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Kuwaiti Islamist MP’s have threatened to grill government ministers about the purchase of French fighters....
Rejection of the citizens’ bailout bill by the government is another area of a looming confrontation between the government and parliament....
At least four parties are running between 4% and 7%, making it very difficult to predict how many parties will pass the 5% threshold – or the composition of the next Slovakian parliament....
The highly politicized Yemeni judiciary has sentenced two prominent southern leaders to prison, amid increasing resentment from southern MP’s, seen as closest to the Yemeni regime....
The Yemeni government has shut down the offices of major Arab broadcasters Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, who provide the main source of news to the Yemenis....
Public attention is focused on the special operations against organized crime. These operations will allow GERB to establish a normal chain of command in the security services....
Despite the eternal bickering, the situation in the coalition and parliament is essentially stable. An imminent political crisis, government reshuffle or leadership change is not on the horizon....
Fidesz continues to dominate the polls, regardless of accusations that it does not have a program. The Socialists are pushing a more populist tone in order to mobilize their traditional voters....
The filing of a request by a Kuwaiti MP against the information minister could trigger another confrontation between the government and parliament....