Shane Winsser – wikiportret.nl, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikipedia NOS News•yesterday, 22:55 Hein van der Loo has been nominated by the city council of Almere as the new mayor. The 51-year-old Van der Loo, now mayor of Zwijndrecht, takes over from D66 member Franc Weerwind, who has been Minister for Legal Protection since the beginning … Read more
Track ’88 In collaboration with Hamburg ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 09:06 An activist interrupted Maastricht Mayor Penn-te Strake’s New Year’s speech on Sunday evening. The action did not last long: a guard intervened and removed the man from the room. The activist drew attention to the homeless situation in the municipality of Limburg. According to him, too little … Read more
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral elections have been suspended due to clashes. The dispute relates to the oath of office of the appointed members. The advisers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP got into a scuffle. AAP councilors chanted and protested. The conflict between the BJP and AAP councilors … Read more
A Turkish court today sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and banned the opposition politician from political activity, seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in next year’s elections. This means that once the sentence is confirmed, he could be removed from his post as mayor of the Turkish metropolis. Imamoglu … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 3:57 pm•Edited today, 16:28 Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for insulting members of the Election Commission. The prosecutor had asked for a prison sentence of at least 15 months and a ban from political activity. The court also banned Imamoglu from engaging in … Read more