Tag: Referendum
Spanish government moves to revoke self-government in Catalonia
MADRID: The Spanish government moved to activate a previously untapped constitutional article on Saturday so it can take control of Catalonia, illustrating its determination...
Spain asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’ as direct rule deadline...
MADRID: Spain appealed to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly” on Wednesday, just 24 hours before a government deadline for the region to...
Spain High Court jails Catalan separatist leaders
A Spanish court has ordered two powerful Catalan separatists to be detained, threatening a further escalation of the political crisis on Tuesday as both...
Fazl demands referendum to decide FATA’s future
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has demanded holding a referendum in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to know whether the people of...
Macron’s invitation to visit France not related to Kurdish referendum: Iraqi...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris was not related to the...
Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes in bid to...
Catalonia’s president Carles Puigdemont, who faces criminal charges for organizing the referendum, says he has over 6,000 ballot boxes ready to deploy next month, but their whereabouts are a secret.
Theresa May: Brexit means Brexit and it will be a success
The favourite to take over from David Cameron as Britain's prime minister promised Monday to lead the UK out of the European Union if...
EU referendum: Leaving EU a ‘leap in the dark’, says Cameron
David Cameron has warned that leaving the European Union "could hurt working people for years to come" as he put the case for staying...
India’s Bihar state holds elections seen as Modi referendum
Hundreds of thousands of people lined up at polling stations in the east Indian state of Bihar on Monday for elections being seen as...
Greece votes in referendum with future in euro in doubt
Greeks started casting ballots early Sunday in the closely watched bailout referendum, with opinion polls showing people evenly split on whether to accept creditors'...
AAP wants referendum on army in IHK
Prashant Bhushan, leader of India’s emerging political force Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), wants referendum on the Indian Army presence in the Indian-held Kashmir (IHK),...
Altaf for referendum on joining Sindh govt
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has called for a three-day referendum over whether the party should join the Sindh government.
In a telephonic...
Cameron denies ‘blackmailing’ EU with referendum talk
David Cameron on Monday denied trying to "blackmail" his European partners by threatening to pull out of the EU if he did not get...
Distrust and apathy hit disputed referendum in Egypt
The second round of voting in Egypt’s contentious constitutional referendum was marred by low turnout and delay as the crisis in the country continued.
It...
Morsi gives army ‘police powers’ ahead of referendum
Egypt’s embattled President Mohamed Morsi on Monday issued a new decree giving police powers to the army to beef up security ahead of this...
Egypt’s Morsi scraps controversial decree but will hold referendum
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked violent unrest but did not delay this month’s referendum...
Egypt judicial council to versee referendum
Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has cleared the way for a referendum on a new constitution which President Mohamed Mursi hopes will end a political...
