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May calls for June 8 election before Brexit talks
Britain's Theresa May on Tuesday called for snap elections on June 8, catching the country by surprise in a bid to bolster her position before tough talks on leaving the European Union.
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Brexit referendum website might have been hacked, say UK lawmakers
A website which allowed Britons to register to vote in last year's European Union referendum might have been targeted by foreign hackers causing it to crash before the deadline, a committee of British lawmakers said on April 12.
A short generation in Scotland
Maybe they reach sexual maturity very young in Scotland. What else could explain the fact that they are going to have another referendum on Scottish independence only three years after the last one?
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Bulgaria's Govt, Businesses Meeting for 11th Time
Bulgaria should work to seize the new and imminent wave of integration and avoid sliding toward nationalism, outgoing President Rosen Plevneliev has told politicians and businesses.
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UK Permanent Reprsentative to EU Resigns Suddenly
The permanent representative of the UK to the EU Ivan Rogers has resigned suddenly just a few months before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the negotiations for the exit of the country from the EU.
According to Financial Times, Rogers informed embassy staff on Tuesday afternoon that he is leaving his post. He did not specify any reasons for this decision.
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Infrastructure key to Britain's first post-Brexit budget: Gov't
Britain's first post-Brexit budget will focus on infrastructure and could spell an end to the previous government's rigid fiscal targets, according to a treasury statement released on Nov. 20.
The budget will be new finance minister Philip Hammond's first set-piece since replacing George Osborne who resigned following the June vote.
Referendums: A trap for democracy?
Two important referendums took place on Oct. 2 - one in Hungary and the other in Colombia.
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Poland Slams EU for Turning Into a 'Super State'
BELGRADE - The European Union risks turning into a "super state" if its institutions gain more power, Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski warned, lending credence to those voices who question whether Brussels should move towards greater political integration.
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Bulgaria to Have 146-km Wire Fence along Border with Turkey in 2 Months
In about two months Bulgaria will have a wire fence built along 146 km of the country's border with Turkey, preventing illegal migration flow, Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said.
Bachvarova, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev on Saturday inspected the entire length of the fence built so far along Bulgaria's border with Turkey.
British PM Cameron calls Nigeria and Afghanistan ‘fantastically corrupt’
Prime Minister David Cameron has been overheard describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen.
In comments that were caught by a microphone during a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, he said Nigeria and Afghanistan were two of the most corrupt countries in the world, as the Guardian reports.