Dutch nationalist leader Geert Wilders slips to 2nd in poll 2 weeks before parliamentary election

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch nationalist Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders has slipped to second place in the Peilingwijzer poll of polls with two weeks to go until a parliamentary election. Wilders was on 15.7 percent, behind the conservative VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the first time since November. Rutte’s party was […]

Top Russian senator vows to raise Syria issue at global parliamentary gathering

The head of Russia’s upper house Committee for International Relations wants to discuss Syria at the upcoming session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union – a global inter-parliamentary forum – in order to gain the coordinated support of the world community. “I propose to come up with a joint initiative of yet another discussion concerning Syria that […]