Prime Minister Robert Fico would gladly take the same steps many autocrats have taken. He would love to ban and suppress peaceful protests that trigger his traumatic memories of 2018, when public ...

Congress had budgeted at least $690 million on pro-democracy programs this year to counter nations considered the world's ...

After ruler Alexander Lukashenko was voted into a seventh term of office in Belarus on Sunday, the EU is once again ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media outlets operating in the country that receive funding from the United States and ...

Price rises, low birth rate challenge Orban's upbeat view of economy Central bank warns of increased inflation risks U.S. tariffs could hit export-reliant central Europe Surging opposition rival ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s hopes that a strong economy will propel his Fidesz party to another election victory in 2026 are being challenged by a rebound in inflation, sagging ...