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18-01-2016
Citizens in Germany demand animal protection
The German state of Brandenburg soon might be free of industrial livestock farming (Massentierhaltung) due to a successful citizens’ initiative. On 14 January 2016 the electoral board of Brandenburg announced that 103.891 people had supported the initiative necessary to trigger...
18-01-2016
Citizen power in Germany: ready for the next step
The democracy group "Mehr Demokratie e.V." is an example of worldwide attempts to boost citizens’ participation in politics. Two representatives of the NGO, Anne Dänner and Oliver Wiedmann, told journalist Alexander Thoele of ...
15-01-2016
Sana and Lamia – the Twitter Twins of Tunis
A revolution, a deposed despot, a fifth anniversary, twins, four agile thumbs, eight languages. These are the ingredients of the following story about Sana and Lamia Noumi from Tunisia. These inseparable, 25-year old students of literature symbolize the roughly seven million...
21-12-2015
Opinion: Invite Tunisia to Join the European Union
In North Africa’s new and struggling democracy, EU membership could make all the difference, suggests Daniel Schily, board member of Democracy International.
10-12-2015
Democracy Actions 2015
Democracy throughout the world can only be realised with many, many people. Democracy International cordially thanks everybody who supported our work in 2015. We wish you all the very best for the new year. In our anthology we inform about our activities for more democracy...
10-12-2015
Gemeinsam für Demokratie 2015!
Democracy International dankt Ihnen herzlich für Ihr Interesse an unserer Arbeit, Ihre Hilfe und Ihr Engagement für mehr Demokratie in Europea und der Welt. Während sich das Jahr dem Ende zuneigt, möchten...
09-12-2015
Opinion: We need another kind of "war on terror"
By Bruno Kaufmann, board member of Democracy International and editor-in-chief of the online portal people2power.info.
With Christmas and the holiday season just a few weeks away, people crave peace and community. At many workplaces, employees gather for year-end parties – as...
09-12-2015
Standpunkt: Wir brauchen etwas Anderes als "Krieg gegen den Terror"
von Bruno Kaufmann, Vorstandsmitglied von Democracy International und Chefredakteur des Online-Portals people2power.info
Weihnachten und die Feiertage stehen vor der Tür, viele Menschen sehnen sich nach Frieden und Gemeinschaft. An vielen Arbeitsplätzen kommt das Personal zu...
24-11-2015
The New Zealand Flag Referendum
Since Friday 20 November 2015, New Zealanders can decide in a popular vote whether their country should have a new flag. Until 11 December 2015, voters can choose from five different flag designs that are the top runners of 10,000 proposals that the public had submitted...
16-11-2015
Make it happen: Democracy Camp in Austria in 2016
Our partner organisation mehr demokratie! Austria is currently raising funds to realise a summer camp in Austria in 2016. The goal is to make the camp everybody's common project, to be enabled by donations.