DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

Bulgaria: new government, renewed hope

Government formed after exhausting series of elections promises action on corruption and impunity

A defeat for populism in the Czech Republic

United opposition tactics start to pay off

Kazakhstan: demands for radical change met with lethal response

President puts himself firmly in Putin’s pocket to deny democracy

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

Nicaragua: the king is naked and everybody knows

Ortega claims victory while most Nicaraguans stay away from the polls

Eswatini: one man standing in the way of democracy

Democracy protests seek to end Africa’s last absolute monarchy

Ecuador: political turmoil far from over

New president faces rough ride as progressive Indigenous political movement rises

Nothing funny about Russia’s election farce

Legislative election reaffirms Putin’s authoritarian grip

Cuba: the beginning of the end?

There can be no return to normal following Cuba’s biggest wave of protests in decades

Change in Germany – but how much?

Election still falls short on hopes of climate campaigners