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EUobserver is an independent European Union online newspaper that was founded
in 2000. It is not commercial. Its headquater is in Brussels, Belgium, EU. The
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[Ticker] Exit poll: 64% of Dutch reject EU-Ukraine deal
According to an exit poll published after polls closed, 64 percent of Dutch people voted against the EU-Ukraine association agreement. However it is unclear if the required 30 percent voter turnout threshold was passed. …read more Source:...
Yes or No? Rain could influence Dutch vote on Ukraine
Some Dutch voters are on Wednesday giving their opinion on the EU-Ukraine trade pact, but one crucial question is whether enough show up to make the referendum valid. …read more Source:...
Dutch vote in uncertain Ukraine referendum
The vote on an EU-Ukraine agreement is also a vote on the EU. The No camp is ahead, but turnout will be crucial to make results valid. …read more Source:...
[Opinion] EU realpolitik on Ukraine – too little, too late
The EU has accepted that Russia has a say on Ukraine’s future. If it had been more honest and clear-sighted from the start, Ukraine might have suffered less. …read more Source:...
[Column / Crude World] Why the Dutch referendum on Ukraine is a joke
If the organisers of Wednesday’s referendum don’t care about Ukraine, the Dutch government should give them what they ask for and ignore the results. …read more Source:...
EU commissioner outed in ‘Panama Papers’ leak
The EU’s climate and energy commissioner, Miguel Arias Canete, has been implicated in tax evasion in a huge leak, called Panama Papers, which also sheds light on shady financial dealings by the leaders of Iceland, Russia, and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Upsurge in Ukraine violence ahead of Dutch referendum
OSCE monitors have reported a “sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations” in east Ukraine in recent days including use of heavy weapons such as Grad rocket launchers. The fighting, which comes days ahead of a Dutch referendum on EU-Ukraine relations, killed a Ukrainian soldier and injured eight others. …read more...
[Agenda] EU-Turkey migrant swap to begin next WEEK
Big week to see start of EU migrant returns to Turkey, sensitive talks in Poland on judicial reform, and a Dutch referendum on EU relations masquerading as a vote on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Nordic security changed ‘dramatically’ by Ukraine conflict
Nordic countries agree to tighten security co-operation, establish secure communication lines and exchange radar images. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Referendum is really about EU, Dutch campaigner admits
One of the key groups that triggered the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine association agreement only did it “to create tensions between the Netherlands and the EU”, chairman Arjan van Dixhoorn of Burgercomite EU told newspaper nrc.next. “You have to understand, we don’t care about Ukraine,” he said. …read...