PM’s decision to rein in Chancellor defended as new-look cabinet meets
Boris Johnson’s decision to impose tight restrictions on his new Chancellor has been defended as his new-look Cabinet met for the first time. The Prime...
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UK’s Johnson plans full border checks on EU goods
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European Union goods entering Britain from next year, in...
Brexit or Remain: an existential threat to the UK
By Andonis Vassiliades Since becoming the leader of the Conservative Party and another unelected prime minister in a row, the public presentation and transformation of...
UK’s Johnson replaced by ice block in TV debate, Conservatives cry foul
British broadcaster Channel 4 represented Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a block of melting ice in a prime-time election debate on the environment on Thursday,...
Trump plays cupid in UK general election
IT HAS been a long time coming, the general election in the UK. It seems ages since 2017 when Theresa May threw away an overall...
Britain set for Dec. 12 election to break the Brexit deadlock
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early...
British PM Johnson calls for Dec 12 election to break Brexit deadlock
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Thursday for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not...
Johnson expresses disapproval of Turkish actions in Cyprus’ EEZ
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his full support to Cyprus and his disapproval of Turkish actions in the island’s EEZ during a phone...
EU wary of Brexit crash landing at high-stakes October summit
Source: Reuters * EU summit on Oct.17-18 is next major Brexit showdown * Contrasting approach by EU, Britain risks heralding a fiasco By Gabriela Baczynska...
If he loses in court, PM Johnson could suspend parliament again
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could suspend parliament again even if the Supreme Court rules that his original suspension, or prorogation, was unlawful, a court...
The week that battered Johnson
Labour can make Kenneth Clarke prime minister on Monday By Alper Ali Riza ‘That was the week that was,’ was a television satirical show in...
British PM Johnson’s own brother quits on eve of Brexit election campaign
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed on...
A very British coup by Her Majesty’s opposition
By Alper Ali Riza Queen Elizabeth likes to spend late summer at Balmoral Castle in Scotland away from the madding crowd. But like a good...
New British government says it hopes for stronger Cyprus ties
The new British government supports the Cyprus issue settlement process and seeks to strengthen bilateral relations between London and Nicosia, the new UK Foreign Minister...
EU rebuffs British PM Johnson’s opening Brexit bid
Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s demand that the European Union reopen the Brexit divorce deal was rebuffed on Tuesday by the bloc, which said Britain had failed...
A grotesque choice of prime minister for Britain?
By Alper Ali Riza IN ONE of his more exuberant outbursts during the Brexit referendum campaign in 2016, Boris Johnson claimed that Napoleonic France and...
Anastasiades congratulates Boris Johnson
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent a letter of congratulations to the UK’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying he counts on the British government’s support...
Challenges mount for Johnson as ministers signal no-confidence vote
Challenges to Boris Johnson’s desire to lead the country through Brexit were further laid bare when a minister suggested he could vote to pull down...
British police called to home of PM candidate Boris Johnson after altercation
British police were called to the home of Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next prime minister, after neighbours heard a loud altercation between him and...
“Chuck Chequers”: Boris Johnson challenges PM May on Brexit
Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson made what was seen as a blatant pitch to replace Prime Minister Theresa May as Conservative leader on Tuesday,...
