parliament
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Serhiy Koretskyi, the head of state oil and gas firm Naftogaz, is seen as a likely successor to Svyrydenko, with parliament set to vote on the appointment on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Having served as a lawmaker since 2002, Szijjarto announced on Facebook that he was leaving parliament after receiving a "highly prestigious offer" from BYD, "one of the world's leading companies".
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Svyrydenko said she had delivered "concrete results" in office and posted a photo of herself making a heart symbol with her hands during an address to parliament.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Once it is unveiled, EU negotiators from the parliament and European capitals will thrash it out to agree on a final law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some aspects of Islamic law are observed in Iran's legal system, but today the country mostly operates under civil law, ratified by the parliament.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
However, it isn't thought his ideas would be as significant as the setting up of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and the Northern Ireland Assembly, nor the introduction of regional mayors in England.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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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The American Revolution - Introductory
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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