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Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests.
Embattled Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned on Sunday in a well-telegraphed move as he seeks to transition to the role of prime minister as a way of staying close to power in the Balkan nation. Parliamentary Speaker Ana Brnabic, his ally, will take over the presidential role for an interim period. Serbia will hold presidential elections by the end of the year, Vucic said on public television. Meanwhile, Serbs head to a snap election on October 25 that seeks to resolve almost two years...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, 26 September 2026 Dusk in Senegal. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye used an interview in New York to explain why he replaced the prime minister who brought him to power, and would… The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, September 26, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Manmohan Singh assumed charge as India's 14th Prime Minister on May 22, 2004 and for the second consecutive term on May 22, 2009
Justice Datta said the Minister “cannot be expected to defy the Prime Minister”; he said the Prime Minister and his Cabinet Minister shared a “collective responsibility” and inclusion of a Minister “fails to provide an independent countenance”
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his country’s relations with Britain were better under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, but he criticised a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands. Trump and Burnham shook hands as they met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “No, I think they’re up – well, they’re more up now than they were with your last prime minister, let me put it that way,” Trump told reporters, referring to Keir Starmer. “Right...
Support for Australia’s center-left government fell to a new low as approval for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese weakened, according to a new poll.
Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 Stockholm. The count from the election of 13 September closed at 176 seats to 173, Ulf Kristersson resigned as prime minister on 17 September, and parliament cannot vote… The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday described her second cabinet, which she launched the same day, as one that will make decisions, take on challenges and act. "I will pursue a responsible and proactive fiscal policy to make Japan strong and prosperous," Takaichi said at a press conference. Regarding the planned consumption tax cut for food ne...
Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will launch her reshuffled cabinet later on Thursday, retaining most of her key ministers. Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gathered the letters of resignation from her ministers at an extraordinary cabinet meeting in the morning. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, 57, Foreign Minister T...
Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to unveil her second cabinet on Thursday, retaining most of her key ministers from the first cabinet. This will be her first cabinet reshuffle since taking office last October. Takaichi plans to reappoint Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, 57, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, 70, Finance Minister Satsuki Kata...
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is keeping radical intervention at Thames Water on the table even as he considers a separate plan to give local mayors a greater role in overseeing the troubled industry.
Malaysia’s United Malays National Organisation has called for immediate national elections, signaling deepening tensions within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance.
The International Monetary Fund took centre stage on Tuesday during debates in Senegal's National Assembly. Laying out the government’s general policy statement, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo defended its recent agreement with the IMF on a three year aid programme worth $2.2 billion.
Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--A major focus in Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's planned reshuffles of her cabinet and the executive lineup of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party is how she will treat internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who is seen certain to run in the LDP's leadership election in autumn next year, political watchers say. Hayashi has been actively visiting m...
Newly appointed leader takes first Prime Minister’s Questions, pledges to fulfill defence, social spending goals.