Hungary’s tumultuous political sphere seems like a never ending topic for democracy advocates. Right after the governing party’s much criticised actions (alterations in the country’s constitution, forced retirements and o...
[All links lead to French-language pages unless otherwise stated] When France’s Eurosceptic right-wing Front National (FN) party topped the country’s polls in last month’s European elections, it had its hardl...
It is increasingly clear that British politics is becoming more about leadership personalities and less about party policies, this can only be a move in the wrong direction. The phenomenon has been best represented in rece...
When the last polling stations closed in Italy on Sunday night, it had already been clear that the elections turned out to be just what had been expected. Despite the first time front-runners had been declared for the main part...
For Spain, the big news in the European elections is the triumphant emergence onto the political scene of “Podemos” [es] (We Can) (@ahorapodemos), a political entity created four months ago, led by the charismatic Pablo Igl...
The deputy director of Russia’s chief censorship agency, Roscomnadzor, has threatened that the government could block Twitter or Facebook entirely, in a matter of minutes. Maxim Ksenzov told Izvestia newspaper that Twitter ...
The Polish vodka Sobieski states on its website that vodka’s “birthplace was in Poland” and not in Russia, as many believe. However what draws attention to the product is the use of whistleblower Edward Snowden in...
As an active participant in the fight against FGM in the UK, Anj Handa was contacted by the Leeds Migrant Access Partnership early this year asking whether she would meet with one of their peer volunteers, indicating that they ...
Some of the most exciting and dramatic politics are centred on the democratic notion of elections. So with EU elections around the corner and a predicted low turnout, it seems that most of Europe is not quite as excited about t...