Left parties and unions in Belgium take a stand against bill to ban ‘rioters’ from protests
The Belgian government is proposing a parliamentary bill which seeks to ban ‘rioters’ from taking part in protests. Trade unions and leftist parties such as the Workers’ Party of Belgium say that the bill could be used to target their members and other activists by branding them as rioters
Ukraine war a critical issue in upcoming elections in Slovakia as Eduard Heger steps down
President Zuzana Čaputová has now installed a technocrat caretaker cabinet headed by central bank deputy governor Ľudovít Ódor to run the government till the general elections scheduled on September 30
Palestinians oppose provocative Israeli ‘flag march’
The march is held annually by illegal Israel settlers and other right-wing and ultra-nationalist Israelis to mark ‘Jerusalem day’, on which the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem started in 1967 following Israel’s victory over neighboring Arab states in the six-day war
Syrian President Assad attends Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, a first since 2011
Trying to develop an effective and autonomous regional approach to deal with common issues, an increasing number of Arab countries have defied pressures exerted by the US and the EU against normalization of relations with Syria
One-third of school students in Sri Lanka go without an adequate breakfast
Sri Lanka has been grappling with an acute economic crisis since last year. This has aggravated the problem of food insecurity in the country
Ecuadorian opposition rejects dissolution of parliament
The majority of Ecuador’s political parties have rejected the dissolution of the National Assembly, arguing that the grounds established in the constitution to dissolve it, do not exist at the moment
French rail workers mobilize to save rail freight operator Fret SNCF
Earlier this year, the European Commission opened an investigation into support measures including capital injection and debt cancellation taken to help Fret SNCF. These steps allegedly do not comply with European state aid rules. Workers feat that is if the rail company is penalized, its operations will be affected and jobs will be lost
Communists in Luxembourg stress housing, social rights in manifesto for upcoming local elections
Elections are set to take place for the governing councils of 100 communes which are of the status of municipalities on June 11. The Communist Party of Luxembourg has said it will strive to ensure that municipalities actually belong to the inhabitants