Posts tagged with "Brexit"

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...
UK minister says new Brexit vote possible Brexit

UK minister says new Brexit vote possible

September 19th, 2018 Britain could hold a second referendum on its European Union membership if lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May's plan, a government minister said on Wednesday, as pro-EU campaigners set out how parliament could force a new vote. Britain's 2016 vote to exit the EU still divides public opinion with less than seven months until...
London mayor calls for second referendum on Brexit (Update) Brexit

London mayor calls for second referendum on Brexit (Update)

September 16th, 2018 By Paul Sandle London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain's European Union membership, saying the prime minister's handling of Brexit negotiations had become "mired in confusion and deadlock" and was leading the country down a damaging path. Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29. But with Prime...
People and power before and after Brexit Opinion

People and power before and after Brexit

September 16th, 2018 By Andonis Vassiliades ‘The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent’ (Elmer Eric Schattschneider, The Semisovereign People) The economic fallout from Brexit on the UK economy covered in a previous comment could simply be the price the country has to pay for achieving...
UK Labour Party to vote against PM May's Brexit deal Brexit

UK Labour Party to vote against PM May's Brexit deal

September 14th, 2018 Britain's opposition Labour Party is set to vote against any Brexit deal reached by Prime Minister Theresa May and the lack of a viable exit from the European Union will force May from office before Christmas, a senior Labour lawmaker told the Financial Times. The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29 and...
News podcast: Road tax set to rise for new registrations Cyprus

News podcast: Road tax set to rise for new registrations

September 14th, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Road tax may rise after a public consultation on new measures that take environmental factors into...
Juncker: ties with UK will always be close but Brexit demands remain Brexit

Juncker: ties with UK will always be close but Brexit demands remain

September 12th, 2018 European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday renewed a pledge of close trade and security ties with Britain after Brexit, but said the European Union would not compromise on key withdrawal terms. Delivering his annual state-of-the-union speech to the European Parliament, Juncker said the EU will not allow Britain to...
May's Brexit plans opposed by 80 rebels in her party - former minister Brexit

May's Brexit plans opposed by 80 rebels in her party - former minister

September 10th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party faces a "catastrophic split" if she persists with her so-called Chequers proposals on Brexit and 80 or more of her lawmakers are prepared to vote against the proposals, a former junior minister said. Such public criticism, just a day after her former foreign minister, Boris...
Brexit as an attempt to fix the UK may prove folly CM Regular Columnist

Brexit as an attempt to fix the UK may prove folly

September 9th, 2018 By Andonis Vassiliades It is hard to believe that in less than seven months the UK will be leaving the EU. With the British government’s publication of a series of notes advising people and businesses of the potential risks of not reaching an exit agreement with the EU and offering advice on how to protect themselves, and the EU’s...
News podcast: Cyprus must be for all Cypriots and no-one else Cyprus

News podcast: Cyprus must be for all Cypriots and no-one else

September 7th, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Cyprus must be for all Cypriots and no-one else, says Cyprus' High Commissioner to London ; Euripides...
Pressure mounts on May as critics tear into her Brexit plan Brexit

Pressure mounts on May as critics tear into her Brexit plan

September 3rd, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy means disaster for Britain, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said, as critics at home and officials in Brussels step up their opposition to her plans for how to leave the European Union. With under two months before Britain and the EU want to agree a deal to end over 40 years of...
Britain planning port at RAF Akrotiri in case of no-deal on Brexit (Update 2) Cyprus

Britain planning port at RAF Akrotiri in case of no-deal on Brexit (Update 2)

August 30th, 2018 BRITAIN is drawing plans to expand a port at RAF Akrotiri to service its military bases on the island in case of Brexit without a trade deal with the EU, reports said on Thursday. The reports were neither confirmed nor denied by UK authorities. According to The Times, plans for the facility at RAF Akrotiri are already being drawn...
Geopolitics may hurt island's growth Cyprus

Geopolitics may hurt island's growth

August 26th, 2018 Two and-a-half years after Cyprus completed its adjustment programme geopolitics are threatening to upset economic recovery, economists have said. Uncertainties related to geopolitics are likely to affect economic performance in the UK and Russia, two of Cyprus’ main commercial partners, while Greece’s economy, also one of the...
Brits living in EU could lose access to UK accounts if no deal Brexit

Brits living in EU could lose access to UK accounts if no deal

August 23rd, 2018 Britons living in the European Union could lose access to their UK bank accounts and businesses on the continent could be cut off from investment banks in London if there is a no-deal Brexit, the British government said on Thursday. In a document detailing contingency planning if Britain leaves the EU in March with no transition...
UK 'no deal' Brexit plans spell out trade disruption for firms Brexit

UK 'no deal' Brexit plans spell out trade disruption for firms

August 23rd, 2018 British firms trading with the European Union will face a tangle of red tape, possible delays at the border and cashflow disruption if the government is unable to negotiate an exit deal with Brussels before it leaves the bloc next March. The government published a series of notes advising people and businesses how to protect...
Britain's May could face trouble over Brexit deal, Conservative lawmaker warns Brexit

Britain's May could face trouble over Brexit deal, Conservative lawmaker warns

August 19th, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May could face trouble getting her Brexit deal approved by the British parliament before exit day unless she changes her proposals, the head of an influential group of pro-Brexit lawmakers said in an interview published on Sunday. Jacob Rees-Mogg, chair of the European Research Group, a faction within May's...
No uni fee hike next year, ahead of Brexit Education

No uni fee hike next year, ahead of Brexit

August 17th, 2018 CYPRIOTS should not fear a rise in tuition fees at British universities next year, especially for those starting their education in the UK, the head of the association of educational consultants (Caec), Adonis Americanos, said on Thursday. Americanos said that the association would like to alleviate concerns of parents and students,...
UK voters ‘should have final say if Brexit talks collapse’ Brexit

UK voters ‘should have final say if Brexit talks collapse’

August 10th, 2018 If Brexit talks break down without a deal, half of Britons believe the final decision over whether to leave the European Union should be taken by the public in a referendum, according to a survey of more than 10,000 people published on Friday. The YouGov poll, conducted July 31-Aug 7 and commissioned by the pro-referendum "People's...
An ambitious partnership with the UK after Brexit Guest Columnist

An ambitious partnership with the UK after Brexit

August 4th, 2018 By Michel Barnier THE United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. While we regretted the UK's departure, we respect its sovereign decision. Our task is now to organize the disentanglement of the UK from the EU's institutions and policies. And we also need to look towards the future. After Brexit, the EU will...
UK PM May says she will lead Brexit talks from now on Brexit

UK PM May says she will lead Brexit talks from now on

July 24th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would now lead negotiations with the European Union, shifting the focus of the Brexit department towards preparing for Britain's departure from the bloc. A special unit within May's office has played an increasing role in Brexit talks during recent months, and Tuesday's...
UK watchdog tells banks to prepare for hard Brexit World

UK watchdog tells banks to prepare for hard Brexit

July 19th, 2018 Britain's banks and insurers must plan for a ‘hard’ Brexit in case a transition period is not in place next March, a senior British regulator said on Thursday. "With eight months until we exit the European Union in March 2019, it is important we all -- regulators and industry -- continue to plan for a range of scenarios," said...
'It's not too late to save Brexit,' Johnson tells UK parliament Brexit

'It's not too late to save Brexit,' Johnson tells UK parliament

July 18th, 2018 Britain's former foreign secretary Boris Johnson accused Prime Minister Theresa May of betraying millions of Brexit voters and urged the government to rethink its strategy, adding that the country would never again have the chance to get it right. Johnson, who led the main Brexit campaign in the 2016 referendum, resigned this month...
Another Brexit referendum? bring it on Guest Columnist

Another Brexit referendum? bring it on

July 15th, 2018 Alper Ali Riza   Not since Paris, prince of Troy, eloped with his host’s wife, Helen of Sparta, has a head of state behaved as badly to his host as US President Donald Trump did last Friday. Just before attending a black tie dinner in his honour, laid on with all the splendour of a British state occasion and hosted by the...
EU to analyse UK Brexit plan -Barnier Brexit

EU to analyse UK Brexit plan -Barnier

July 12th, 2018 EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the European Union would review the British government's latest proposal on Thursday for trading arrangements after the country leaves the bloc. "We will now analyse the #Brexit White Paper (with) Member States & EP, in light of #EUCO guidelines," he tweeted, referring to the European...
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