The Price of Scottish Independence

The turnout in the independence referendum was 63.4 percent and 99.7 percent of voters voted for independence.

LONDON The referendum on Scottish independence, due on September 18, comes at a time of growing opposition in the United Kingdom to remaining in the European Union. This is significant, because Scotland is the strongest base of pro European sentiment in the UK.

In January, a referendum on independence is scheduled to be held in South Sudan.

The death of Slobodan Milosevic has just been followed by Montenegro s referendum on independence.

Indeed, the Moroccan Government was opposed to a referendum in which independence was an option.

The only path leading to the independence of Western Sahara was the holding of a referendum.

This semi independence partly reflects the absence of linguistic motives in Scottish nationalism, unlike the Quebecois of Canada or Flemish nationalism in Belgium.

In the referendum held in July 1967, the vote was 1,813 to 5 in favour of independence.

In just two months, South Sudan will hold a referendum on independence that was agreed to in 2005.

A referendum on independence was the legal and political foundation of the right of peoples to self determination.

Probably dating from the 13th century, it was captured by English forces during the Wars of Independence before being taken back by Scottish troops in 1307.

Now the CPA is poised to face its most vital test the South s referendum on independence, scheduled for January 9.

The results showed 55.4 of voters in favor of independence, which was just above the 55 required by the referendum.

Today s Scottish parliament helps to dissipate Scottish discontents because it is revitalizing those institutions.

All polls suggest that, given the choice in a free, fair, and well organized referendum, southerners will vote overwhelmingly for independence.

A declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 was followed by a referendum for independence from Yugoslavia in February and March 1992.

I am personally sympathetic to Scotland s independence as a way to bolster Scottish democracy and cultural identity. Yet I support independence only on the assumption that Scotland and the RUK would remain part of a strong and effective EU and NATO.

Global problems require Scottish solutions.

In spite of this, 73 of all Latvian residents confirmed their strong support for independence on 3 March 1991, in a nonbinding advisory referendum.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Scottish Ensemble.

The United Kingdom looks older and more stable, but Scotland today is controlled by a political party that wants to repeal the 1707 Act of Union, with the future to be determined by a Scottish referendum in 2014.

Serbia s long tragedy looks like it is coming to an end. The death of Slobodan Milosevic has just been followed by Montenegro s referendum on independence.

The Scottish Parliament Building (, ) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh.

Amendments to the Constitution affecting the state's sovereignty, independence, or unity can only be made after a majority of voters support the proposal in a referendum.

The deal guaranteed a referendum on independence in 10 to 15 years, promised more autonomy in the interim, and set out a plan for weapons disposal.

Three hundred years after the first Scottish Parliament voluntarily voted itself out of existence in 1707, the Scottish National Party has won a plurality in the devolved Scottish parliament that is one of Tony Blair s great legacies.

The general principle was supported in the decision of the Scottish Court of Session in Masinimport v. Scottish Mechanical Light Industries Ltd. (1976).

All three of Somaliland s parties contesting the forthcoming election are adamant about wanting recognition of the region s independence, which was confirmed overwhelmingly by a referendum in 2001.

The incumbent, Chen Shui bian, has initiated a referendum process that might someday be used to ask Taiwanese if they want to formalize today's de facto independence.

Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory, and aware of the active boycott of the referendum by the then opposition party,

Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory, and aware of the active boycott of the referendum by the then opposition party,

However, since the failures of the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords, and the 1995 Quebec referendum on independence, the party has no defining plan for official national recognition.

In Sudan, the Darfur conflict is unresolved and divisions between the north and the south once again threaten peace, with a promised referendum on southern independence due by 2011.

A declaration of independence should be recognized only if a clear majority (well over 50 plus one of the voters) have freely chosen it, ideally in an unbiased referendum.

But the Spanish parliament voted overwhelmingly against allowing the Catalan government to hold a referendum on independence, and the central government has said that such a vote would be unconstitutional. Artur Mas, President of Catalonia s regional government, has vowed to go ahead with a non binding referendum anyway.

From his accent, I would guess that man is Scottish.

Sam Heughan (born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish actor.

A referendum on South Sudan s independence, scheduled for January 9, 2011, will likely split the country in two, with southerners finally achieving the freedom for which they have long fought.

The independence movement in Catalonia has gathered so much momentum that a leading Spanish general has vowed to send troops into Barcelona should the province hold a referendum on secession.

The first two falsehoods deceptions as large as I can remember witnessing during an election campaign are being peddled by the country s two most successful populist parties the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP).

On 18 October 1991, the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopted a Declaration of Independence which was affirmed by a nationwide referendum in December 1991, when the Soviet Union was officially dissolved.

At the 2011 elections the Scottish National Party won re election and achieved an overall majority in the Scottish parliament, with its leader, Alex Salmond, as First Minister of Scotland.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rightly defined the upcoming referendum as a ticking time bomb. She also made it clear, however, that the outcome, independence for the South, is inevitable.

Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, and conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory,