Emergency Session for Turkish Parliament
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The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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The prime minister is in Rome today for crisis talks following the withdrawal of the incoming EU commission. Today&#39;s gathering of 25 heads of state and government was meant to focus on the ceremonial signing of the EU constitution.
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Turks go to the polls Sunday for early legislative elections to end a crisis that has pitted the Islamist-rooted government against the secular establishment and called into question the role of religion in the Muslim-majority country.
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Gyurcsany needs coalition support to keep his career alive The Hungarian parliament is due to hold its first full debate on the events of the past three weeks in Budapest followed by a vote of confidence.Comment
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Turkish MPs meet to vote on controversial plans to allow girls to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition Republican People&#39;s Party (CHP) called for the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) to convene for an emergency meeting on Septembers 28th to ready the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) by October 6th.
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Major political parties called on Tuesday for the lifting of a state of emergency in Bangladesh after the army-backed interim government said it was committed to holding a parliamentary election at the end of the year.
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will meet in a special session at the Parliament House in Islamabad Friday at 4:00 pm (PST) to ascertain the new leader of the house.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party has called for the swift recall of parliament to approve key reforms demanded by the European Union and says any further delay could imperil Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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The Turkish parliament meets in extraordinary session Tuesday to push through a massive series of amendments to the country&#39;s fascist-inspired penal code, but the effort aimed at easing Ankara&#39;s EU entry bid could backfire because of a clause making
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Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey&#39;s chances of membership.
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Turkish Kurdish women wait at the entrance of the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday. A woman holds a photo of an unmarried mother, 22, allegedly killed by her two brothers in Istanbul last year for having a child out of wedlock.
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A parliamentary session due to have begun on Monday in the Maldives has been postponed indefinitely.
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Turkey's political and military leaders are to meet to discuss details of a possible strike against PKK rebels.
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a package of human-rights reforms that is key to its bid to join the European Union but that stalled in a bitter dispute over a provision making adultery a crime.
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The U.N. Security Council has  called an emergency session on the crisis in the Ivory Coast  for later on Saturday, the U.N. spokesman's office said.
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The European Parliament on Wednesday called on EU leaders to begin membership talks with Turkey &quot;without undue delay,&quot; in a symbolic expression of support for Ankara on the eve of a Brussels summit.