A Turkish flag in Alanya (source: Flickr) Ahead of Turkey’s 2023 elections, many concerns remain over the country’s judicial independence and media freedom. Turkish President Erdogan’s
Bulgaria’s parliament in Sofia (source: WikiMedia Commons) Bulgaria’s incumbent coalition appears in large trouble as a main governing party decided to withdraw from the 6-month-old cabinet.
Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks in the EU Parliament, March 2022 (source: Wikimedia Commons) Eyes in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are on Brussels this week, as
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei (left) with Muqtada al-Sadr (right) – WikiMedia Commons Lawmakers from Iraq’s largest parliamentary bloc – the Sadrists – have stepped down after
In a latest sign of democratic backsliding, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked 57 judges – blaming them of “obstructing the functioning of justice”. It
On June 4, Albania’s parliament has voted for chief of defense Bajram Begaj to become its new president. With 78 votes in favour in the
Belgrade in 2018 (Wikimedia Commons) Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Serbia has secured a Russian gas deal, that will be signed with a
A banner in the Lebanese city of Tyre (Sour), commemorating the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of Shia leader Musa al-Sadr (left), also depicting Nabih
Protesters near the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in 2019 (WikiMedia Commons) Sudan’s ruling sovereign council has said to lift the country’s year-long state