THE Unionist parties in Scotland should back a referendum on independence to finish off the SNP as a political force once and for all, former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ash

Turkey's parliament approved early on 7 May a bill introduced by the ruling AK Party to reform the constitution, clearing the way for a referendum militant secularists have pledged to block in court.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned Turkey's largest business organisation, TÜSİAD, that it risks "elimination" if it fails to take a stance on the country's referendum on constitutional change, to be held on 12 September. EurActiv Turkey contributed to this article.

VIENNA, Austria -- The country's ruling coalition parties have decided to call for a referendum on Turkey's EU bid, should Ankara end its pre-accessi...

I'm not sure what the English local elections did to Gordon Brown, but they seem to have caused Wendy Alexander the political equivalent of a nervous breakdown. The u-turn to suddenly support an independence referendum - nay, an independence referendum right now - is the biggest volte face in Scottish politics since the Earl of Mar decided to raise an army against the union he had proposed eight y...

Turkey’s ruling AK party of Prime Ministers Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won a landmark referendum on Sunday (12 September) introducing changes to the country’s constitution. The victory of the ‘yes’ camp by 58% against 42, higher than anticipated, is expected to strengthen the AKP ahead of national elections due next year.

I have just read with interest Paul Hutcheon's article in the Sunday Herald regarding Labour's probable course of action regarding the referendum on independence that the SNP propose to have in 2010.As the main 3 challengers for the position of leader of the Scottish Labour party are all against the idea of such a referendum, it is clear Labour would vote no to any referendum bill before them, irr...

Switzerland has voted to ban the construction of Minarets in a national referendum. They have an excellent system in Switzerland – one that Lord Pearson has made a key policy for UKIP – where a petition with 100,000 signatures calling for a referendum has to be acted on by the government.  This particular referendum was arranged

Irish Times Political Editor Stephan Collins has an article in the paper arguing that "a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is doomed to almost certain defeat." He therefore suggests that the core of the Treaty should be passed through the Irish Parliament, with a far more limited referendum held on certain points of controversy: "If a referendum cannot be won, the only solution is for the D" ...

A former UKIP, now independent, MEP went across the country championing the call for a referendum on the UK remaining in the EU.