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Ukraine is losing the EU Association Agreement Referendum in the Netherlands
Dmitry Kuleba, the Ambassador-at-Large for Strategic Communications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, stated that Ukraine is still losing in the Referendum on Association with the European Union, which is scheduled for April 6th in the Netherlands. Hromadske reports that according to the ambassador, the Dutch are confused about the referendum and Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
Kuleba remains optimistic. "The dynamic is positive and the number of those who would vote against the …
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49% of Dutch people aren't aware of upcoming vote on Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
Almost half of Dutch citizens do not know about the referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (EUAA), which will take place on the 6th of April 2016, according to the results of a TNS Nipo poll, as reported by the daily publication De Telegraaf.
The researchers found that 49% of the residents of the Netherlands do not know about the referendum. "It seems that too few people will vote," the edition notes. In particular, only 21% of the respondents said that "of course" they will vote …
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Dutch company receives grant to print anti-EU-Ukraine AA ad campaign on toilet paper
A private company in the Netherlands, Raspoetin BV, has received a €50,000 grant from Dutch authorities to produce toilet paper with calls to vote against the referendum of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
The company is one of 72 organizations and individuals to whom the Commission for the Referendum has provided grants from a total fund of €2 million. An amount of €47,973 has been allocated for the "manufacture, transportation and distribution of the toilet paper, which is printed with …
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Netherlands Working Towards Prosecution of MH17 Culprits in the Coming Months
In the next few months, Dutch authorities will choose the best strategy for criminal prosecution and indictment of the suspects who may have shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Ukrinform reports that this statement was made by Bert Koenders, the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Netherlands on Monday in Brussels at a meeting of the foreign affairs committee.
According to him, the current phase of prosecution “is actively continuing” and the perpetrators of this tragedy must be punished. " …