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Major political interventions for a significant change in the national political agenda

By putting forward his own editorial, just a few days before the major crash test at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis is attempting to bring closure to the entire debate, both within his party and outside of it, after the much heated debate that erupted regarding the conference held in Estonia on Nazism and Communism.

Is May 'a dead woman walking?'

"I would like to say how very pleased I am with the result and how very pleased I am to have had the overwhelming support of my colleagues in the House [of Commons] and the people from the party in the country," she said, standing outside her official residence at Number 10 Downing Street, but refusing to answer any questions from the crowd of journalists and photographers.

Cyber attacks spread across Europe

An extensive cyberattack struck computers across a wide swath of Europe and Asia on Friday, and strained the public health system in Britain, where doctors were blocked from patient files and emergency rooms were forced to divert patients. Attacks were being reported in Britain and 11 other countries, including Turkey, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, with the majority of affected computers in

49 years after Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech (VIDEO & Transcript)

John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, philologist and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP, 1950–74), Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–87), and Minister of Health (1960–63).

Greek doctors, paramedics protest severe health cuts

Holding black helium balloons and parading an effigy of a dying patient, striking public hospital and ambulance workers marched through Athens to protest severe cuts in public funding for the national health service.

Health care workers held a 24-hour strike Thursday, leaving hospitals running with emergency staff.

English doctors stage fourth strike in bitter dispute

Junior doctors in English hospitals went on strike again on April 6, withdrawing all but emergency care in their fourth walk-out in a bitter dispute with the government over working conditions.

More than 5,000 procedures and operations in the state-run National Health Service (NHS) have been postponed as a result of the 48-hour action, which began at 0700 GMT.

British Parliament Dissolved as Election Campaign Begins

British Parliament was formally dissolved on Monday as the campaign for the forthcoming general election in the UK was officially unveiled.

British Prime Minister David Cameron held an audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, after which he announced that the general election will take place on May 7.

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