Portugal wants to dissolve parliament
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio said Tuesday he intends to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal's conservative government is quitting, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced Saturday, a day after the president dissolved the legislature and called an early general election.
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President Viktor Yushchenko warned that he could dissolve parliament and call new elections if Ukrainian political parties fail to form a governing coalition by the end of next week, three months after a legislative ballot.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano  is to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, reports say, paving the way for early elections.
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The Italian Parliament is expected to be dissolved, with national elections scheduled in  April
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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Thousands of protesters demanded the ouster of East Timor&#039;s prime minister Saturday, blaming him for provoking violence and political chaos.
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LISBON, PORTUGAL - Portugal&#39;s prime minister says his Social Democratic government will formally resign Monday to defend its honour.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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The Our Ukraine parliamentary faction has demanded the dismissal of the interior minister, the prosecutor general, and the heads of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Transcarpathian and Sumy regional ...
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was set to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, the ANSA news agency reported, paving the way for early elections and a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano  summoned the presidents of both chambers of parliament to his  office on Tuesday, an official statement said, a sign he was  about to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialist government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio began moves Tuesday to dissolve parliament and call an election after deciding Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes could no longer continue in the job.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio has announced he is dissolving parliament and calling snap elections for 20 February next. Prime minister Pedro Santana Lopes&#39;s and the ruling Social Democrat party are well behind the opposition Socialists.
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Italy's president was due to dissolve parliament on Wednesday ahead of snap elections, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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The speaker of Iraq's fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt the budget or agree on a law setting a date for provincial elections