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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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The opposition has narrowly won the general election in Sweden. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is accepting the consequences – and has submitted his resignation.
Abuses of power, creeping authoritarianism and a worsening rights situation: the state of democracy in Nicaragua is steadily worsening, the UN rights chief decries. "There is almost nothing left to shut down," Volker Turk says.
For the past five years, the Taliban have banned girls in Afghanistan from receiving secondary education and from attending university. But there are still some places where girls can receive an education. How does this work?
After 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s media machine, Hungary’s journalists are discovering what freedom feels like—and how difficult it can be to use. As propaganda fades, independent newsrooms face a new challenge: reinventing themselves before another system takes shape.
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.
With two key regional elections only days away, the future of Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz hangs in the balance.
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.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced EU-wide social media age limits in her State of the Union address delivered in Strasbourg:
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.
