Members of Parliament yesterday condemned the recent arrest of Rose Kabuye, the Director of State Protocol saying that the arrest was a serious abuse of the country's sovereignty.

New rules on toy safety standards are backed in the European Parliament and may become law next year.

The reigning Miss Malawi, Peth Msiska, has hit the campaign trail, not seeking another crown but to be voted into Parliament in her country's general elections in May 2009.

LILONGWE, Oct 18 (IPS) - The reigning Miss Malawi, Peth Msiska, has hit the
campaign trail, not seeking another crown but to be voted into
Parliament in her country’s general elections in May 2009.

Lithuania's center-right party, the opposition Homeland Union, looks set to become the largest single party in the next parliament. Final results will be dependent on a second round.

Parliament rejected by a large majority on Friday two proposals to allow same-sex marriages.

President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine signed an order Thursday to dissolve Parliament and hold snap elections after efforts to resuscitate a long-ailing pro-West coalition collapsed.

In a day of street battles that left one person dead and nearly 400 people injured, thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded the Thai Parliament Tuesday.

Thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded Parliament, trapping hundreds of lawmakers inside for more than five hours.

A day after the island nation's Parliament voted to give the state new power over financial institutions, the market regulator seized Landsbanki, the country's second-largest bank, as the credit crisis pushed the bank toward collapse.