Recent News Headlines : Democracy

FOREIGN POLITICAL DONATIONS TO BE BANNED UNDER SWEEPING NEW ANTI-ESPIONAGE LAWS


Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the announcement on Tuesday in what he labelled the most significant reforms to foreign interference laws in decades... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 0

UNIONIST OR SEPARATIST? MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR CATALONIA'S NEXT PRESIDENT


What she's promising The leader of Ciudadanos in Catalonia is one of the main anti-independence voices... READ MORE

4th December, 2017 84

HALF OF BRITONS SUPPORT A SECOND VOTE ON BREXIT, POLL FINDS


The poll also found 35 percent of those surveyed said they would be worse off financially after Brexit, while 14 percent said they would be better off... READ MORE

3rd December, 2017 2146

'A STUNNING VICTORY': BARNABY JOYCE CLAIMS NEW ENGLAND BY-ELECTION WIN


Barnaby Joyce and Malcolm Turnbull hail the strength of the coalition as the former deputy PM claims victory in the New England by-election... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 1221

WHY A VILLAGE OF SHERPAS WALKED FOR HOURS TO VOTE IN NEPAL'S ELECTIONS


He was wearing an I heart Nepal baseball cap in Tempathang and discussing politics the night before the elections... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 1006

DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FACE WORSE OUTCOMES IN SOME RICH AREAS REPORT


The government urgently needs to take action to improve the prospects of young people in Britain's rural areas and former industrial heartlands... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 2289

UK LAUNCHES PLAN FOR INDUSTRY AS BREXIT LOOMS WINS MERCK INVESTMENT


MSD said it would open a state-of-the-art life sciences discovery research facility in London by 2020, focusing on early bioscience discovery and entrepreneurial innovation... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 244

LABOR TO FORM MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, ANTONY GREEN PREDICTS


Queensland election Labor to form majority government, Antony Green predicts... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 25

FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT


There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 12

FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT


There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 12

CONSTITUTION COULD FORCE PALASZCZUK TO GOVERN IN A MINORITY


Queensland election What happens if Labor can't form a majority government?... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 107

MICHAEL GOVE GOES TO WAR WITH FAKE NEWS AS HE WARNS SOCIAL MEDIA 'CORRUPTS AND DISTORTS' POLITICSA


He said On social media there was a suggestion that somehow MPs had voted against the principle that animals are sentient beings... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 1270

DONALD TRUMP BACKS CANDIDATE ROY MOORE, DESPITE UNDERAGE SEX CLAIMS


Trump said that Alabama voters should not support Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate running against Moore in a special election next month... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 26

ANGOLA SHOWS EARLY SIGNS OF MEANINGFUL DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AS ZIMBABWE FALTERS


Three months ago, southern Africa's oil-rich bastion of economic inequality held open elections, its first after 38 years under autocrat Jose Eduardo dos Santos... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 305

AMSTERDAM WINS BATTLE TO HOST EU MEDICINES AGENCY AFTER BREXIT


EU President Donald Tusk said on Twitter before the vote that whatever the outcome, the real winner of today's vote is EU27... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 0

EU AGENCY RELOCATED FROM LONDON TO AMSTERDAM BY DRAWING NAME OUT OF A HAT AT RANDOM AFTER TIE IN VOTES


Brexit Secretary David Davis said in April that London could keep the two EU agencies after it left the bloc, but turned out to be wrong... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 5305

'TAOISEACH NEEDS TO DEAL WITH SENIOR FINE GAEL FIGURE'S 'MISOGYNISTIC' TWEETS'


There is a very definite misogynistic tone running through them all, Ms Shortall told Independent.ie... READ MORE

17th November, 2017 22

POLITICS REALLY IS RUINING THANKSGIVING, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM 10 MILLION CELLPHONES


From there, the analysis is pretty straightforward Do Democrats spend less time at Thanksgiving dinners in Republican households than in Democratic ones, and vice-versa?... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 190

IN KENTUCKY TOWN, GAY-MARRIAGE OPPONENT DAVIS STILL DIVIDES


Elwood Caudill Jr., who has worked across the hall from Davis for 21 years in the Property Valuation Administrator's Office, is running against Davis... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 0

MAJORITY OF NO VOTERS FROM WESTERN SYDNEY


Same-sex marriage Majority of No voters from Western Sydney... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 2890

TRUMP ASIA TRIP SHOWS PRESIDENT IS JEALOUS OF DESPOTS AND THEIR POWER


As Trump tries to divide Americans, we must instead unite -- in defense of democracy at home and abroad... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 192

ANALYSIS | THE REPUBLICANS' NEW TAX PLAN WILL INCREASE INEQUALITY. THAT'S BAD FOR DEMOCRACY.


Chang, found that growing inequality drives the gap in satisfaction with democracy between electoral winners and losers... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 275

DID THE VOTE TRANSCEND ITS CONTROVERSY?


Australians voted in favour of same-sex marriage, but for many the poll brought out complex emotions... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 62

AUSTRALIA VOTES YES TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE


Australians have voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage - with a majority 61.6 per cent of responses to the Yes vote and 38.4 per cent voting No... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 1298

FREEDOM HOUSE: GOVERNMENTS STRANGLING THE WEB


And many governments have now taken notice, and they fear the power of the internet... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 332

'BRACING FOR ANOTHER BREXIT OR TRUMP SHOCK'


At 10 00am AEDT we'll finally find out for sure how Australia feels about same-sex marriage... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 1061

MORE GOVERNMENTS MANIPULATING MEDIA WITH 'BOTS,' TROLLS, STUDY FINDS


A study of internet freedom in 65 countries found 30 governments are deploying some form of manipulation to distort online information, up from 23 the previous year... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 33

MP JO-ANN MILLER SAYS LABOR NEEDS TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ONE NATION VOTERS


Queensland election Outspoken MP Jo-Ann Miller urges Labor to be respectful of One Nation voters... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 253

IMPEACHED PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS' UNION SUBJECT OF 'WITCH HUNT', SUPPORTERS SAY


A referendum was called after Ms Ascough stopped the union from publishing information on abortion in a publication aimed at first year students... READ MORE

11th November, 2017 0

ALABAMA SENATE RACE TIED AFTER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ROY MOORE, POLL SAYS


Alabama Senate Race Tied After Allegations Against Roy Moore, Poll Says... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 261

Trending News Headlines : Democracy

CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE 'IN MATTER OF DAYS'


In his first interview since Sunday's referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would act at the end of this week or the beginning of next ... READ MORE

4th October, 2017 16487

SPANISH JUDGE JAILS EIGHT MEMBERS OF FORMER CATALAN GOVERNMENT


Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, used the article to sack Puigdemont and his government and announce snap regional elections on 21 December... READ MORE

3rd November, 2017 15392

AUSTRIA SET TO ELECT WORLD'S YOUNGEST LEADER


It is so far unclear whether the Social Democrats or the far-right Freedom Party will finish second... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 13336

SPAIN WILL REMOVE CATALONIA LEADER ESCALATING SECESSION CRISIS


Josep Lluis Cleries, a Catalan Senator, told reporters on Saturday that Mr. Rajoy was suspending not autonomy in Catalonia but democracy... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 13292

SPANISH COURT BLOCKS CATALAN PARLIAMENT FROM DECLARING INDEPENDENCE


Spanish court blocks Catalan parliament from declaring independence... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 7878

CATALONIA WILL DECLARE INDEPENDENCE IN DAYS, SAYS REGION'S PRESIDENT


Catalonia's President has claimed the autonomous region will declare independence from Spain at the end of this week or the beginning of next ... READ MORE

4th October, 2017 5484

CATALONIA'S AUTHORITIES HAVE 'SCORNED' ALL SPANIARDS WITH REFERENDUM


Spanish monarch uses strongly worded television address to chastise Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, for attempting to break the 'unity of Spain'... READ MORE

4th October, 2017 5072

HOW A TOKYO-BORN OUTSIDER BECAME THE FACE OF CZECH NATIONALISM


Tomio Okamura's background is about as multicultural as you can get... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 4807

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR EX-CATALAN LEADER CARLES PUIGDEMONT


Spain has been convulsed by crisis since Puigdemont's government held a unilateral independence referendum in defiance of Spain's government, constitution and constitutional court on 1 October... READ MORE

4th November, 2017 4191

CATALONIAS INDEPENDENCE SHOWDOWN WITH SPAIN, IN PHOTOGRAPHS


This set up a showdown over the weekend, as Spain careened into its greatest constitutional crisis since it embraced democracy in 1978... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 3545

CONGRESS WATCHDOG TO INVESTIGATE TRUMP VOTER FRAUD PANEL


Most state election officials and election law experts say that U.S. voter fraud is rare... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 3425

CATALAN LEADER OPENS DOOR TO SECESSION FROM SPAIN AFTER VOTE


People react as they gather at Plaza Catalunya after voting ended for the banned independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain October 1, 2017... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 2864

SPANISH MINISTER: POLICE VIOLENCE VIDEOS AGAINST CATALONIA REFERENDUM SUPPORTERS ARE 'FAKE NEWS'


Spain rsquo's foreign minister on Sunday stated that scenes of police violence against voters in the Catalonia independence referendum were ldquo fake news rdquo ... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 2424

'CATALONIA IS SPAIN': PROTESTERS SNUB CATALAN INDEPENDENCE


The Catalan leaders claimed that 90 percent of voters were in favor of seceding from Spain... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 2185

AUSTRIAN NATIONALISTS CLOSE IN ON POWER WITH MILLENNIAL AT HEAD


After a campaign dominated by migration and fair access to social security, his likely vice chancellor would be the Freedom Party's Heinz-Christian Strache, 48... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 2073

1/15 CATALAN PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR INDEPENDENCE


Catalan independence Spanish Senate approves measures to take direct control of Catalonia... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 2006

KING OF SPAIN ISSUES STERN MESSAGE OVER CATALAN CRISIS


We are living serious moments for our democracy and in these circumstances, I want to speak directly to all of the Spanish people... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 1844

CATALONIA REFERENDUM: REGION HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING AFTER TUMULTUOUS POLL


The Spanish government defended its response and said that the police had been acting to defend the constitution and Spanish democracy... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 1751

CZECH ELECTION WON BY ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT PARTY LED BY BILLIONAIRE


Andrej Babis, the billionaire leader of an anti-establishment party, is expected to become prime minister of the Czech Republic after mainstream parties fall short... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 1735

CATALANS SEEK TO MAKE INDEPENDENCE VOTE BINDING


That version of events, however, was firmly rejected by Catalan leaders, who accused Mr. Rajoy of returning Spain to authoritarianism... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 1626

CATALAN VOTE: CLAIMS OF SPANISH POLICE BRUTALITY PROBED


Human rights groups are investigating claims that Spanish police used excessive force to crack down on participants in Catalonia's referendum on secession... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 1620

TRUMP-STYLE BILLIONAIRE POPULIST ON BRINK OF POWER IN CZECH REPUBLIC


Slovakian-born Babis, 63, has been accused of seeking to undermine democracy by plotting to weaken parliament and buying up large swaths of the media to silence criticism... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 1581

CATALONIA BELONGS IN SPAIN, KING SAYS


Catalonia's leader has threatened to declare independence, and Madrid is making plans to impose direct rule... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 1450

BRAZILIANS ASKED TO VOTE ON SECESSION


The movement said it set up polls in more than 1,000 municipalities across the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Parana... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 1446

WE ARE OBSESSED WITH BREXIT AND TRUMP


We are obsessed with Brexit and Trump we should be thinking about China... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 1342

CATALAN PRESIDENT ACCUSES SPANISH KING OF BEING GOVERNMENT MOUTHPIECE


Carles Puigdemont calls for dialogue with Madrid but says he will press on with plans for declaration of independence... READ MORE

4th October, 2017 1254

ELDERLY WOMAN DRAGGED AWAY BY RIOT POLICE AMID CATALONIAN REFERENDUM VIOLENCE A


An elderly woman protesting outside a polling station was dragged away by Spanish police amid violent scenes during the Catalonian referendum... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 1244

SPAIN PM RAJOY ASKS SENATE FOR POWERS TO DEPOSE CATALAN PRESIDENT PUIGDEMONT


The parliamentary sessions in Madrid and Barcelona are likely to last several hours before each votes on their resolutions... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 1100

THIS BLUE-EYED MILLENNIAL IS SET TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN EUROPE


After a Social Democratic-People's Party coalition was formed four years ago, Kurz, then 27, became Austria's foreign minister -- the youngest top diplomat in Europe... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 970

ASIAN SHARES EDGE HIGHER FED CHIEF SPECULATION TEMPERS APPETITE


The New Zealand dollar NZD D4 skidded 0.7 percent to 0.6980 after a 1.7 percent fall on Thursday, its largest daily fall since June 2016... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 865


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