More than 45% of those able to vote and more than 96% of those who voted, all voted in favor of dissolving the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) in the first nation-wide referendum held in two decades since the Soviet era. Voters were called upon by former Latvian president Valdis Zatlers who attempted to dissolve the Saeima due to the overwhelming presence of oligarch businessmen...

Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has decided to refrain from signing the legislation for Icesave and have it decided by the nation’s voters. President Grimsson stated that one of the reasons behind his presidential ‘veto’ was that a significant part of Iceland’s population (in total; approximately 319,000 people) expressed that...