The vote, organised by the arch-conservative and Eurosceptic Swiss People's party, raises the prospect of Switzerland having to quit the Schengen system, which it joined in 2002, and its citizens forfeiting passport-free travel across most of Europe.
Though some have warned that joining the customs union could harm Kyrgyzstan's trade relations with China and complicate its standing in the World Trade Organization, which it joined in 1998, Ms. Otunbayeva said a decisive shift toward Russia made sense economically.
The other 27 EU leaders will hold their own meeting on Wednesday to discuss how to deal with Britain on its way out of the bloc it joined in 1973, and how to take the Union forward without it.
Once a poster child for the euro zone, which it joined in 2009, Slovakia broke ranks in 2010 when its Parliament voted against a bailout for Greece, angering its European partners.
But the United States did more than simply criticize Israel; it joined in a unanimous Security Council resolution that condemned Israel, calling its actions a violation of the United Nations Charter and the norms of international conduct.
The news marks the end of BAE's involvement with the project, which it joined in 1979.
After it joined in 1986, incomes caught up with the rest of the union.
Britain has always had an ambiguous relationship with the E.U. since it joined in 1973.
That should reduce the government's cost of borrowing (as it did for Estonia when it joined in 2011).
Yes, Greece has been a leading member of the EU's awkward squad ever since it joined in 1981.
(Contrary to widespread belief, Greece isn't a new or even newish member of the European community: it joined in 1981).
