The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties โ and itโs a model that could be applied everywhereEce Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and political commentatorAfter 22 years of power grabs, the seizure …
The bloc has spearheaded efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Damascus in recent months.
Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Cฤlin Georgescu. Itโs another win for the Kremlin.
U.S. Trump administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
U.S. Trump administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
Joe Wrightโs new drama gives a theatrical take on the dictatorโs flaws but there is so much more history viewers need to knowOn 3 January 1925, Benito Mussolini delivered the most important speech of his life to the Italian parliament. His career was a…
Thirty-five years after the horrors of the Ceauศescu dictatorship were discovered in Romania, our reporters investigated one of the darkest episodes in the country’s history โ the squalid, state-run institutions where thousands of children were locked…
As AfD says Germany is in grip of โeco-dictatorshipโ, Green party tones down mention of climate actionThe crowd had crammed into a concert hall in central Berlin to hear crunch-time election pitches from Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, the high-pr…
“This is a blatant affront to democracy. Lukashenko doesnโt have any legitimacy,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
Protestors held banners calling for democracy and an end to dictatorship.
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“As Russian citizens, we have to stay on the front โ until the end,โ one recruit said.ย
Soon-to-depart national security adviser says the global situation is notably improved.
Poland’s foreign ministry calls the Hungarian government’s decision a “hostile” step and an “insult” to Polish authorities.
Spainโs culture ministry has returned the first of more than 5,000 items taken by the dictator 84 years agoSpainโs culture ministry has begun to fulfil its promise to return more than 5,000 works of art that were taken by the Franco regime after restor…
While the brutal end of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship may justify, from a purely legal point of view, a freeze on current proceedings, it is still too early to know what institutional order will emerge in Damascus. Only stability conducive to the reco…
For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.
Opposition fighters have taken control of key cities and freed prisoners held for years behind bars.
Opposition leaders called for Yoon Suk Yeol’s resignation following martial law attempt.
The overwhelming majority of Europeans support climate action, but they must be compensated for its costs in tangible waysThis year was not an easy time to be Green. Green parties took a beating in Juneโs European elections, with their seat count plumm…
Far-right NATO-skeptic Calin Georgescu is on track to win the Romanian presidency, thanks to a Russia-influenced campaign.ย
Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu threw his support behind reformist Elena Lasconi for president.
Joan Busquets, 96, suffered torture, forced labour and 20 years in prison under the Franco regime and seeks reparationsOne of the last surviving fighters from the guerrilla war waged against the Franco dictatorship in the 1940s is suing the Spanish gov…
Almost 50 years after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, the way the repression is remembered still remains a taboo subject in many Spanish families. But younger generations are fighting to revive the memory of the hundreds of thousands of pe…
The far-right Vox party says that the October 29 tragedy that killed at least 210 people is not due to climate change, but rather to the abandonment of major hydraulic projects launched under the dictatorship.
In east Germany, our history is shrouded in lies and silence. Until we break their hold, support for extremism will flourishIt was the autumn of 1989. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans were fighting for their first chance to live in a demo…
Alice Weidelโs grandfather was a military judge in Hitlerโs regime.
Belarus has sought the extradition of Andrei Gnyot, arrested in 2023 in Belgrade, over money laundering charges which his supporters argue are politically motivated.
Pedro Sรกnchezโs tone sharply contrasts with that of his European counterparts. He needs to prove itโs not just rhetoricThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sรกnchez, recently read in parliament a newspaper article from Venezuela about a battered boat that …
The greeting “God save the Tsar” came from ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin.
Alternative for Germany is back in the spotlight over Saxony politician’s business dealings in Belarus.
The EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell described Nicolรกs Maduro’s regime in Venezuela as โdictatorialโ and โauthoritarianโ on Sunday, alluding to those forced to flee the country, including the opposition leader whom Madrid granted asylum last week….
Caracas accused U.S. citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national of exporting โdestabilizationโ to the South American country.
Spain’s ambassador has been summoned by Venezuela after a minister called the country a “dictatorship”.
Spain’s ambassador has been summoned by Venezuela after a minister called the country a “dictatorship”.
Julio Pacheco says he will appeal against the โdevastatingโ decision to abandon the first such investigation in SpainHopes of securing justice for people tortured under the four-decade Franco dictatorship in Spain have suffered a major setback after a …
Nicaragua’s regime-aligned Congress approved a law Tuesday (3 September) empowering domestic courts to pass rulings against people and entities abroad that are found to promote sanctions against the internationally criticized government.
Venezuela’s attorney general’s office said on Monday (2 September) a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzรกlez Urrutia, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes.
President Emmanuel Macron is an avid user of the app and his government granted Pavel Durov a French passport. That didn’t shield the Telegram CEO from arrest.
EU ambitions face new blow as analyst warns the government’s move “would be the end of Georgia’s democracy.”
Nicaragua on Monday (19 August) shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega.
Atonement director hopes viewers get swept along by M: Son of the Century as โto demonise these characters absolves us of moral responsibilityโHe built up violent paramilitary gangs and terrorised political opponents, suspended democracy in favour of a…
The United States, Britain and Canada unveiled sweeping sanctions against Belarus on Friday (9 August) to mark the fourth anniversary of a contested presidential election that returned strongman President Alexander Lukashenko to power.
The largest prisoner swap since the Cold War freed several leading members of the Russian opposition.
Opinions about the Hungarian prime minister show how much the two vice presidential candidates differ in their thinking.
Dissidents released by western efforts backtrack โ โUkraine must winโ; Kyiv targeted with missiles and drones. What we know on day 895 Ukrainians have reacted angrily to calls by freed Russian political prisoners to ease sanctions that affect ordinary …
The country’s half-century milestone cements that only democracy and international cooperation can provide solutions to 21st-century challenges.
The 1974 collapse of the far-right junta brought relief โ but for some it took years to feel safeAfter a seven-year military dictatorship that tortured and exiled opponents, violently suppressed dissent, and restricted freedom of expression, a new dawn…
Political analysts and historians weigh in on an unprecedented moment in American politics.
Eccentric Romanian politician says she has already brought myrrh and a religious icon into the Brussels legislature.
Thousands of children were adopted abroad during the Pinochet dictatorship โ many in murky circumstances Mirjam Hunze grew up in the quiet Dutch town of Lunteren, but always felt too loud, too different, too curious in her strict Protestant household. …
One of Albaniaโs greatest writers who explored the ugliness and dignity of this ancient and long-oppressed nationIsmail Kadare, who has died aged 88, was the best known Albanian writer of his own generation and all others, and one of the most remarkabl…
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction, has died aged 88. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from interviews he gave throughout his lifeIsmail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies …
Macronโs allies trailing at 21% as leaders of political groups gear up for a televised debate this eveningDaniel Freund, a German Green MEP, has sent a letter with 20,000 signatures to the European Council president calling for the upcoming Hungarian p…
Welcoming those who want to break with the Russian leaderโs regime would mobilize a key community to help Ukraine to victory.
Culture ministry hopes to help people reclaim family property plundered by Franco regimeSpainโs culture ministry has published a list of more than 5,000 items plundered by the Franco regime โ including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, furniture and re…
I think of the fear and empty fridges in Ceauseศcuโs Romania โ and Iโll be thinking of Ukraine and Georgia on 9 JuneItโs December 1989 and a young woman is sitting in a Bucharest theatre, watching a sold-out performance of Hamlet. The air is laden with…
President warns at 80th anniversary that democracy is under great threat than at any time since second world warJoe Biden has marked the 80th anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy with an impassioned call to western allies to continue supportin…
Security was tight and access restricted to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown, while Hong Kong also increased policing as activists in Taiwan and elsewhere prepared to mark the date with vigils.
The European Union’s disinformation-busting team last month debunked a Russian-language video on YouTube that said citizens were fleeing dictatorship in EU member Poland and seeking refuge in Belarus, a close ally of Moscow.
Former world champion is accused of “heading a terrorist society, funding terrorist activity and justifying it publicly,” TASS reports.
Nicolas Schmit is ramping up criticism of his boss as the EU election nears.
The events of April 25, 1974 have left an indelible mark on the history of Portugal and Europe.ย That evening, a group of 200 left-leaning young Portuguese military captains walked out of their barracks and occupied strategic locations.ย Tired of the ra…
Nicolas Schmit launches scathing attack against Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
Chinaโs President Xi Jinping has been received in Serbia and Hungary as the messiah. Only during communism Belgrade and Budapest were so decorated with flags and posters and so many people were bussed to greet the high visitor.
The separatist politician is running for president from his camp just across the Spanish border.
Three UN experts warn proposed โharmony lawsโ may contravene international human rights standardsnew laws proposed by rightwing and far-right regional coalition governments to โwhitewashโ the Franco dictatorship could contravene international human rig…
Younger voters’ interest in extremist groups tends to be short-lived and driven by frustration with the present, not nostalgia for the past.
In Portugal’s southernmost region, Brussels won’t feature in the upcoming EU election. Instead, it will be a battle to stop the ascendant Chega party.
Exhibition explores how a Spanish-Filipino artist in 1966 opened a trailblazing cultural outpost in Cuencaโs โhanging housesโIn July 1966, as the Beatles were preparing to release Revolver and Spain was approaching the 30th anniversary of the coup that…
Thousands in Lisbon celebrated the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugalโs Carnation Revolution, which toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy. The almost bloodless revolution was conducted by a group of junior ar…
Today, we remember the 1974 Carnation Revolution. But as memories of dictatorship fade, anti-democratic forces are on the riseFifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, a military-led movement in Portugal took down the rightwing authoritarian regime that had g…
Thousands of people in Portugal are marking the fiftieth anniversary of the country’s Carnation Revolutionย โ a military coup that put an end to Europe’s longest dictatorship and to 13 years of colonial wars in Africa. The 1974 revolt, which was led by…
Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday (25 April) of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy.
On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europeโs longest-lasting dictatorshipBy Jonathan Steele and Antonio de Figueirdo26 April 1974 Continue reading…
We would like to hear what you remember of the Carnation Revolution, and your experience of what Portugal is like todayAfter years of fighting colonial wars in Africa, on 25 April 1974 a coup by the Movimento das Forรงas Armadas (Armed Forces Movement) …
Portugal on Wednesday (25 April) will mark the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a military coup that put an end to Europe’s longest-lived dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa.
The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.
“Tinpot dictatorship” fumed one of the National Conservatism Conference organizers.
Chris Keil on the significance of the Portuguese entry for the 1974 competition. Plus John Lovelock on Abbaโs appealAlexis Petridisโs article (Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!, 5 April) didnโt mention the o…
As the 50th anniversary of the transition to democracy is celebrated, the rise of the far right is casting a shadow over the presentTwentieth-century military coups tended to be accompanied by murder, torture and brutal repression, rather than flowers …
By calling for conquest, Xi has made an enemy of the Taiwan’s tribes, which rightfully say their ancestors inhabited the island long before the dawn of the Chinese era.
The country has its most fragmented parliament since the end of its dictatorship half a century ago.
The country has its most fragmented parliament since the end of its dictatorship half a century ago.
Opposition movements, especially those based abroad, rarely succeed.
Russian president uses victory speech to say war in Ukraine and strengthening military will be his main tasksVladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russiaโs presidential vote, as thousands in the country and around the world protested agains…
Well-intentioned moves are afoot to โoverhaul the machinery of governmentโ. But itโs the policies that are the problemIt was Dr Johnson, not Boris Johnson, who declared โpatriotism is a last refuge of the scoundrelโ. Some years have passed since Johnso…
Budapest’s foreign minister fumes that it “is not obliged to tolerate lies, even from the president of the United States.”
US president said Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, is โlooking for a dictatorshipโ after Orbรกn met with Trump in FloridaHungary summoned the US ambassador over comments by the US president, Joe Biden, who said the prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, w…
Hard-line policies and racism controversies have marked its journey to becoming Portugal’s third-largest political force.
Sunday’s election leaves the country with nobody firmly in charge, and the nationalist Chega party poised to wield a remarkable amount of power.
The Hungarian leader has become an icon to some conservative populists for advocating โilliberal democracy.โ
For the first time since the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago, the far right could play a role in choosing the government.
The spectre of a second Donald Trump presidency is stalking America. Depending on whom you believe, the worldโs biggest superpower is either sleepwalking into dictatorship, or everyone just needs to chill out. Eight months before the US presidential e…
If Germany really is coming to terms with the notion of hard power for a moral purpose, Boris Pistorius will have played no small part in that.
European Parliament resolution calls for an independent investigation of December’s election.
Lack of progress in addressing two key international crisis points underscores the limitations in the Biden administrationโs diplomatic outreach to Beijing.
As voters in Taiwan head to the polls to select their next president, the stakes could hardly be higher.
Rev Franco Reverberi is accused of crimes against humanity during countryโs military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980sItalyโs justice minister has refused Argentinaโs request to extradite a priest accused of crimes against humanity during the country…
Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto fled Argentina in 2011 and will be tried in Rome for premeditated killing of eight people in last military dictatorshipA judge in Rome has ordered Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto, a former Argentine army officer accused of murder …
Donald Tusk’s new government is facing a huge struggle to unravel eight years of rule by the nationalist PiS party, protected by President Duda.
