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• Slovenia Majority Votes “No” on Marriage Equality Law Referendum

  Majority of Slovenian voters voted "No" to same-sex marriage. Majority of the Slovenian electorate who turned up on the December 20 referendum on upholding the law on same-sex marriage voted "No".

• Congo votes by landslide to allow third presidential term

  Voters in Congo Republic have overwhelmingly backed a change in the constitution that will allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third consecutive term, the results of a referendum showed on Tuesday.

• UK's Cameron suffers parliamentary defeat over EU referendum rules

  British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Monday after Euroskeptic members of his Conservatives joined forces with opposition lawmakers to reject proposed rules for a European Union membership referendum.

• Greek PM Tspiras faces party revolt over bailout deal

  Greece's leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a showdown with rebels in his own party on Tuesday furious at his capitulation to German demands for one of the most sweeping austerity packages ever demanded of a euro zone government.

• Greece votes in referendum with future in euro in doubt

  Greeks voted on Sunday whether to accept or reject the tough terms of an aid offer to stave off financial collapse, in a referendum that may determine their future in Europe’s common currency.

• Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites

  Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied on Monday to back their leftwing government's rejection of a tough international bailout after a clash with foreign lenders pushed Greece close to financial chaos and forced a shutdown of its banking system.

• Early Greek election, referendum possible if EU rejects debt plan: Varoufakis

  Greece could call a referendum or have early elections should its euro zone partners reject its debt and growth plans, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.

• U.S. 'troubled' that Crimean leader in India with Putin

  The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, visited India on Thursday as a member of President Vladimir Putin's annual summit delegation, and the United States said it found the reports troubling.

• Scotland to become independent 'within 20 years', says defeated nationalist leader

  Scotland will break away from the United Kingdom within 20 years, the defeated leader of the Scots nationalists predicted on Sunday, after a poll showed a majority of voters would back independence if another referendum were held today.

• Catalonia pushes ahead with referendum plans despite court move

  The leader of Catalonia has set up a panel to supervise a contested independence referendum next month, defying Spain's central government which has gone to the courts to block the vote.

• Nationalists push for Irish unity vote after 'inspiring' Scottish referendum

  Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said Scotland's "inspiring" referendum on independence would accelerate a vote to unite Ireland, a prospect quickly dismissed by Unionists who share power in Northern Ireland.

• UK's Cameron shifts tack on constitutional shake-up to mollify Scots

  Scotland will get more autonomy with no "ifs or buts", Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Sunday, after Scottish leader Alex Salmond accused him and other politicians of tricking Scots out of independence.

• Scots spurn independence, vote to stay in the United Kingdom

  Scotland has chosen to stay in the United Kingdom, spurning independence in a historic referendum that had worried allies and investors, results showed on Friday with more than two thirds of the vote declared.