Moscow: Referendums have begun in four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine. Voting has started in Luhansk and Donetsk, part of the Donbas region, and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Russia said that voting would continue till the 27th of next week. Western countries, including Ukraine, have criticized the referendum process as a sham and warned that the international […]
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Bern: On Sunday, the decision to ban the burqa in Switzerland was agreed upon in a referendum. The leading Swiss People’s Party had proposed this bill. Moreover, the party’s leader, Walter Wobmann, supported the ban. He said, ‘Facial covering is a symbol for this extreme, political Islam that has become increasingly prominent in Europe and has […]
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Paris: The Yellow Vest movement that started in the month of November over hiked fuel prices appears to be intensifying. On Saturday, presenting the issue of the violence of the Macron government towards the protesters during the protests held in Paris as also in other parts of the country, once against the protestors demanded the […]
Read More »Kiev : Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that a referendum would be held soon on whether or not to seek accession to the European Union and NATO. The President of Ukraine has indicated that majority of the Ukrainian people are in favor of the proposal. An intense reaction from Russia has been anticipated over this. […]
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Washington/ London: Senior US Senators have warned that Russia has deployed a ‘cyber plan’ for achieving the second referendum concerning the Scottish independence. Previously, 55% of the Scottish people had voted against Scotland being independent from Britain. However, after Britain’s decision for making an exit from the European Union was made in 2016, the local […]
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Barcelona/Madrid : Catalonian government has decided to conduct referendum on Sunday and accordingly President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont announced that they are done with all the preparations. However, the Spanish Government has clarified this referendum to be illegal and unconstitutional and has warned to disrupt it. On Sunday, October 1, referendum has been organised for […]
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Istanbul: The results of the historic referendum held in Turkey on Sunday have been declared and the Turkish people have supported President Recep Erdogan’s appeal with only a slim majority in the consensus. His strategy to bring into effect a presidential system has succeeded with 51% of votes in his favour. However, the European leaders […]
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London : “Before the conclusion of the UK’s Brexit negotiations with the European Union, Scotland must be given a fair chance to decide its fate,” said ‘Nicola Sturgeon’, the Scottish First Minister, demanding a new referendum. Sturgeon has called for a referendum to be held at the end of 2018 or the beginning of 2019. […]
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Rome: The local voters in Italy have given a negative verdict towards the referendum made for a constitutional reform. This is the second major blow to the European Union who has as yet not recovered from the ‘Brexit’ verdict. While Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi has submitted his resignation after the referendum verdict in Italy, the […]
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Budapest, Dt. 6th (News agency) – Hungary would be taking a referendum on the 2nd of October 2016 against the European Union decision of mandatory migrant quota. Analysis predicts that this would be the next challenge, post the ‘Brexit’. The EU had instructed its member countries on accepting a specific quota of migrants. The European […]
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