Scotland's pricey new parliament is formally opened
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Scotland's dazzling new parliament building was formally opened, as First Minister John McConnell encouraged Scots to look beyond the fact that it was three years late and 10 times over budget.
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The House of Europe and the Information office of the European parliament council opened today in Bratislava.
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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is to set out his first legislative programme for government at Holyrood.
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They formed a new bloc in the European Parliament last month and now receive $1.5 million in public funding.
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The Millennium Dome became London's laughing stock and the new Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh made the taxpayer weep.
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First Minister Alex Salmond opens his party's conference by claiming a "solid record" of achievement in power.
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Ukraine's parliament opened on Wednesday  without a quorum, hurting opposition hopes of pushing through  motions to open the way for new presidential elections.
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Aborigines playing didgeridoos and smeared with white body paint overturned hundreds of years of British tradition in Australia on Tuesday by taking part in the official opening of the nation's new parliamentary session.
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The judicial review of Edinburgh's congestion charging plans begins at the Court of Session.
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Most Scottish MSPs believe the new Holyrood parliament building is not worth the Â£431m spent on it, says a BBC survey.
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Armed guards patrolled Britain's  parliament on Thursday as an inquiry began into how pro-hunting  protesters caused one of the nation's most embarrassing  security breaches in years by breaking into the debating  chamber.
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Electors can check up of their MPs' expense claims for the first time, with the listing of claims over three years.
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The strife-torn African nation of Somalia has a new parliament, but conditions in the capital, Mogadishu, were considered too unsafe for its members to be sworn in there.
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The more than 30-metre high atrium of the new Parliamentary annex in Helsinki was abuzz with murmurs of approval as a crowd of invited guests evaluated the new building during Wednesdays official inauguration ...
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Members of opposition say they will sit on government benches at opening of parliament
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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has opened an appointed parliament which he revived after a 20-year gap as part of &quot;cautious&quot; political reforms in the tiny oil-rich kingdom.
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Laws abolishing 800 years of feudal property rights come into force in Scotland.