Bulgarian government survives no-confidence vote
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Bulgaria's parliament rejected a  no-confidence motion on Friday against the Socialist-led  government, accused by the opposition of failing to carry out  sound healthcare reforms and uproot corruption in the sector.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi kept his fractious center-left coalition together to win a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, ensuring the immediate survival of his nine-month-old government.
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The Sri Lankan government of President Rajapaksa survives a budget vote that could have triggered an early election.
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The Macedonian government survived a confidence vote on Saturday forced by the opposition lawmakers in the parliament, amid brewing political tensions in the Balkan republic.
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The Russian government survives a vote of no confidence in the Duma over its handling of social reforms.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has narrowly survived three parliamentary no-confidence votes sponsored by left-wing and religious opposition parties over deepening poverty in Israel.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament rejected Prime Minister Yanukovych&#39;s government in a no-confidence vote as President Leonid Kuchma called for a new presidential election after accusations the Nov. 21 vote was fraudulent.
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Romania's minority centrist government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Monday that had been proposed by President Traian Basescu's opposition Democrat party.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 23 December 2004, Thursday. Friday saw the end of the national competition Without Tobacco Smoke.
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At the 12th session of the council of ministers of the OSCE member states held in Sofia, Bulgaria, Russia did not endorse adoption of the ultimate document.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi wins a confidence vote in the lower house, keeping his centre-left coalition in power.
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The Somali parliament on Saturday passed a no-confidence motion against the newly-appointed prime minister and his cabinet, according to an informed senior Somali official in Nairobi.
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Poland&#39;s shaky government survived the  latest political crisis on Monday when two junior coalition  parties abandoned their threat to walk out and bring forward  early elections.
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Tensions have eased in Hungary after Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany survived a confidence vote in parliament and an opposition street protest aimed at forcing his ouster failed to inspire the masses, analysts said.
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The British government welcomed the failure of an opposition-backed referendum in Macedonia attempting to overturn EU-backed laws to empower the ethnic Albanian minority.
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Canada's minority Conservative government survives a confidence vote over its policy agenda.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion in the government on its second try. The motion, put forward by the opposition, was supported by 229lawmakers in