Government officials have boasted that the bill will produce the U.K.'s first-ever "smoke-free generation." There is still several steps to officially passing the bill into law, including a debate ...

The lower house of Switzerland's parliament followed in the Senate's footsteps Wednesday in voting to approve a ban on the public display, wearing and use of Nazi and other extremist, racist symbols.

A man stands in front of protesters with a giant EU flag outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday to protest 'the Russian law.' Georgia's governing party has submitted to ...

WARSAW, April 12 (Reuters) - Poland's parliament sent four bills on liberalising abortion laws to a special bipartisan committee for consideration, voting results showed, a sign of cooperation ...

Bruce Lehrmann arrives at court in Sydney on April 15. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image/Reuters) For three years, Australians have been consumed by a rape allegation that sparked a criminal trial; a ...

The president of the parliament, Szymon Holownia, has proposed holding a national referendum on the issue. A referendum result backing an easing of the restrictions would heap more pressure on ...

The incident prompted a wider brawl between several lawmakers, an occasional occurrence in Georgia's often raucous parliament. Georgian Dream said earlier this month it would reintroduce ...

A member of parliament (MP) can engage in the parliamentary process in many ways. Attending the sessions, participating in the debates, asking questions and using every opportunity and privilege ...

Ukraine’s parliament has scrapped plans to give soldiers who have spent prolonged periods fighting on the frontlines the chance to return home on rotation, after passing a draft law seeking to ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Friday approved legislation introducing payment cards for asylum-seekers, a system that is meant to limit benefits paid in cash and make the country less ...