Political situation in Georgia
Ex-president of Russia: A coup attempt in Georgia
There is an attempted coup in Georgia. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and now deputy head of the Russian Security Council, thinks so.
In a rambling post on Telegram, he comments on the situation in Georgia, where there have been large demonstrations in recent days against the government's decision to stop talks on joining the EU.
He writes that Georgia is "moving along the Ukrainian road into a dark abyss". Medvedev ends his post by writing: "Usually things like this end very badly."
According to the official election results, the ruling pro-Russian party Georgian Dream won its own majority in the parliament. But the election has been severely criticized and the result has not been recognized by the opposition or the EU Parliament, TT reports.
The pro-EU president Salomé Zourabichvili, who has also sharply criticized the election and the government, has backed the protests. She has also announced that she will not leave her post when the term ends.
Ex-president of Russia: A coup attempt in Georgia
There is an attempted coup in Georgia. Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and now deputy head of the Russian Security Council, thinks so.
In a rambling post on Telegram, he comments on the situation in Georgia, where there have been large demonstrations in recent days against the government's decision to stop talks on joining the EU.
He writes that Georgia is "moving along the Ukrainian road into a dark abyss". Medvedev ends his post by writing: "Usually things like this end very badly."
According to the official election results, the ruling pro-Russian party Georgian Dream won its own majority in the parliament. But the election has been severely criticized and the result has not been recognized by the opposition or the EU Parliament, TT reports.
The pro-EU president Salomé Zourabichvili, who has also sharply criticized the election and the government, has backed the protests. She has also announced that she will not leave her post when the term ends.
The Social Democrats in Iceland win the election
The social democratic party Samlingsfronten in Iceland wins the election and becomes the largest party with 20.8 percent of the vote. This is confirmed by the Icelandic media after the last election results came in on Saturday. This means that the party gets 15 seats in the Icelandic parliament.
This is a large increase compared to the election three years ago, when the party received just over 10 percent of the vote.
- In my opinion, we should be given a mandate to immediately form a government tomorrow, said the newly elected member Dagur Eggertson to Ruv on Sunday.
The second largest party is the Independence Party, which receives 19.9 percent.
The new election was held after the previous government, which consisted of the Green Left, the Independence Party and the Progress Party, resigned in October.
The social democratic party Samlingsfronten in Iceland wins the election and becomes the largest party with 20.8 percent of the vote. This is confirmed by the Icelandic media after the last election results came in on Saturday. This means that the party gets 15 seats in the Icelandic parliament.
This is a large increase compared to the election three years ago, when the party received just over 10 percent of the vote.
- In my opinion, we should be given a mandate to immediately form a government tomorrow, said the newly elected member Dagur Eggertson to Ruv on Sunday.
The second largest party is the Independence Party, which receives 19.9 percent.
The new election was held after the previous government, which consisted of the Green Left, the Independence Party and the Progress Party, resigned in October.
The elections in Romania
Romania goes to new elections after the presidential chaos
On Sunday, Romania goes to the polls again. This time it is not about the presidential election, which became a messy story, but about elections to the parliament.
The political situation in the country has been shaky after last week's presidential election. The far-right candidate Calin Georgescu received the most votes in the first round, which came as a real surprise. He received 22 percent of the vote despite being only a few percentage points behind in the opinion polls before the presidential election.
In the parliamentary election, it is the nationalist right-wing party AUR that got the big headlines. They lead in the opinion polls and want, among other things, to stop support for Ukraine.
The governing parties PSD (social democratic) and PNL (conservative) appear to be settling for the second largest party.
Volkswagen's crisis
German Metal announces warning strike against VW
The German trade union IG Metall announces a warning strike against Volkswagen, reports TT.
- The warning strike will be carried out at all factories on Monday, says the regional union president Thorsten Gröger in the federal state of Lower Saxony, according to the German Tagesschau.
The strike is a protest against the planned cutbacks and austerity measures announced by the automotive giant.
German Metal announces warning strike against VW
The German trade union IG Metall announces a warning strike against Volkswagen, reports TT.
- The warning strike will be carried out at all factories on Monday, says the regional union president Thorsten Gröger in the federal state of Lower Saxony, according to the German Tagesschau.
The strike is a protest against the planned cutbacks and austerity measures announced by the automotive giant.
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