Irish voters have approved the European Union’s new treaty to control government spending in the continent’s only referendum on the issue. The government said Friday more than 60 percent of those voting a day earlier supported the pact that eventually is likely to impose new government deficit limits throughout the 17-nation bloc that uses the […]
Irish Voters Approve EU’s Treaty to Control Spending
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
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Early Count Shows Ireland Approves EU Fiscal Treaty
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Unofficial results show voters in Ireland have approved the European Union’s debt-reduction treaty. Election workers are counting votes from Thursday’s referendum on the measure that would impose strict limits on debt and budget deficits in the 17-nation euro currency bloc. Ireland signed the treaty in March, joining most other EU countries, but is the only […]
Ireland Awaits Results of Referendum on EU Fiscal Treaty
Posted June 1st, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
Ireland will learn Friday whether voters have agreed to accept the terms of the European Union’s debt-reduction treaty. Voters went to the polls on Thursday to cast their ballots on a German-backed measure that would impose strict limits on debt and budget deficits among the 17-nation euro currency bloc. Ireland signed the treaty in March […]
Irish Voting on EU Fiscal Treaty in Thursday Referendum
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Irish voters are deciding Thursday whether to accept the terms of a European Union fiscal treaty tied to financial aid and designed to bolster the troubled 17-nation euro currency bloc. Ireland signed the treaty in March with most other EU countries. The treaty imposes strict limits on debt and budget deficits. But Ireland is the […]
Irish Voters to Decide on EU Fiscal Treaty in Thursday Referendum
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 12:30 am (UTC-5)
Irish voters will decide in a referendum Thursday whether to accept the terms of a European Union fiscal treaty tied to financial aid and designed to bolster the troubled eurozone. Ireland signed the treaty in March with most EU member countries. The treaty imposes strict limits on debt and budget deficits. But Ireland is the […]
Kosovo Serb Voters Reject Pristina Rule
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Serbs in northern Kosovo cast a near unanimous rejection of a referendum on whether to recognize the country’s ethnic Albanian dominated government after two days of voting. The Kosovo Serb electoral commission said 99.7 percent of voters in the four Serbian communities in northern Kosovo opposed the referendum. Ethnic Serbs have ignored Pristina’s efforts to […]
Kosovo Serb Voters Expected to Reject Pristina Rule
Posted February 15th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo cast ballots on the final day of a referendum on whether to recognize the country’s ethnic Albanian dominated government. The Serbian community is expected to overwhelmingly reject the Kosovo government in the two-day vote that ends Wednesday. Ethnic Serbs have ignored Pristina’s efforts to extend its authority into the northern […]
Kosovo Serbs Hold Defiant Referendum
Posted February 14th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo began voting Tuesday in a referendum on whether to recognize the ethnic Albanian-dominated Pristina government, which northerners have ignored since the former Serbian province declared independence in 2008. Some 35,000 voters in flashpoint Serb towns and enclaves are expected to overwhelmingly reject Pristina’s rule in the two-day vote. Election results […]
Human Rights Groups: EQ Guinea Referendum Discredited
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
Human rights groups are questioning the validity of Sunday’s referendum in Equatorial Guinea, which officials say resulted in near unanimous support for proposed constitutional reforms. New York-based Human Rights Watch and Equatorial Guinea’s EQ Justice said Tuesday some polling places did not even have ballots available that would have registered a “no” vote. Voters, observers, […]
Voters Backing Constitutional Change in Equatorial Guinea
Posted November 14th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Equatorial Guinea say voters have given virtually unanimous support to proposed constitutional reforms. The government says about 99 percent of voters backed new presidential term limits and the creation of a vice presidency in Sunday’s referendum. The results Monday covered a little more than half of the vote. Final results are expected Wednesday, […]
