Tag: Prime Minister
EU Vice Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Brussels Frans Timmermans, one of the best-known EU commissioners, is…
EU Vice Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Amsterdam EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wants to stand as…
EU Deputy Timmermans wants to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Timmermans is considered the preferred candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party Groenlinks. (Photo: AP) Amsterdam EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wants to stand as…
Military blocks democratic election winner – unrest expected in Thailand
Bangkok Thailand is slipping into a new political crisis: In a vote on Thursday, the pro-democracy coalition around election winner Pita Limjaroenrat failed in its attempt to replace the military-backed…
Ex-Prime Minister Heide Simonis is dead
keel Germany’s first head of government of a federal state is dead. The social democrat Heide Simonis, until 2005 prime minister in Schleswig-Holstein, died on Wednesday, a few days after…
Pita Limjaroenrat opposes the conservative establishment
Bangkok The rain has just stopped when the man who is alarming Thailand’s political establishment takes the stage. Pita Limjaroenrat is 42 years old, but looks much younger – especially…
Merz and Wüst are fighting over the CDU chancellor candidacy
Friedrich Merz and Hendrik Wust A “devastating week” lies behind the two politicians, as the party puts it. (Photo: dpa) Berlin At 28 degrees in the shade, there’s no need…
Unfinished business for ex-premier truss
Liz Truss According to the Mail, Truss’s meetings with her confidants and advisers in the evenings often resulted in a party atmosphere. (Photo: dpa) London Ex-British Prime Minister Liz Truss…
The resignation of Vice Prime Minister Dominic Raab also puts Prime Minister Risi Sunak under pressure
Dominic Raab The Deputy Prime Minister announced his decision on Friday. (Photo: Reuters) London When Rishi Sunak moved into 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister at the end of October…
British Deputy Prime Minister Raab resigns after allegations of bullying
Dominic Raab The Deputy Prime Minister announced his decision on Friday. (Photo: Reuters) London British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Dominic Raab has resigned over bullying allegations. He was…
Premier Sunak publishes tax return and discloses earnings
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s financial circumstances are often the subject of polemics against him. (Photo: Reuters) London British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has released his…
Li Qiang is set to become Xi Jinping’s successor
Xi Jinping and Li Qiang Li Qiang is number two in the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy behind Party leader Xi Jinping. (Photo: REUTERS) Beijing When the new leadership of the…
Truss blames “powerful economic establishment” for failure
Liz Truss The former British Prime Minister has spoken out publicly for the first time since her untimely end as Prime Minister. (Photo: AP) London Former British Prime Minister Liz…
Rishi Sunak’s cabinet stands – eleven members of the Truss government resign
London New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised “economic stability and confidence” to the troubled kingdom. In his inaugural speech at 10 Downing Street, the 42-year-old said: “Mistakes have…
Rishi Sunak officially appointed the new Prime Minister of Great Britain
King Charles III and Rishi Sunak A premiere for both: the new king received the new prime minister at Buckingham Palace. (Photo: AP) London Rishi Sunak is the new Prime…
Rishi Sunak officially appointed the new Prime Minister of Great Britain
King Charles III and Rishi Sunak A premiere for both: the new king received the new prime minister at Buckingham Palace. (Photo: AP) London Rishi Sunak is the new Prime…
Rishi Sunak is said to bring about a turnaround in financial policy
London Britain has a new head of government – the third in three months. Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative Party leadership race to become Britain’s next prime minister. The…
Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s new Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak in London The new party leader and soon-to-be prime minister left the conservative party’s headquarters after the results were announced. (Photo: Reuters) London When Rishi Sunak was asked…
Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inherits Brexit
London Britain has a new head of government – the third in three months. Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative Party leadership race to become Britain’s next prime minister. The…
Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s new Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak in London The new party leader and soon-to-be prime minister left the conservative party’s headquarters after the results were announced. (Photo: Reuters) London. Rishi Sunak has won the…