Madrid to impose snap elections on Catalonia

MADRID The Spanish government has agreed with the opposition Socialists (PSOE) to hold regional elections in January in Catalonia as part of the extraordinary package of measures to temporarily impose direct rule on the region, Socialist politician Carmen Calvo said in an interview on national television. Spanish government aims for January regional elections in Catalonia:…

Only 30% of Russians support Putin

A genuine poll launched by a Russian journalist Dimitry Smirnov  showed 70% of participants refused to vote for the incumbent president Vladimir Putin if asked to drop off a ballot today. The  Twitter poll organized by Dmitry Smirnov, a journalist from Kremlin pool – a special correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda  (www.kp.ru) – one of the…

UK citizens approve of May #Brexit plan

A majority of the UK citizens approve of the government’s approach to leaving the European Union, a poll indicated this week after the Prime Minister Theresa May declared her priorities for negotiations. May set out her concept for Brexit in a speech in mid-January, outlining agenda to leave the EU Single market in a definite…