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Voter registrations jump as deadline nears for May elections

Applications to vote in elections taking place across the UK next month have jumped ahead of Thursday’s deadline. Contests are taking place on May 5 in each of the four nations, with every council seat in Scotland, Wales, London and many parts of ...

13 Apr 2022 at 15:25

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Head of Slovakia’s central bank convicted of bribery

The head of Slovakia’s central bank, who is a member of the European Central Bank committee that decides monetary policy for 20 countries, was convicted on Thursday of bribery and fined 100,000 euros (£88,328). The country’s Special Criminal ...

13 Apr 2023 at 16:44

World

Jimmy Lai’s bid to terminate national security trial in Hong Kong rejected

A Hong Kong court has rejected a publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement. Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder ...

29 May 2023 at 13:16

World

Putin critics lead march in Berlin calling for end to war in Ukraine

Prominent Russian opposition figures have led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin, criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia. Behind a banner that read “No Putin,...

17 Nov 2024 at 14:50

Three-quarters of public fear misinformation will affect UK elections – report

More than three-quarters of people fear misinformation and deepfakes will affect forthcoming elections and interfere with the democratic process, according to a new report. The Future Of Trust study, carried out by tech firm Adobe, found ...

18 Apr 2024 at 10:21

Scotland

Wellbeing of people in Scotland not improving, research suggests

Life for the average person in Scotland did not improve last year, according to new research from a charitable foundation. A new report based on surveys from Carnegie UK makes the case for governments in Edinburgh and London to work ...

05 Nov 2024 at 00:01

World

Myanmar leader announces state of emergency extension

The leader of Myanmar’s military-installed government has announced the extension of its mandate to rule for another six months in preparation for an election it has said will be held next year. The army seized power on February 1 ...

01 Aug 2022 at 12:48

Hong Kong protesters jailed for sedition after clapping and criticising judge

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Hong Kong protesters found guilty of sedition after clapping judge

Two Hong Kong residents, including a pastor, were found guilty of sedition and sentenced to jail on Thursday for clapping and criticising a judge during a previous trial over a banned vigil in the city. Garry Pang Moon-yuen, a ...

27 Oct 2022 at 11:33

Tory MP apologises after telling campaigner to ‘go back to Bahrain’

A campaigner who says he was tortured in Bahrain has made a police complaint after Conservative MP Bob Stewart told him to “go back to Bahrain” during a confrontation. Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the director of the Bahrain ...

19 Dec 2022 at 22:32

World

Greece’s new parliament sworn in following conservative party’s election victory

Greece’s new MPs were sworn in on Monday, just over a week after a general election which saw a number of smaller fringe parties from both the right and left of the political spectrum enter Parliament for the first ...

03 Jul 2023 at 12:31

Marginalised groups ‘locked out of democracy’ by voter ID rules

The Government has been accused of introducing voter identification rules that have seen marginalised groups “locked out of democracy” after a report found that they led to racial and disability discrimination in ...

11 Sept 2023 at 17:33

Local elections 2022: key results

Counting has finished in nearly all of the 200 local authorities in Britain that held elections on Thursday. Here are some of the key results: – Westminster (Labour gain) Westminster in central London had been ...

06 May 2022 at 22:55

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