By Siyabonga Sishi and Thando Hlophe PRETORIA (Reuters) -A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress will be sharing power with five other […]
The US president and Irish taoiseach (prime minister) have discussed power-sharing in Northern Ireland during a phone call between the two leaders. Joe Biden and Simon Harris spoke on Monday evening. Mr Biden congratulated Mr Harris on his election as taoiseach in April. An Irish government spokesperson said that “power-sharing in Northern Ireland, the institutions […]
Bulgarian lawmakers have unanimously approved the resignation of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and his government, part of a powersharing agreement by the two main political parties after elections last year. The centre-right GERB party which won last April’s general election and the runner-up, the reformist coalition led by “We Continue the Change”, agreed that each […]
The British government has unveiled a package of post-Brexit trading measures for Northern Ireland, a move welcomed by Northern politicians who are now expected to restore a power-sharing government. After almost two years of a power vacuum in the North, the regional government might be within days of returning, restoring a key part of 1998 […]
A deal to restore Stormont powersharing will remove all post-Brexit checks on goods moving into Northern Ireland from Britain, the leader of the DUP has insisted. Jeffrey Donaldson expressed hope that the Stormont institutions could be back up within days after he secured the backing of his party executive for British government proposals aimed at […]