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Dutch referendum turnout lagging below validity threshold – pollster
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: Channel...
Dutch Ukraine vote tests strength of anti-EU mood
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: Channel...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
The Dutch began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch cast votes on Ukraine treaty in test of anti-EU sentiment
Dutch voters began casting ballots in a national referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine – a test of anti-EU sentiment before Britain vote on its membership of the bloc in June. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch referendum on Ukraine treaty will test anti-EU sentiment
A Dutch national referendum on Wednesday on economic and political ties with Ukraine is turning into a test of anti-EU sentiment before June’s Brexit vote. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko denies breaking law by having secret accounts
A populist Ukrainian party leader said Monday he plans to launch impeachment proceedings against President Petro Poroshenko over his use of offshore accounts revealed by the “Panama Papers” leak. …read more Source: Channel...
In Brexit warm up, Dutch voters to consider EU treaty with Ukraine
Dutch voters will decide on Wednesday whether to support a European treaty deepening ties with Ukraine in a referendum that will test sentiment towards Brussels ahead of Britain’s June Brexit vote and could also bring a boost for Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
Pope announces special collection for Ukraine in European churches
Pope Francis on Sunday announced that a special collection would be taken up in all of Europe’s Roman Catholic churches on April 24 to raise funds to help the people of Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko bemoans timing of Dutch vote on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday bemoaned the timing of an April 6 referendum in the Netherlands on a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine saying it comes as Europe is debating its own future. …read more Source: Channel...
World Bank official says political crisis threatens Ukraine reform drive
A political crisis in Ukraine threatens to derail a Western-backed reform drive and thwart attempts to pull its conflict-hit economy out of a two-year recession, the World Bank’s country director for Ukrainesaid on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
