Prime  Minister Habib Essid received, Tuesday, Independent Higher Authority for the Elections (ISIE) President  Shafik Sarsar who handed him a report on the 2014 legislative and  presidential elections.

Sarsar said that the meeting had been an occasion to discuss preparations for the municipal elections and ISIE’s staff regulations, a Prime Ministry press release reads.

He announced that the general report on the legislative and presidential elections will be posted on ISIE’s official website as of, today Tuesday.

A meeting aimed at eliminating constitutional gridlocks standing in the way of Egypt's long-delayed parliamentary elections ended abruptly on Tuesday amid verbal clashes and acrimony.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ibrahim El-Heneidy told reporters that Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab was forced to end the meeting with political parties and other national figures after verbal clashes erupted among the attendees.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has named an Armenian candidate in the first place on their final candidate list for the upcoming elections on June 7 in a move to prioritize candidates with different backgrounds, according to the media reports.

Lawyer Selina Özuzun Doğan has been named by the CHP in the first place for Istanbul’s second region in the June 7 elections.

Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni complained about ongoing unsubstantiated accusations of corruption against state officials, saying that there needs to be evidence and not just talk.

As the deadline to submit their candidates in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections nears, political parties in Turkey have been involved in the endeavor of fine-tuning their lists of candidates before the submission deadline. 

Constamment sur la brèche, Louisa Hanoune, la porte-parole du Parti des travailleurs (PT), était à Annaba hier. Elle a animé un meeting populaire précisément au Théâtre régional Azzedine-Medjoubi où elle avait fait l’objet d’une virulente attaque par Amar Saâdani du FLN, un certain 24 février 2015.

CAIRO — One of the two factions battling for control of Libya took steps on Sunday to divert incoming oil revenue away from the central bank and into its own new account, a steep escalation in the contest over the country’s vast wealth.

Libya’s oil and money are the prizes that have driven much of the competition among militias and factions in the nearly four years since the overthrow of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and as the fighting on the ground has slashed oil revenues, the legal and political battle for control of Libya’s assets has become overt and intense.

President Beji Caid Essebsi received, Friday, a report on the 2014 legislative and presidential elections and on the recommendations for the next polls.

The report was handed to him by President of the Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE) Chafik Sarsar.

The Head of State emphasised the need to work, immediately, to provide optimal conditions for the organisation of the next elections.