While a de facto state of emergency continues in the capital city of Turkey due to the upcoming NATO summit, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) marched to Kızılay Square, centre of Ankara, with the slogan “Down with imperialism, down with NATO!”
Communist Front - Italy held its second congress from 22-24 May in Rome. Delegates from all over Italy discussed the theses on the agenda.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Cyprus on May 24. Leaving the 24 seats allocated to Turkish Cypriots empty, the voters elected 56 of the 80 members of the House of Representatives.
On May 16, a large demonstration was held in Helsingborg, Sweden ahead of NATO's informal summit on May 21-22. Around 1,000 demonstrators had gathered within the Stop NATO network to show their dissatisfaction with Sweden's deepening participation in the NATO terrorist alliance and to say that that NATO is not welcome in Sweden!
Ahead of the May 24 elections, AKEL criticises the government’s management of offshore natural gas.
Last weekend, the Student Festivals of the Communist Youth of Greece took off in Attica and Central Macedonia.
Elections in Cyprus will be held on the 24th of May. A right-wing alliance is formed by centre-right DISY and DIKO with fascist ELAM. AKEL Parliamentary Spokesperson, Giorgos Loukaidis, issued a statement about this alliance, calling it a serious danger for democracy and the country.