parliament
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Most symbolic of all was the demise of so-called Ćaciland, a pro-Vučić tent camp set up 18 months ago at Pioneers Park in central Belgrade in front of the Serbian parliament.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pointed to her empty seat while paying tribute to the lawmaker's "empathy, kindness and compassion" as Australia's parliament met for the first time since the incident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
On Sunday, Iran’s parliament appointed Mehrdad Akhlaghi, one of the fathers of the country’s ballistic program, as defense minister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
In addition to standing charges, Burnham said investing in renewables would also bring household bills down "substantially" by breaking the link between gas and electricity prices "in this parliament".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
A member of the Japanese parliament was willing to meet with the committee to see whether there was a way he could help.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Lumsden, who is unable to sit in both parliaments due to a Holyrood ban on so-called dual mandates, is to resign from Holyrood just six weeks after winning re-election as a North East MSP.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
In 1780, remarkably, Richmond proposed annual parliaments and universal male suffrage, 138 years before the latter would be achieved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Popes rarely address parliaments, trying to avoid overt political interventions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
The Haudenosaunee thus would have the second oldest continuously existing representative parliaments on earth.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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