In a comprehensive broadcast interview, his first in over two years, former President Koruin Gruaman, who also served as Prime Minister between 2008 and 2011, defended himself against claims that his legacy cost the Progressive Centrists the presidency four years…
President Artamova this morning praised the ‘professionalism and bravery’ of his security detail who apprehended a man that tried to break through the security cordon, designed to protect the president, at an event. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as Artamova…
President Gennadiy Artamova and his closest challenger, the Progressives’ Marina Yanaka, have voted in the presidential election. The leading challengers took to their home states of Buratiyan and Béspura respectively this morning to cast their ballot in an election where…
President Artamova ended his general election campaign by attending a final campaign rally in Pálot in Yevcimir today. Hoping to win the state that backed the Progressives during the 2011 campaign, the Union Party has claimed its own private polling…
The next part in our in-depth series looking at the runners and riders in the race to succeed President Artamova centres around potential candidates from the Progressives – looking to win back the presidency for the first time since 2003…
As the new year draws closer attention is turning to the biggest political event of the year ahead – as the runners and riders for the 2015 presidential election begin to declare their hand. A poll released on Sunday evening…
The Progressive Centrists are on the verge of a long awaited boost after initial polling has suggested former Prime Minister Marina Yanaka could be within touching distance of President Artamova in a theoretical race for the presidency in 2015. Yanaka, tipped by…
Politics has changed dramatically since a young lawyer from Buratiyan at the age of 39 was approached to ask if he could write a paper on ‘democracy’. Koruin Mizirov Gruaman rose to prominence in the country at a young age,…
A leading Centrist party figure Alexei Sukhorukov has issued a public warning to the Prime Minister, that he is considering defection to the Sar nationalist party, Party of Unity. Speaking in an interview on PTV earlier today, Mr Sukhorukov, who…
The Prime Minister is expected to use a trip to Nicosia in September as an opportunity to build up an international image. Fedorov, serving as Prime Minister since December will mark his first international visit to the island, when the…
The Minister for Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection is under pressure after he signalled a shift in the Government’s energy policy. Speaking at a press conference in Karasicena yesterday, Dmitry Lebedev announced that a deal had been reached between…
Assemblyman Emil Badal has criticised a deal by the Kamchetkan Governor, Stepan Michalvich, which has reduced the states annual grant by almost 8%. Badal, who represents the state in the upper-house said that while the state was one of the…
In a rousing speech last night at Central Square in Arvi, the largest city in Polasciana, President Gennadiy Artamova drew to a close the celebrations marking his accession to office following his inauguration on Sunday. A four day national holiday…
In a New Year’s holiday message to the country the Prime Minister, Ludvig Fedorov, has pledged to ‘unite’ his party and ‘renew’ their ‘mission in government’. Marking the formal start to his tenure as Polasciana’s premier, Fedorov has urged his…
The Prime Minister, Ludvig Fedorov, has agreed to a deal which gives the upper-chamber, the Federal Council, an automatic veto of government policy. Previously government policy could accede in the event that the Council did not vote, by majority, to…
The President has agreed to take part in a comprehensive interview on the eve of the inauguration of President-elect Gennadiy Artamova.The interview, to be held live on PTV1 on January 5th, 2012, will take a look back at Lukyanov’s term…
President Lukyanov has proposed a set of talks between the two major parties in an attempt to resolve the ongoing government crisis. In a crunch meeting with the leader of the Federal Council, Ivan Tattar, the President urged the Union…