development company said “we’re planning to […]
METAGONZ Will Announce Metahuman DJ NFT at the Official-After-Party of ‘Block Party 2022’
SEOUL, KOREA, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Meta Octagon’s meta-human DJ & NFT project ‘METAGONZ’ which is developing an EDM and performance culture-based entertainment metaverse project, will participate as the sponsor in the official after-party ‘Block party 2022’ festival of ‘Korea Blockchain Week 2022 (KBW 2022)’. Also, a person of Metagonz development […]