Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) The annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show at the Taipei 101 skyscraper will run this year for more than five minutes,…Read More
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Former Vice President Chen Chien-jen (???) returned to Taiwan on Monday after a six-day visit to the European Union member states of Poland and Lithuania.At the invitation of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chen attended a democracy forum Nov….
María Ribeiro da Silva, 64, spent a hot afternoon hawking a new contraption to acquaintances and friends who passed by her small grocery store on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city and home to more than 12 million people.Everyone who pas…
Deputy Interior Minister Chen Tsung-yen (???) said Saturday that referendums and general elections are different in essence and should not be lumped together, as he participated in a televised forum with an opposition lawmaker over the issue, ahead of …
The Kuomintang’s (KMT) opposition to pork imports with ractopamine should not be mistaken as a stance against pork products from the United States, KMT Legislator Lin Wei-chou (???) said Saturday at a televised referendum forum.Lin criticized the rulin…
The ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) on Wednesday designated former lawmaker Lin Ching-yi (???) as its candidate for the legislative by-election in Taichung slated for Jan. 9, 2022.The decision was made during the DPP’s Central Executive Committe…
The four referendums slated to take place on Dec. 18 are nothing new, Vice President Lai Ching-te (???) said Sunday, while urging voters to vot “no.”The outcome of the referendums could cause a crisis that would hurt Taiwan’s future but not a political…
The four referendums slated to take place on Dec. 18 are nothing new, Vice President Lai Ching-te (???) said Sunday, while urging voters to vot “no.”The outcome of the referendums could cause a crisis that would hurt Taiwan’s future but not a political…
A by-election for the second electoral constituency of Taichung will be held on Jan. 9, 2022, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday, while officially announcing Legislator Chen Po-wei’s (???) removal from office following last weekend’s r…
The Executive Yuan on Thursday approved a 4-percent pay raise for public sector workers that will be implemented next year.The proposed amendment to the 2022 central government budget bill to increase the wages of government employees, public school te…