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35,000 Indians acquired European Union citizenship in 2014

Around 890,000 persons globally acquired EU citizenship

Thousands of EU citizens get vote in UK referendum glitch

British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over and resident in the UK or Gibraltar, plus Britons abroad who have lived in the UK in the the last 15 years, can cast their vote

Campaign backing UK exit from EU adds 250 business executives

The future of the UK economy is at the heart of the debate over whether to leave the European Union

EU likely to push back June summit

The European Union may push back the date of its next regular summit so as not to coincide with Britain's referendum on whether to quit the bloc, an EU official said. The Brussels summit had been due to start on June 23, the date of the British vote. EU President Donald Tusk is now looking to hold the summit a few days later, the official said.

Greece delays sending refugees back to Turkey under EU deal

The deal aims to strangle the main route used by migrants travelling to the EU

EU to extend sanctions against Russian, Ukrainian individuals to September

The blacklist of nearly 150 people is in addition to sweeping economic sanctions against Russia's defence, financial and energy sectors

UK firms warn exit from EU might hit economy and jobs

The bosses of a third of Britain's biggest companies warned on Tuesday that an exit from the European Union would put the economy at risk and threaten jobs.In a letter to the Times newspaper, bosses from big employers including telecoms group BT, retailers Marks & Spencer and Asda and oil firm BP joined forces to argue that access to the EU's single market enabled firms to grow and create jobs. The letter, signed by 36 of the bosses of FTSE 100 companies, is likely to be seized on by Prime Minister David Cameron who is battling to persuade Britons to remain in the 28-member bloc in a June 23 referendum. On Monday, the pound posted its biggest one-day loss in almost six years on concerns that Britain could vote to leave the bloc after the influential London mayor, Boris Johnson, said he would campaign for a British exit, or Brexit. "Business needs unrestricted access to the European market of 500 million people in order to continue to grow, invest and create jobs," the letter signed