Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Amid cries of "cancelling democracy" mayoral elections in four newly created mayoralties across England will likely be delayed until 2028, having already been delayed once. The motivation given by the government? More time is needed to complete the reorganisation.
Rafael Tudares Bracho, son-in-law of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in what the family call a political reprisal against Gonzalez Urrutia, who by many is seen as the rightful winner of last year's election in Venezuela.
Four years in prison for violating Austria's Prohibition Act, which bans Nazi activities. That's the verdict for a German publicist, who until 2018 published a far-right magazine promoting "racist ideas, anti-Semitism and other Nazi-era stereotypes".
Former EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was 1 of 3 people arrested as part of a fraud investigation. The EEAS, which she led until 2019 and the prestigious College of Europe, where she is currently rector. It is the latest corruption scandal to hit the EU and Europe.
Ugandan pposition and media are facing increasingly "repressive measures" leading up to next month's presidential and parliamentary elections, prompting UN rights chief Volker Türk to call upon authorities to cease such practices.
After a decade Haiti, long plagued by political and security woes, wants to organise elections in August 2026. To do that restoring security across the country is essential. It's a first step to put Haiti back on the path to democratic legitimacy.
The UK government has announced plans to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales in an attempt to turn around unprecedented backlogs and delays in justice.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia to protest against the current government, the proposed state budget and the lack of long overdue political lustration. The government has now reacted.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the Caribbean.
US President Donald Trump has said he will pardon former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández, in jail in the US for drugs trafficking on an industrial scale. The decision has provoked outrage from US lawmakers and judicial officials.
