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Brian Monteith: Barack Obama’s EU message will linger

Edit Scotsman 25 Apr 2016
His gamble that he could secure credible reforms from the EU failed and left him with next to nothing positive to say about how our lives and fortunes will improve as the European Commission's drive towards more regulation and centralisation continues ... It is to help push this deal that Obama wishes us to stay in the EU and was happy to oblige David Cameron by assisting his faltering campaign....

Scottish voters urged to rally in defence of UK's EU membership

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Apr 2016
Treasury analysis on the cost of an EU exit says the UK's national income could be 6% smaller - the equivalent of £4,300 a year per household - by 2030. More than 330,000 Scottish jobs are dependent on EU exports, almost half of Scotland's international exports go to the EU and Scotland attracts more foreign investment than anywhere in the UK outside London, Lord Campbell said....

EU vote may alter rules of public procurement

Edit Scotsman 25 Apr 2016
IT may not represent the highest profile issue of the current EU debate, but the outcome of June's in/out referendum could have a significant impact on how procurement is legislated in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Public procurement rules, currently based on EU directives, are a major issue for public sector bodies and all organisations who supply works, goods and/or services to them....

Holidaymakers urged to renew passports early (ABTA Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Apr 2016
Many countries outside the EU require six months' validity on passports from the date of the return to the UK, so it is vital to take this into account when checking passport expiry dates ... Many countries outside the EU insist on visitors having six months' validity on their passport from the date of their return to the UK ... However for travel within the EU, UK citizens' passports only need to be valid up until their date of departure....

Leader comment: Nicola Sturgeon stiffens Indyref 2 stance

Edit Scotsman 25 Apr 2016
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has firmly declared that if the UK vote on EU membership resulted in a majority of English voters opting for exit and a majority of Scottish voters opted to remain, this outcome would make it “very highly likely” that there would be a second independence referendum ... the UK votes to leave the EU....

Obama to Britons: No Quick U.S. Trade Deal if You Leave EU

Edit Chosun Ilbo 25 Apr 2016
would not be able negotiate something with the United States faster than the EU," Obama said ... Obama, whose final term as president will end in January, has spent the last three days traveling around Britain, advocating to its people that they should vote to remain part of the EU ... leaders "would never contemplate anything like the EU for themselves."....

Four in five people mindful of personal finances in EU referendum vote - survey

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Apr 2016
Most people feel neither side of the EU referendum debate has spelled out the financial benefits to households of their arguments clearly enough, a survey has found ... When asked what household bills people think would be most impacted by a vote to leave the EU, groceries was the most popular choice, with petrol and diesel fuel and energy coming in joint second place....

Truth is the first casualty of EU referendum, experts say

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Apr 2016
And pro-Remain claims by the CBI that membership of the EU is worth £3,000 a year to every household is "not credible", say the fact-checkers ... The pro-Brussels assertion that the EU is safer within Europe is questioned, because it already conducts bilateral agreements on security issues with other nations, such as the US,....

Serbia's Pro-European Coalition Set for Large Parliamentary Win

Edit Voa News 25 Apr 2016
Vucic called the elections two years early, seeking a new mandate to enact tough economic and political reforms demanded by EU gatekeepers in exchange for moving forward with the EU membership process ... In recent weeks, the anti-EU ......

Brexit's Gove and Johnson turn spotlight on immigration

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Apr 2016
Justice Secretary Michael Gove has warned the UK faces a migration "free for all" unless it breaks away from Brussels as the Leave camp moved to exploit an admission from the Government that EU free movement of labour rules make it harder to curb immigration ... "The Prime Minister asked the EU for reform and got two thirds of diddly squat....

Will Oil And Refugees Force European Intervention In Libya

Edit Oil Price 25 Apr 2016
EU officials have declared that help will be sent should the new government, called the Government of National Accord (GNA), ask for assistance, which it did earlier this week. The GNA has asked for help from the EU in general, with an emphasis on restoring the security of the country and dealing with militant groups ... Second of all, the EU is ......

Ex-Milosevic Ally Vucic Wins New Majority in Serb Snap Election

Edit Bloomberg 25 Apr 2016
With his party’s result close to the 48.8 percent it won in 2014, Vucic overcame resurgent nationalist candidates, including Seselj, who advocated shunning the EU and boosting ties with Russia ... Vucic also wants to prepare Serbia for EU entry by 2020 to follow former Yugoslav partners Slovenia and Croatia, which joined in 2004 and 2013 ... Waxwork Putin Shows Russia’s Creeping Influence at EU Fringe....

Turkish PM Cites Dramatic Decrease in Syrian Migrant Exodus

Edit Chosun Ilbo 25 Apr 2016
Davutoglu spoke from the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Council President Donald Tusk ... That report urged the country to improve its human rights record, and said Ankara's bid to join the 28-nation EU trade bloc would succeed or fail based on how it met those EU demands. ....
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