Northern Ireland's Unionists are making trouble over Brexit, reflecting the fact that it's put them in an impossible position.
Category: Referenda
Shifting sands in New Caledonia
The supporters of independence win a majority in the New Caledonia government for the first time. Change is on the way, although the underlying balance of power is not all that it might seem.
Gibraltar comes in from the cold
In a rather counter-intuitive result of Brexit, Gibraltar is set for greater integration with Spain and the rest of the European Union.
Results roundup, part I
Election news from around the world. Today, New Zealand, Seychelles, Lithuania and Tanzania.
A new nation on the way?
An increase in the pro-independence vote in New Caledonia puts its supporters within sight of their goal.
New Caledonia tries again
There's another independence referendum on Sunday in New Caledonia. It's unlikely to show a very different result from the first one, but the opponents of independence can't hold out forever.
A new Catalan headache
The Spanish courts take a hand again on the Catalan issue, making compromise less likely and adding to the woes of the embattled prime minister.
Another Brexit hiccup
It's not just Northern Ireland that poses a border control problem for the Brexit negotiations. Some of the same issues recur on a smaller scale with Gibraltar.
Still worrying about monarchy
Debate over the "palace letters" in Australia brings some focus back to the debate on monarchy vs republic. So do the woes of the former king of Spain.
Northern Ireland gets a government again
Northern Ireland has been without a government for three years, and a lot has happened in that time. Now its parties have agreed to give things another try.
