Section: The Star (Malaysia)
France, Germany to back Ukraine pact despite Dutch 'No' – Hollande
METZ, France (Reuters) – France and Germany will continue to back an EU agreement on closer ties with Ukraine, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday after Dutch voters rejected the pact in a referendum. …read more Source: The...
Dutch vote highlights EU's problem with voters, UK beware
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s long-running problem with voters just got a little worse after the Dutch rejected an agreement on closer EU ties with Ukraine, highlighting the difficulties of further European integration. …read more Source: The...
EU's Juncker saddened by Dutch vote on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was saddened by the outcome of a Dutch referendum that overwhelmingly rejected a Ukraine-European Union treaty on closer political and economic ties, the Commission said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch referendum results displays EU's attitude to Ukraine – Russian PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A rejection by Dutch voters of a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine in an advisory referendum shows Europe’s attitude to Ukraine’s political system, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on his Twitter account. …read more Source: The...
Dutch voters overwhelming reject Ukraine-EU treaty
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch voters have overwhelmingly rejected a Ukraine-European Union treaty on closer political and economic ties, in a rebuke to their government and to the European Union establishment. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko: Ukraine to continue moving towards EU despite Dutch vote
TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday his country will continue moving towards the European Union despite a resounding rejection by Dutch voters of a treaty on closer ties between the European body and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch PM – may reconsider Ukraine treaty ratification
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday his government may have to reconsider ratifying a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
In Chernobyl nuclear zone, animals thrive without humans
CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE, Belarus (Reuters) – What happens to the environment when humans disappear? Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife in the vast contaminated zone in Belarus and Ukraine provide a clue. …read more Source: The...
Dutch referendum turnout lagging below validity threshold – pollster
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Turnout in a referendum on the Ukraine-EU treaty being held in the Netherlands is lagging below the threshold needed for it to be valid, according to a prominent pollster. …read more Source: The...
Dutch Ukraine vote tests strength of anti-EU mood
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch voters cast ballots in a national referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine, providing a gauge of anti-EU sentiment weeks before Britain puts its membership of the bloc on the line. …read more Source: The...
