Stories about International Relations from April, 2019
As a comedian wins Ukraine's presidency by a landslide, Russians watch with awe and envy
Russians have been glued to their screens as they watched a rare show: unpredictable elections where an incumbent can hold debates with an outsider, lose the vote, and concede peacefully.
A series of bomb attacks on churches and hotels spark terror in Sri Lanka
Hundreds were killed and injured in a series of planned explosions in Sri Lanka. A twelve-hour islandwide curfew was declared by the government while social media sites were restricted.
A Global Voices story helps translation competition winners express their passion for the Czech language
An international competition of translation into Czech using a GV story presents awards to global winners.
Pope Francis will visit North Macedonia in May, shortly after presidential elections
It is the first time a pope visits North Macedonia.
New online database catalogues nearly 40,000 photos from Japanese wartime occupation of China
A new online database of nearly 40,000 historical images offers a glimpse of life under the wartime occupation of northeast China by Japan.
Slovenian officials rebuff Hungary, refuse to censor cartoon satire ridiculing Viktor Orbán
Slovenian officials pledged to "never interfere in any of the media’s editorial policy."
All you need to know about India's 2019 general elections
After a campaign season complete with hashtag battles between candidates, Indians are gearing up to take to the polls for the 2019 general elections.
Moscow human rights activists sue a Russian far eastern republic over ban on migrant workers
Human rights activists will have to fight Yasen Nikolayev’s act on purely legalistic grounds, arguing that regulating the local labor market in Yakutia is not actually required.
Why are some Czechs claiming Slovakia's president-elect as their own?
Czech's current leaders are conservative, often anti-Brussels, openly opposed to taking in refugees. Slovakia's Zuzana Čaputová is everything that they're not.
When Algeria makes headlines, French and English media report differently
French- and English-language media sources take different approaches to reporting on the Algerian political crisis.
