Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Bulgaria has its new government, three weeks after the eighth general election in just five years. Rumen Radev, who until January was the country's president, now assumes the job of prime minister.
Is South African President Ramaphosa facing impeachment proceedings? A court has ruled that a decision to halt proceedings against him were unconstitutional. The scandal, which goes back to the alleged theft of nearly half a million dollars, has plagued Ramaphosa for years.
The US’s global reputation is suffering. This is shown by this year's Democracy Perception Index, published by an organisation led by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. According to the study, Trump’s America is particularly unpopular in Europe.
A Rwandan government critic dies in prison, hours before his scheduled release. Officially his death is labelled a suicide. Others call it a suspicious death.
Turkey has seen a "dramatic democratic reversal" between 2000 and 2023, the new Berggruen Governance Index finds. It joins a list of countries which have become autocracies. It's a case of "sustained economic investment alongside institutional decay".
The Bahraini parliament on Thursday expelled three lawmakers, claiming teh move was a constitutional and legal actions against their stances overthe Iran war.
Dozens of people in Bahrain are losing their citizenship for allegedly expressing “sympathy” for Iran. Critics are calling it a “dangerous era of repression”.
Journalism is increasingly being criminalized in El Salvador, say media watchers, resulting in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. This leads self-censorship and limits freedom of expression.
Scotland and Wales are holding elections for new regional parliaments and elections are also taking place in many English local authorities. British Prime Minister Starmer has cause for concern since the polls are looking bleak for his Labour Party.
Collecting data from 145 countries across the globe, this year's Berggruen Governance Index finds stagnation of democratic accountability. There are also more hopeful findings, principal investigator prof. Helmut Anheier tells DNA.
