The Bishop of Leicester has urged the Church of England to play a leading role in strengthening national unity amid growing political and social division. Addressing the General Synod, Rt Rev Martyn Snow…

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says that right-wing extremism continues to pose the greatest threat to the country’s democratic order, and has reported a significant rise in the number of identified extremists during the…

Zimbabwe’s parliament has approved constitutional amendments that would extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years; to become law, they await the signature of the president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The changes would…

More than twenty English councils have requested permission to delay their local elections scheduled for May, affecting over 2.5 million voters. The proposed postponements are linked to the government’s wide-ranging reorganisation of local…

Days before crucial parliamentary elections, Moldova’s president Maia Sandu has warned that Russian-backed plots are threatening her nation’s independence and European aspirations. Police have arrested 74 people accused of planning violent unrest, seizing…

As 5 November draws near, the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is extremely close, with Harris at 48% and Trump at 47% support according to a recent poll. Harris garners…

There has been a wave of criticism over Hong Kong's new security law, known as Article 23, unanimously passed by the pro-Beijing parliament on19 March. It allows closed-door trials, extended detention without charge,…

2024 will see the most extensive year of elections ever, with 4.2 billion people in 76 countries set to vote. However, the state of democracy appears precarious; global reports show it contracting, accompanied…

An annual report by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) says that democracy declined around the world for the sixth consecutive year in 2022 as half the world’s countries…

Tens of thousands of Israelis continue with weekly protests over the justice system and as many as one in three are considering leaving Israel. A leading radiologist, Professor Hoffmann, is in the process…