#Democracy

Council of Europe: Chancellor Merkel to Parliamentary Assembly, “ringing the alarm when democratic values are endangered”

Kosovo: Osmani elected President. Krastev (political analyst) to SIR, “generational change in post-war politics”. Issue of Serbia still pending

Father Celso Ba Shwe (Loikaw), “Help us, or Myanmar will  soon turn into a burial ground”

The heartbreaking account from the diocese of Loikaw by Father Celso Ba Shwe, Apostolic Administrator. “Many cities in Myanmar are…

Myanmar. Card. Charles Bo (Yangon): “Let no more blood be shed.” “We are ready to mediate dialogue”

The photo is symbolic of yesterday’s protests in Maynmar against the coup on 1 February: a nun on her knees…

Catholics’ peaceful protest in Yangon, reciting prayers and the Rosary

Catholics join the demonstrations. In the past few days and yesterday, peaceful demonstrations were held in Yangon and across Myanmar…

Myanmar, protests across the country. The Bishop of Mandalay shows his support to the people with the three-finger salute

As thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the country, in Yangon, Mandalay and Monwya, the Catholic…

Belarus: EU denunciation, “persecutions, torture and expulsions. Authorities must listen to calls for a democratic future”

Hungary: independent radio Klubrádió to be silenced. European Federation of Journalists, “the EU cannot stand by”.

Navalny the tip of the iceberg. Lipke: “Russia- violence, poverty and lack of freedom”

Jesuit Fr Stephan Lipke, director of the St Thomas Institute in Moscow, analyses the situation in the Eurasian country for…

Myanmar: Borrell (EU), condemns the coup. “Unacceptable attempt to forcibly overturn the will of the people”

USA: today Joe Biden to be sworn in as 46th President for a more pluralistic society

Biden will not swear his oath of office before the crowds but in front of a group of selected few,…