Berri: parliament to follow up on studying law proposals

ZURICH, June 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's lower house of parliament refused on Tuesday to address a bill aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks, stalling a bid to protect the country's banks ...

NEW YORK (Agencies): The lower house of Switzerland's parliament has refused to debate a bill that would allow Swiss banks to pass client information to the US tax authorities. The bill is the result of pressure from the US following revelations ...

Russia's Lower House of Parliament, or the Duma, has unanimously approved to support a bill that bans foreign gay, same-sex couples to adopt Russian orphans. The bill is also expanded to prohibit single foreign nationals from adopting as long as ...

The meeting is scheduled to take place in the Parliament House on Thursday noon. He will interact with the state MPs for two-hours, party sources said.

The Lower house turned down the plan to let US banks step around Swiss banking secrecy rules by 126-67 votes, . The measure which was approved by the Upper House last week goes back to to be re-discussed in the upper house again tomorrow Full ...

Asif Ali Zardari is set to create a record by becoming the first President to address a joint session of both houses of parliament for a sixth time. ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari is set to create a record by becoming the first President to address a joint ...

The government has decided to hold discussions with major political parties to have a special session of Parliament to discuss the National Food Security Bill, Food minister KV Thomas said today. Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting to discuss an ...

Seen mostly in business attire and kurtas at the Parliament House, we bring to you some unseen pictures of the Kurukshetra MP.

The British parliament has finally decided to give the mother of murdered British girl Scarlett Keeling after months of prodding. Keeling was raped and murdered in Goa five years ago. She was found dead on February 18, 2008. Fiona MacKeowan said that her ...