Shorouk Express Musk was reacting to von der Leyen’s unveiling of the European Democracy Shield, a new strategy to step up the fight against foreign interference online, including in elections. “Democracy is the foundation of our freedom. Democracy is the foundation of our prosperity. Democracy is the foundation of our security,” von der Leyen wrote…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Robert Prevost has become the first US leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church – taking the name Pope Leo XIV and telling the world: “Peace be…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 20. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected today as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first female President in IOC history, following 1 round of voting at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, Trend reports. Coventry was chosen over fellow presidential candidates HRH…
Shorouk Express The election was originally scheduled for summer but Alexander Lukashenka’s government decided to bring it forward to January. Political scientists and commentators suggest two explanations. The first is that the winter weather will reduce the likelihood of protests. After the violent repression of the protests that followed the 2020 presidential election, which Lukashenka…
