Referendum on ethnic citizenship splits Hungarians
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Hungarians voted yesterday in a referendum on whether to offer citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living outside the country, including more than 2m outside the European Union.
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Hungarians are voting in local government elections seen as a key test for Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who faces opposition calls he step down after lying to the country about the economy.
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BELGRADE, Oct 2 (IPS) - The results emerging from the crucial general  elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina Sunday confirm the deep ethnic  divisions between its Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
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BUDAPEST : Voters in Hungary failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to pass a referendum to extend citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living in the region, a motion that split the country and drew ...
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Hungary&#39;s new prime minister looked to have scored a major victory on Sunday when the opposition failed to garner enough votes to pass a referendum giving citizenship to millions of Hungarians abroad.
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Hungary's major newspapers are sharply divided over PM Ferenc Gyurcsany's admission that his Socialists told lies.
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Hungary began voting Sunday on a controversial referendum that would extend citizenship to roughly five million ethnic Hungarians, many of them living in neighboring countries.
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Hungarians prepared to vote in a double referendum on granting citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring states and on whether to prevent the privatization of state hospitals.
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Macedonia&#39;s national referendum on abolishing local autonomy for the country&#39;s restive ethnic Albanian minority appeared to have failed Sunday, early turnout figures suggested.
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Swiss voters were set to reject plans to loosen the country's tough rules on naturalizing foreigners, according to initial results in a national referendum Sunday.
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BUDAPEST  - Voters in Hungary failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to pass a referendum to extend citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living in the region, a motion that split the country and drew fire from neighboring governments.
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Polls opened early Sunday for a vote on whether ethnic Hungarians should get Hungarian citizenship, an issue that is expected to reopen a decades old wound in the country.
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THE spirit of the Habsburg Empire will hover over central Europe as Hungarians vote tomorrow on a proposal to offer citizenship to three million of their ethnic brethren across the borders.
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A referendum on whether to give citizenship to ethnic Hungarians aboard failed Sunday because of low voter turnout, preliminary official results showed.
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GENEVA - Voters in Switzerland - where one in five residents is foreign-born - rejected liberalizing tough rules on granting citizenship Sunday.    Reflecting the divide between French-speaking areas and the more conservative German region, two government-backed citizenship proposals failed to win support in a majority of the 26 cantons, official results showed by early afternoon...
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Finnish Europarliamentarians are split down the middle on how they plan to vote on Wednesday on the European Commission designate headed by Jose Manuel Barroso.
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Serbs vote Sunday in polls in which Kosovo independence is a central issue. Slovenia was once part of Yugoslavia.