Jersey News
Jersey defends off-shore record.
Jersey's chief minister, Frank Walker, has written to the United States senate finance committee to defend Jersey
Paris News
Nicolas Sarkozy elected president.
Nicolas Sarkozy is to be the next president of France. The conservative candidate, a former lawyer, won on the second round with 53 per cent of the vote. His opponent, socialist S
Oxford News
Oxford city council has approved the nomination of long-standing Labour councillor John Tanner to take over as Lord Mayor from the incumbent Jim Campbell. Tanner, who is currently councillor for the L...
Madrid News
Participatory democracy for Madrid youth.
Sixty suggestion boxes are to be set up across the 21 local council areas of Madrid to encourage young people to have their say in how their city is run. Designed to resemble a robot, the boxes will b...
Amsterdam News
No voting machines for Amsterdam.
Citizens in the Dutch capital will be voting with the traditional red pencil in the national elections on 22 Nov following a decision by minister for government reform, Atzo Nicola, withdrawing approv...
Barcelona News
Catalonia votes for greater independence.
Voters in Catalonia approved a new charter giving the region greater independence in a regional referendum on 18 June. Just under 74 per cent voted yes to the autonomy plan, which is backed by the Spa...
London News
Conservatives gain local votes.
On 4 May, 176 English local authorities went to the polls, including all 32 London boroughs and 14 councils on the borders of Greater London. Of the 46 London councils, 24 are now controlled by the Co...
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam is to be governed by a centre-left coalition of the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the Green Party (Groenlinks) for the next four years after recent local government elections reg...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen city council plans to create a caf in the historic City Hall building where local residents can meet and mix with their elected representatives. The initiative, announced late last month, i...
