This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but the date remains elusive, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), briefed ambassadors on […]No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections
August 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but the date remains elusive, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), briefed ambassadors on […]Sakharov Prize laureates call on Europeans to vote and defend democracy
June 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Oleksandra Matviichuk and Lorent Saleh are among the Sakharov laureates calling on citizens to vote in the European elections. In a #UseYourVote campaign video, recent Sakharov Prize laureates and their teams share messages with EU citizens ahead of the 6 – 9 […]MEPs vote not to accept passports issued by Russia in occupied areas
November 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The European Parliament has endorsed a decision not to accept passports and other travel documents issued by Russia in illegally-occupied regions of Ukraine and Georgia. Parliament approved the agreement with Council on the non-acceptance of travel documents issued by Russia in occupied Ukrainian regions […]Scotland “shows the way” to separatist movements as Catalonia calls a vote on independence
September 23, 2014 by 1 Comment
The fact that Scotland’s vote for independence was a milestone in the separatist movements’ history within the European Union was already clear. In the last weeks everybody was looking northwards as it was evident that any decision by the Scots would have changed the path and probably the weight of the regionalist parties inside the parliament houses […]Currency Union might not let an independent Scotland join the EU as the “Yes” front now leads
September 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
It is almost a week away now. Scotland’s independence referendum is next week, and the situation has never been as delicate and confused as it is now. The news came in last Sunday, and it was a shock: Scottish PM Alex Salmond’s “Yes” campaign is in the lead for the first time. A YouGov poll by […]
