Speaker of the House of Commons

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic will be visiting Rome on Wednesday at the invitation of Italian Chamber of Deputies Speaker Lorenzo Fontana.

The Parliament elected in Greece's May 21 election will convene on May 28, four days than originally scheduled.

Following a government proposal, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou published a decree convening the Parliament for Sunday, May 28, instead of June 1.

The newly elected MPs will be sworn in at 6 pm Sunday and will elect the speaker at 10.30 pm on Monday.

A conservative MP has resigned from Parliament amid allegations that he misused state money to help his business.

Themis Cheimaras, a Fthiotida MP, announced his resignation in a letter to House Speaker Kostantinos Tasoulas on Wednesday.

The decision was made after an agreement between the speaker and parties

After Slovenian MPs failed to approve the agenda for a week-long parliamentary session on Monday, the opposition renewed its call for early elections.

"Calls for parliamentary elections will be more frequent and louder," political scientist Alem Maksuti told BIRN.

This was announced by the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva.

Parliament resumes its work from Thursday - May 14. This was announced by the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva at the end of the extraordinary sitting for the vote on the amendments to the Health Act.

With 115 votes in favour and 65 against, MPs on March 26 accepted the proposal of the Parliament's Speaker, Tsveta Karayancheva, to temporarily suspend sittings. The measure is part of government efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Sittings will only be convened when emergency laws are adopted. Parliamentary questions time will be in writing.

The UK Parliament announced its suspension at midnight, 25 days before the upcoming elections.

The dissolution of Parliament means that the House of Commons and the House of Lords cease to exist. The new House of Commons will be elected on December 12, while the Lords will retain their positions.

Candidates seeking to become Turkey's next parliament speaker have submitted their applications to interim speaker Celal Adan.

The opposition Democratic Party filed a motion to dismiss ultra-nationalist deputy parliament speaker Vjerica Radeta for insulting a prominent Srebrenica activist when she died a week ago.