Bulgaria

Bulgarian PM set for tough coalition talks after splintered election

While Borissov led preliminary results with 26% of the vote, his centre-right GERB lost ground to smaller parties following months of anti-graft protests.

05/04/2021

United Kingdom

'Kill the Bill': UK protests over law that will give police new powers

Some carried anti-sexism placards and chanted “Women scared everywhere, police and government do not care!”

04/04/2021

Belarus

'An attempt to intimidate': Belarus arrests journalists and activists

"This is an attempt to intimidate journalists and human rights activists who have been telling the world about the unbelievable scale of repressions," said Viasna activist Valiantsin Stefanovich.

16/02/2021

Russia

Russia: Valentine's Day flashlight protests demand Navalny's release

The protest, dubbed "Love is stronger than fear," was called by Navalny's allies for Valentine's Day in solidarity with people detained in recent opposition protests.

14/02/2021

Poland

Poland: Eleventh day of anti-government, pro-abortion protests

Marches were held in several Polish cities on Sunday despite coronavirus restrictions, and followed a 100,000-strong protest in Warsaw on Friday.

02/11/2020

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Police violently disperse demonstrators at Belarus protest march

Black-clad masked police violently disperse protesters and make arrests at the latest opposition march in Minsk against the re-election of Belarus's strongman leader Lukashenko.

11/10/2020

Belarus

Belarus: More than 300 arrested at women's march in Minsk

Among those arrested was 73-year-old Nina Baginskaya who has become a regular figure of anti-establishment protests since they began in August.

19/09/2020

Montenegro

Euroviews. With power within reach, this is what Montenegro's new coalition government needs to do first ǀ View

Montenegro's opposition is on the cusp on forging a historic coalition, ending nearly 30 years of rule by the country's Democratic Socialists. There is a lot on the agenda to turn the country around.

10/09/2020

Montenegro

Who is the opposition alliance that won Montenegro's election?

The opposition, consisting of three major political alliances, secured a slim victory over the incumbent DPS party, which has been in power for nearly three decades. But what do these factions stand for?

02/09/2020

Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Justice minister resigns as protests pass 50 day mark

Justice minister Danail Kirilov is the fifth minister to resign from the government since protests started in July as the public anger shows no signs of abating.

27/08/2020

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Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Minsk

Tens of thousands of people marched in Belarus against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

16/08/2020

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Opposition urges 'Russia without Putin' in rally for Boris Nemtsov

He was gunned down and killed five years ago this week. On Saturday, a rally was held to remember Boris Nemtsov

29/02/2020

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Pakistan opposition sets ultimatum for government to step down

Pakistan's opposition demanded on November 1 that Prime Minister Imran Khan and his administration resign within two days, raising the stakes in a protest campaign that the government has denounced as a threat to democracy.

01/11/2019

World

Protesters persevere on Iraq's mean streets

Protestors returned to the streets of Iraq over the weekend

28/10/2019

China

Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Hong Kong

Police fire tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in ninth consecutive week of demonstrations.

10/08/2019

World

Russia is a fake democracy, claims activist, ahead of planned protests

Protesters are on the streets in Moscow because they want to oust Russia's president Vladimir Putin, it's been claimed.

09/08/2019

China

Watch again: Hong Kong rally in support of pro-democracy protesters

Hong Kong civil servants hold a rally in support of pro-democracy protesters.

02/08/2019

Romania

Romania's top court strikes down changes to criminal code

Monday's ruling comes at a sensitive time, amid public outrage over the slow response of authorities to the abduction and murder of two teenage girls.

30/07/2019

China

Remembering Tiananmen, 30 years on

Rights groups and witnesses say the number of those killed in the violence could run into the thousands. Chinese authorities have never released a full death toll and have banned any public commemoration.

04/06/2019

Albania

Watch: Anti-government protests in Albania

It is the 9th protest of its kind since February.

13/04/2019