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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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Prisoners have been freed by Belarus as part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging leader Lukashenko to free hundreds of people in exchange for sanctions relief and an easing of his international isolation.
With two key regional elections only days away, the future of Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz hangs in the balance.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced EU-wide social media age limits in her State of the Union address delivered in Strasbourg:
Mexico is a dangerous country for journalists. Violent criminal cartels are a serious threat, but not the only one. Politicians right up to the very top are also listing journalists seen as awkward. And judicial harassment is a new tool being employed to silence reporters.
Nairobi serves as a haven for journalists in East Africa fleeing state persecution. Many are able to continue their work there using digital media in relative freedom. An Ethiopian reporter tells of his flight, his work for freedom of speech - and of the challenges.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko to be formally removed from power after it emerged that he had left the country after resigning amid a major corruption probe.
Belarus remains in the focus of international attention in connection with gross and systematic human rights violations. Now the state has begun persecuting oppositionists abroad, a UN committee has found.
The US Supreme Court ruling blocks mail ballot restrictions from taking effect in 2026 and it marks the culmination of a lengthy legal battle.
Germany is waiting with bated breath to see the outcome of elections in the former eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern following a dramatic win for the far-right in Saxony-Anhalt.
Germany’s conservatives remain the strongest force in Lower Saxony—but their support is slipping as the far-right AfD makes its biggest local gains yet. After a bruising result in Saxony-Anhalt, the vote offers Chancellor Friedrich Merz a brief reprieve, not a clear recovery.
