European Union

Brexit: United Kingdom Votes to Leave European Union

After months of speculation, the citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favor of leaving the European Union. With 100 percent of the 33.5 million votes votes now counted, the “leave” camp came out victorious, garnering 51.9 percent of the vote as opposed to the “remain” camp’s 48.1 percent. The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union […]

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Crisis in Ukraine

Spontaneous protests erupted in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev the night of November 21st after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych decided to reject a free trade deal with the European Union that would have brought the Ukraine one step closer to European integration. The rejection of the free trade deal coupled with crippling unemployment and government corruption that […]

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