Albania's parliament voted on Wednesday to sack President Ilir Meta over statements which the ruling party said advocated violence and violated the constitution, Reuters reported from Tirana. Some 104 of parliament's 140 deputies voted for Meta to be dismissed more than a year before the end of his term, the first time this has happened in Albania since the multi-party system was introduced in 1991. The Constitutional Court, whose approval is needed to formalise parliament's decision, is expected to rule within three months.

Slovenia's conservative PM Janez Jansa survived an impeachment motion late on Wednesday, a month before the country takes on the EU’s rotating presidency, news wires reported. The impeachment was backed by 42 lawmakers against 44 in the 90-seat parliament, failing to reach the absolute majority needed for it to be succesful. Had it succeeded, it would likely see the 62-year-old removed from office and snap elections called, AFP noted.

Slovenia’s opposition filed on Friday a constitutional impeachment motion against PM Janez Jansa, arguing he has failed to order enough vaccines for the nation and is hurting the freedoms of media and the judiciary, news wires reported. MPs will debate and vote on the impeachment motion as soon as next month. If approved, the motion will be passed on to the nation’s top court, which will decide whether to oust Jansa.

US senators voted on Tuesday to move forward with Donald Trump's impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, rejecting a claim the proceeding was unconstitutional after viewing graphic video of the January attack, Reuters reported.

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening today with a sense of urgency both by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent Capitol assault and by Republicans who want it over as fast as possible, AP reported.

The second impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump was set in motion on Monday after the US House of Representatives forwarded the article of impeachment to the Senate. Carrying the charge of "incitement of insurrection," the article was read before the second chamber of Congress shortly after 7 pm on Monday (0000 GMT Tuesday), dpa reported.

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first US president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.

The US Vice President Pence on Tuesday rebuffed calls from House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, news wires reported. "I do not believe such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with the Constitution," Pence wrote in a letter to Pelosi released Tuesday night.

Congressional Democrats on Monday begin their drive to force President Donald Trump from office, kicking off a week of legislative action, Reuters reported.

In the aftermath of President Rumen Radev inciting the Bulgarian people to rebel, outraged citizens have started a petition against him. Thousands have already signed it, supporting the impeachment of the head of state, who essentially called for a civil war.