Israeli politics have always been volatile. New parties emerge, existing parties merge, politicians change parties and alliances. When Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu sacked his finance...

The most important appointment in the new, largely unchanged, second government Valls, is the one of Emmanuel Macron as France’s new Minister of the Economy, the Industry and the...

At the end of 2008 and in early 2009, Israel already fought a war against Hamas. Only a regime change in the Gaza strip would have “justified” such a large scale operation which caused...

Today, July 7, 2014, the Israeli Foreign Minister and Beitenu party leader, Avigdor Lieberman, announced at a press conference...

The only sour note regarding Madeira comes from the political side. Alberto João Jardim (*1943) has dominated the island’s...

In mid-March 2013, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his new government. The new coalition will continue the old settlement policy. There will be no peace with this Israeli...

Added on March 15, 2013: Today, the political parties Yesh Atid (19 parliamentarians) and Jewish Home (12 parliamentarians) have signed a coalition agreement with Likud-Beytenu (31...

In May 2011, Portugal signed a €78 billion bailout agreement with the Troika (IMF, EU and ECB). Since then, the Iberian country has pushed trough a series of brutal reforms, and more...

Big news today from Israel: Kadima will leave the coalition. Big news? In May 2012, Kadima decided to join the Israeli coalition government. Some 70 days later, the honeymoon is already...

The Israeli government canceled the early elections scheduled for September 4, 2012 because Prime Minister Netanyahu managed to...

According to the Central Election Commission, with all the votes tallied, the Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou (*1950) of the ruling Kuomintang Party (KMT) has won a second mandate with...

Ollanta Humala Tasso, a not so reassuring president Peruvian voters regularly manage to chose leaders that others would describe...

Far too often when Americans meet a guy fluent in English, they think he is trustful and one of them. People as different as the Afghan President Karzai and the Israeli Prime Minister...

The Italian debt stands at some 120% of GDP. In a rare sign of political consensus and responsibility, both the Berlusconi government and a part of the opposition decided to push through an...

Added on May 15, 2011: The possible Socialist presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested in New York “on...

Update added on October 19, 2010: In the evening of October 18, 2010 Netanyahu came to the conclusion that the loyalty oath...

In the Shia tradition, it is the custom to hold a memorial service 40 days after a person’s death. That’s what...

You cannot judge politicians by their words. As long as bold statements have not translated into actions which have delivered results, it is impossible to judge them. Barack Obama is still...

After a decade in the political desert, today’s Likud leader Benyamin Netanyahu did everything to return to power. The result is a gigantic cabinet with 30 ministers as well as 9...

Results and analysis of the February 10, 2009 Israeli election With 99% of the ballots in the Israeli election 2009 of February 10 counted, the Kadima Party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni...