Mauritius stakes a claim

Mauritius highlights its territorial dispute with the UK, and a BBC report showcases the virtues of a free press.

February election roundup

Your monthly update of electoral news around the world: features Costa Rica, Australia, Spain and Switzerland.

France begins voting for president in two months time, with the still-undeclared incumbent looking in a strong position.

The drums of war in Ukraine beat perhaps a little more softly this week. But could Russia be planning a limited operation in eastern Ukraine?

Seventy years of an unusually successful monarch is worth celebrating. But it's also important to note how unusual it is.

There are presidential and legislative elections in Costa Rica on Sunday. Also recent results from Italy, Barbados and Northern Cyprus.

As its support declines, Germany's far-right party loses its last advocate of a (relatively) moderate approach.

Portugal's centre-left prime minister wins a third term, as voters punish the parties that forced the early election.

Portugal's centre-left prime minister goes to an early election, without much hope of changing the parliamentary arithmetic.

Some of the war talk about Ukraine seems to be coming off the boil. There are good reasons why it should.