Posts tagged with "Brexit"

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...
Brexit and the troublesome Irish border Opinion

Brexit and the troublesome Irish border

November 4th, 2018 By Gwynne Dyer It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit two years ago to claim that the Irish border would not be a problem. In fact, it may lead to a catastrophic ‘no deal’ Brexit in which the United Kingdom crashes out of the EU without an agreement of any kind. Both the British negotiators and...
Cheesemakers fear Brexit could hit booming halloumi exports Business

Cheesemakers fear Brexit could hit booming halloumi exports

November 1st, 2018 Exports of halloumi soared to 28,000 tonnes last year, but cheesemakers fear trade could slow down after Brexit and have called for government measures. Halloumi’s growing popularity abroad is largely attributed to the increasing awareness of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. A hot summer across Europe also boosted...
How will Brexit affect me? Ask the High Commissioner Brexit

How will Brexit affect me? Ask the High Commissioner

October 21st, 2018 By Stephen Lillie, British High Commissioner Thank you to those of you who wrote in on the back of my first column last week and raised interesting questions and concerns. This has underlined the importance to me of doing a column so we can provide you and your families with information to help you make decisions about your future. We...
Ireland border issue remains major stumbling block on Brexit Brexit

Ireland border issue remains major stumbling block on Brexit

October 19th, 2018 European Union negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday a Brexit deal with the United Kingdom was 90 per cent done, although there was still a chance no accord would be reached due to ongoing stumbling blocks over the Irish border. "Ninety per cent of the accord on the table has been agreed with Britain," Barnier told France Inter...
To overcome Brexit impasse, May open to extending transition Brexit

To overcome Brexit impasse, May open to extending transition

October 18th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May signalled on Thursday she would consider extending a so-called transition period "for a matter of months" after Britain leaves the European Union, a move her critics say is a betrayal of Brexit. Less than six months before Britain leaves the EU in its biggest shift in policy for more than 40 years,...
DUP Brexit spokesman says no deal 'probably inevitable' Brexit

DUP Brexit spokesman says no deal 'probably inevitable'

October 15th, 2018 Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which British Prime Minister Theresa May's government depends on for support, believes a no-deal Brexit is "probably inevitable," the party's Brexit spokesman was quoted as saying on Monday. "Given the way in which the EU has behaved and the corner they've put Theresa May into, there's no...
DUP leader prefers no Brexit deal to EU "annexation" Brexit

DUP leader prefers no Brexit deal to EU "annexation"

October 13th, 2018 The head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Saturday she would prefer no Brexit deal to a bad deal, describing current plans as amounting to "the annexation of Northern Ireland" by the EU. British and European Union negotiators this month have accelerated the push for a...
DUP threatens to topple UK government Brexit

DUP threatens to topple UK government

October 11th, 2018 The Northern Irish party that British Prime Minister Theresa May's government relies on for support said on Thursday it would consider supporting a vote of no-confidence if May agrees to EU checks on goods entering the region in Brexit talks. Democratic Unionist Party Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson told Ireland's RTE radio the party's...
German firms would face billions in extra tariffs in hard Brexit Brexit

German firms would face billions in extra tariffs in hard Brexit

October 9th, 2018 German firms would face extra tariffs of more than €3bn a year if Britain quits the European Union without a trade deal, and their exports to Britain might drop by up to 57 per cent, Germany's IW institute said on Tuesday. Talks on ending four decades of Britain's membership in the European Union have entered their final stage more...
UK PM May seeks support as others draw Brexit battle lines Brexit

UK PM May seeks support as others draw Brexit battle lines

October 7th, 2018 By William James Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to wavering British voters on Sunday ahead of a defining few months in which she hopes to secure a Brexit deal and face down opponents who say her EU exit plan is too hard, too soft, or just plain wrong. May, tasked with delivering Britain's exit from the European Union after a...
ECJ to hear case on whether UK alone can reverse Brexit Brexit

ECJ to hear case on whether UK alone can reverse Brexit

October 5th, 2018 The European Court of Justice has set a Nov. 27 date for a hearing to decide whether Britain's parliament can unilaterally change its mind on Brexit, a legal source told Reuters, adding that the case is moving fast. Scottish lawmakers opposed to Brexit filed a petition with Scotland's Court of Session last year to show that Britain...
"Chuck Chequers": Boris Johnson challenges PM May on Brexit World

"Chuck Chequers": Boris Johnson challenges PM May on Brexit

October 2nd, 2018 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, damning her Brexit plans while calling for his party to regain its confidence. In a speech which delighted an audience at the Conservative Party conference, Johnson called for no...
Application by UK Cypriots for Cyprus citizenship on the rise as Brexit falters Cyprus

Application by UK Cypriots for Cyprus citizenship on the rise as Brexit falters

October 2nd, 2018 The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK has launched a survey asking the UK Cypriot community for their views on Cypriot citizenship and on Brexit. In all of 2015, the year before Britain voted to leave the European Union, there were only 30 applications for Cypriot citizenship at the Cyprus High Commission in the UK, the...
Boris and Brexit gym punchbags help Londoners vent their rage Britain

Boris and Brexit gym punchbags help Londoners vent their rage

September 28th, 2018 Londoners fed up with Brexit can vent their rage with a special gym routine that includes high-intensity exercises like pummelling punchbags bearing photographs of some of the main players like Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker. The 30-minute circuit also features the "Theresa May Sack Race," "Jacob Rees-Logg lifts" and...
EU grudgingly accepts no-deal Brexit would still include deals Brexit

EU grudgingly accepts no-deal Brexit would still include deals

September 27th, 2018 he European Union will wait until November before kicking off full-blown preparations for a possible collapse of Brexit talks, diplomats said, reluctantly accepting that such a scenario would still require some managing. EU envoys of the 27 countries remaining in the bloc after Brexit discussed on Wednesday stepping up contingency...
Ministry explains residency rights for UK nationals post-Brexit Cyprus

Ministry explains residency rights for UK nationals post-Brexit

September 27th, 2018 The interior ministry has published on its website a document explaining how Cyprus intends to implement the Brexit withdrawal agreement covering the residence rights of UK nationals and their family members. The withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK on citizens’ rights, ahead of the country leaving the bloc on March 29,...
With 6 months to go before Brexit, only 630 finance jobs have left Brexit

With 6 months to go before Brexit, only 630 finance jobs have left

September 26th, 2018 As few as 630 UK-based finance jobs have been shifted or created overseas with just six months to go before Brexit, a far lower total than banks said could move after Britain's surprise vote to leave the European Union, according to a new Reuters survey. Many bankers and politicians predicted after the June 2016 referendum that...
Corbyn to say will vote against PM May's Brexit deal as it stands Brexit

Corbyn to say will vote against PM May's Brexit deal as it stands

September 26th, 2018 British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday Labour would vote against a Brexit deal based on Theresa May's proposals, the strongest warning yet to a prime minister whose plan to leave the European Union is hanging by a thread. On the final day of his party's annual conference, Corbyn sought to show that his party was...
Cyprus needs the EU’s genius for compromise and fudge Opinion

Cyprus needs the EU’s genius for compromise and fudge

September 23rd, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza All persons within the legal space of Europe are free to express themselves as they wish and to do so anonymously subject only to necessary and proportionate safeguards to protect truth, national security, public order and morals, the reputation and rights of others, confidentiality and the administration of...
Anastasiades woos UK investors with eye on Brexit   Cyprus

Anastasiades woos UK investors with eye on Brexit  

September 21st, 2018 By Jean Christou Cyprus is “determined and committed” to working with the UK government to forge even stronger ties with Britain given that EU-Brexit negotiations were entering a critical stage, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday. He was speaking a day after EU leaders said in Salzburg they would push for...
Highlights - EU leaders comments on Brexit at informal summit Brexit

Highlights - EU leaders comments on Brexit at informal summit

September 20th, 2018 European Union leaders met in Salzburg, Austria, for an informal summit to discuss migration and Brexit. Below are comments of leaders before and after the meeting on Thursday. AFTER MEETING EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DONALD TUSK "Everybody shared the view that while there are positive elements in the Chequers proposal, the...
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