Posts tagged with "Brexit"

P&O confirms UK ships will get Cyprus flag ahead of Brexit Cyprus

P&O confirms UK ships will get Cyprus flag ahead of Brexit

January 22nd, 2019 British ferry and shipping freight operator P&O will shift the registration of its UK vessels to Cyprus ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union, in part to keep its tax arrangements in the bloc, the company confirmed on Tuesday. P&O currently has six UK-registered ships operating on the English Channel route to...
Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed Main

Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed

January 17th, 2019 With UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in tatters, the looming prospect of a no-deal arrangement will bring a world of uncertainty to Brits living in EU countries, including Cyprus. The British High Commission said on Wednesday the situation would depend on developments and could offer no information apart from what has...
Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner,' says May Brexit

Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner,' says May

January 2nd, 2019 British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers on Monday to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to "turn a corner" and let the government focus on solving domestic problems such as housing and a skill shortage. May made the appeal in a New Year's message little more than two weeks before a make-or-break...
Keep calm as UK and EU approach cliff edge Opinion

Keep calm as UK and EU approach cliff edge

December 23rd, 2018 In the sixteenth century, English tradesmen doing business in the Ottoman Empire adopted a pragmatic approach to life as immigrants. Some were even known to convert to Islam for the duration of their sojourn in Constantinople, reverting back to Christian ways as and when they returned to England. When in Rome do as the Romans do – a...
UK may seek ‘managed no-deal’ Brexit, ‘can still hold new vote’ Brexit

UK may seek ‘managed no-deal’ Brexit, ‘can still hold new vote’

December 20th, 2018 Britain could seek to agree a further "minimalist" withdrawal deal with the European Union if British lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce agreement, House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said on Thursday. Britain will leave the EU in 99 days time on March 29 and if parliament cannot pass the divorce terms agreed by...
Europe has haunted British politics and its leaders since the 1970s CM Regular Columnist

Europe has haunted British politics and its leaders since the 1970s

December 16th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza Margaret Thatcher was having dinner at the Élysée Palace when the mice in Westminster scurried to remove her from power in 1990. She had been in talks with European leaders and took a break to talk to reporters and told them she would allow her name to go forward to the second round. By contrast Theresa May was...
The EU has brought peace between former enemies Letters

The EU has brought peace between former enemies

December 16th, 2018 The premise underlying Mr Shouler’s article titled ‘Brexit deal a betrayal’ appears to be that there is something intrinsically pernicious about cooperation by continental Europeans, presumably underpinned by the visceral dislike of the inhabitants of the continent prevalent among older British people which manifested itself in the...
British minister warns Brexit is stuck as no-deal Brexit

British minister warns Brexit is stuck as no-deal

December 15th, 2018 Britain's exit from the European Union was heading for an impasse, one senior minister said on Saturday, after a week in which Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win EU assurances on her deal and pulled a vote because UK lawmakers would defeat it. With just over 100 days until Britain leaves the bloc on March 29,Brexit remains up...
Cyprus ‘staunch supporter’ of stronger, more democratic more united Europe Cyprus

Cyprus ‘staunch supporter’ of stronger, more democratic more united Europe

December 12th, 2018 European defence, migration, Brexit and regional cooperation were raised by President Nicos Anastasiades during a speech he gave on Wednesday to the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. He first condemned the terrorist attack in the French city on Tuesday, saying terrorism was one of the most serious threats to peace and...
Brexit referendums: best two out of three? Opinion

Brexit referendums: best two out of three?

December 9th, 2018 The five-day debate in the British parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for her. Everybody knows that she hasn’t got the votes to pass the deal, but it turned out that she hasn’t got the votes for lots of other things either. It’s a rotten deal because it was bound...
Presenting legal advice, PM May fans flames of Brexit rebellion Brexit

Presenting legal advice, PM May fans flames of Brexit rebellion

December 3rd, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May's government fought on Monday to defend its Brexit deal by outlining the legal basis for parliament to support its plan to leave the European Union, but instead seemed to fan the flames of rebellion. May faces an uphill struggle to secure parliament's approval in a vote on Dec. 11, when many Brexit...
Madhouse by the Thames CM Regular Columnist

Madhouse by the Thames

December 2nd, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza WHY ARE British MPs prepared to risk chaos in order to leave the EU, asked a highly respected German journalist from Die Welt last week in a report called the Madhouse by the Thames. Good question to which the superficial answer is because there was a referendum and 17 million people voted to leave in an in-out...
May says she's focused on her Brexit deal, not a plan B Brexit

May says she's focused on her Brexit deal, not a plan B

November 30th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she was focused on persuading lawmakers to back her Brexit deal at a vote in parliament on Dec 11 rather than preparing a plan B. May secured an agreement with European Union leaders on Sunday that will see Britain leave the bloc on March 29 with continued close trade ties, but the...
Brexit outreach events to be held in Paphos Cyprus

Brexit outreach events to be held in Paphos

November 24th, 2018 The British High Commissioner and other consular staff will be in Paphos on Tuesday as part of a series of Brexit outreach meetings taking place across the island. The aim of this initiative is to ensure that British citizens living in Cyprus have the best possible updates on Brexit and the impact it may have on their daily lives on...
Anastasiades heads to Brussels for EU Brexit council Cyprus

Anastasiades heads to Brussels for EU Brexit council

November 24th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades will travel to Brussels Saturday evening to attend the EU27 extraordinary Council Meeting on Brexit the following day at which EU leaders will meet British Prime Minister Theresa to sign off on promises to keep close ties with London, following the UK’s exit from the EU in March. On the sidelines of the...
Brexit deal ‘fair, balanced’, ‘no better one available’ (Update) Britain

Brexit deal ‘fair, balanced’, ‘no better one available’ (Update)

November 19th, 2018 Germany and other European Union states told Britain on Monday their draft Brexit agreement could not be renegotiated. British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling at home to keep the last week's deal alive and push it through the British parliament amid criticism from pro-Brexit politicians, Northern Ireland's unionists and...
Ask the High Commissioner: Brexit for UK expats in Cyprus CM Regular Columnist

Ask the High Commissioner: Brexit for UK expats in Cyprus

November 18th, 2018 By British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie I am sure that many of you have been closely following the political events taking place in the UK this week following the publication of the joint UK-EU draft withdrawal agreement and political declaration. Both documents have been published online at: https://bit.ly/2Fm6nLT. So to start...
A day in the life of Theresa May Opinion

A day in the life of Theresa May

November 18th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza I could not help admiring Theresa May as she answered questions on the Brexit withdrawal agreement for three hours from a hostile parliament on Thursday morning. After a difficult five-hour cabinet meeting on the Wednesday followed by ministerial resignations just before she rose to address members of parliament,...
Irish PM says hard border highly likely without Brexit deal World

Irish PM says hard border highly likely without Brexit deal

November 16th, 2018 Ireland's prime minister said on Friday his government would find it very difficult to avoid imposing a hard border on Northern Ireland if Britain crashes out of the European Union without an exit agreement. The Irish government has in the past maintained it would not countenance physical infrastructure on the border, which has been...
EU states offer Britain "ambitious" ties after Brexit, but no frictionless trade World

EU states offer Britain "ambitious" ties after Brexit, but no frictionless trade

November 16th, 2018 European Union states said on Friday that they wanted an "ambitious" future relationship with Britain but that this would not mean frictionless trade, as they met to prepare a text by Nov 25 to accompany the draft Brexit deal. In London, Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to save the withdrawal agreement she agreed on with the EU...
EU rights of Cypriots on British bases secured under Brexit deal Cyprus

EU rights of Cypriots on British bases secured under Brexit deal

November 15th, 2018 By Jean Christou President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday welcomed the agreement in principle between the EU and the UK for Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc, and the protocol contained in the deal on the status of the British bases in Cyprus. According to the protocol in the 585-page Brexit deal, the interests of some 11,000...
Brexit – ask the High Commissioner Brexit

Brexit – ask the High Commissioner

November 11th, 2018 Cypriot authorities clarify important aspects of post-Brexit status for UK expats   By British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie It was good to meet some of the Larnaca residents in Oroklini this week in the first of our series of Brexit outreach meetings taking place across the island over the next few weeks. Over one...
Lakkotrypis: grounded flights in no-deal Brexit ‘close to zero’ Cyprus

Lakkotrypis: grounded flights in no-deal Brexit ‘close to zero’

November 5th, 2018 The chance that flights will be grounded between the UK and the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit is "close to zero", said tourism minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis. The economy of Cyprus is heavily dependent on tourism, and over a third of its annual four million visitors come from the UK. Asked about the possible impact...
UK PM May's former senior adviser, Jeremy Heywood, dies aged 56 World

UK PM May's former senior adviser, Jeremy Heywood, dies aged 56

November 4th, 2018 Jeremy Heywood, the former head of Britain's civil service and a senior adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May on implementing Brexit, died aged 56 on Sunday following illness, May's office said in a statement. As Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to late 2018, Heywood helped oversee the preparations for Brexit -- Britain's biggest political...
All-UK customs Brexit deal report is 'speculation' -PM May's office Brexit

All-UK customs Brexit deal report is 'speculation' -PM May's office

November 4th, 2018 By Costas Pitas and William James British Prime Minister Theresa May's office has dismissed as "speculation" a newspaper report that suggests an all-UK customs deal will be written into the legally binding agreement governing Britain's withdrawal from the EU The Sunday Times said the plan would resolve the vexed issue of the Irish...
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