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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...
Trump not sure if new Brexit approach is what the people voted for Brexit

Trump not sure if new Brexit approach is what the people voted for

July 12th, 2018 US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not sure if Britain's new approach to Brexit was what the people had voted for, adding that Britain was in a "pretty hot spot" after two major resignations from Prime Minister Theresa May's government. Asked about his views on Brexit just hours before he was due to arrive in Britain,...
Britain's Johnson robustly opposed PM's Brexit plan - reports Brexit

Britain's Johnson robustly opposed PM's Brexit plan - reports

July 8th, 2018 Britain's Boris Johnson strongly criticised Prime Minister Theresa May's latest Brexit proposal in typically colourful terms before agreeing with his colleagues to back the compromise on Friday, reports said. The foreign minister, a leading supporter of a decisive break by Britain from the European Union, said May's...
Confusion remains over expat status in Cyprus post-Brexit Cyprus

Confusion remains over expat status in Cyprus post-Brexit

July 1st, 2018 By Jean Christou In what could be seen as a hint to Cypriot migration authorities, the British High Commission is saying it would like to work closely with them to clear up the ongoing confusion for British expats on the island when it comes to their post-Brexit status. The High Commission told the Sunday Mail in a written...
Give us ‘workable’ Brexit proposals, EU tells PM May Brexit

Give us ‘workable’ Brexit proposals, EU tells PM May

June 29th, 2018 The European Union's chief negotiator urged Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday to come up with "workable" proposals for Brexit and overcome "huge and serious" differences to prevent Britain from crashing out of the bloc without a deal. On the second day of a summit more focused on migration than Brexit, leaders of the other 27 EU...
News podcast: expats after Brexit, know your rights Cyprus

News podcast: expats after Brexit, know your rights

June 22nd, 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: The British High Commissioner outlines what expats need to do to ensure their status after Brexit; We...
Airbus ‘to reconsider UK presence if no-deal Brexit happens’ Brexit

Airbus ‘to reconsider UK presence if no-deal Brexit happens’

June 22nd, 2018 Airbus issued its strongest warning yet over the impact of Britain's departure from the European Union, saying that a withdrawal without a deal on future trade would force it to reconsider its long-term position in the UK. In a memorandum issued late on Thursday, Airbus said softer plans for a transition period ending in December...
We want to say yes: UK unveils Brexit residency rules for EU citizens Brexit

We want to say yes: UK unveils Brexit residency rules for EU citizens

June 21st, 2018 Britain unveiled its planned residency rules for European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom after Brexit on Thursday, promising an "easy" system that would work in the favour of those wanting to stay. The issue of what would happen to the more than 3 million EU citizens currently living in Britain was one of the most...
Britain's May wins Brexit vote in parliament FRONT PAGE

Britain's May wins Brexit vote in parliament

June 20th, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May won a crucial Brexit vote in parliament on Wednesday, keeping her deeply divided government's plans to end Britain's more than 40 years of partnership with the European Union on track. After pro-EU Conservative lawmaker Dominic Grieve said he would support the government's proposal for a "meaningful vote"...
BuzzFeed: brace for Brexit meltdown but don't panic, says Johnson Brexit

BuzzFeed: brace for Brexit meltdown but don't panic, says Johnson

June 8th, 2018 Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson warned that there could be a Brexit meltdown but it will be "all right in the end" and that US President Trump would take a tougher stance were he leading the talks, according to BuzzFeed. Johnson's comments were secretly recorded at a dinner on Wednesday evening and released on Thursday by...
Britain proposes one-year Brexit backstop plan to EU Brexit

Britain proposes one-year Brexit backstop plan to EU

June 7th, 2018 The British government set out its plans for a one-year backstop plan for the Irish border on Thursday, finding an agreement on only part of what has become Prime Minister Theresa May's biggest Brexit stumbling block - customs. But by setting a date on the plan for the standby arrangement to ensure no return of a hard border between...
Expats – How to ensure your post-Brexit rights Cyprus

Expats – How to ensure your post-Brexit rights

May 26th, 2018 Britain’s top diplomat in Cyprus did much to reassure expats this week that Brexit will not affect their lives – but many remain confused about the precise paperwork they need to confirm their residency and rights on the island. UK nationals “will be able to carry on living, working or studying in Cyprus for as long as you want...
Minister says Britain legally bound to pay up before trade agreement Brexit

Minister says Britain legally bound to pay up before trade agreement

May 23rd, 2018 Britain is legally bound to pay its up to 39 billion pound ($52 billion) divorce bill to the European Union before it agrees a future trade deal with the bloc, a Brexit minister said on Wednesday. The remarks by Suella Braverman, a leading Brexit supporter, suggest Britain may not be able to use payment of the bill as leverage in...
‘Rights for Britons to live in Cyprus as they do now secured’ Cyprus

‘Rights for Britons to live in Cyprus as they do now secured’

May 23rd, 2018 We have secured the right for UK nationals to continue living their life in Cyprus as they do now, new UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie said in an open letter to UK nationals living on the island on Tuesday, strongly urging those who have not yet done so, to register as residents with the Cypriot authorities, if they wish to continue...
With Brexit clarity, Scotland will look again at independence -Sturgeon Brexit

With Brexit clarity, Scotland will look again at independence -Sturgeon

May 20th, 2018 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would again consider another vote on independence for Scotland when the British government offers some certainty over Brexit. Speaking on ITV television's Peston on Sunday programme, Sturgeon also said her Scottish National Party would not block another Brexit vote on any...
As debate rages, Britain still weeks away from customs decision Brexit

As debate rages, Britain still weeks away from customs decision

May 6th, 2018 By Elizabeth Piper   Britain is weeks away from making a decision on its future customs arrangements with the European Union, a minister said on Sunday, adding fuel to a debate that is all but stalling Brexit talks in Brussels and politics at home. After local elections last week when Prime Minister Theresa May's...
Monsieur Non: French EU envoy walks out in English row Europe

Monsieur Non: French EU envoy walks out in English row

April 26th, 2018 France's ambassador has walked out of talks with fellow EU envoys over a lack of French translation, in a new demonstration of Paris pushing to curb the dominance of English in post-Brexit Brussels. "The ambassador left the room to show his disapproval," one EU diplomat said of Philippe Leglise-Costa's decision to quit a meeting on...
British envoy urges peace process to start quickly Cyprus Talks

British envoy urges peace process to start quickly

April 18th, 2018 Whatever is going to happen with the resumption of Cyprus talks, should happen quickly, outgoing British High Commissioner in Nicosia, Mathew Kidd, said on Wednesday. The challenge of making progress only gets harder, not easier, Kidd said in an interview with the Cyprus News Agency that also covered Brexit, hydrocarbons, and the...
Sterling heads towards highest since Brexit vote with seasonal bounce Brexit

Sterling heads towards highest since Brexit vote with seasonal bounce

April 16th, 2018 The pound pushed past the $1.43 mark on Monday and approached a post-Brexit referendum high as investors' focus shifted to data that could cement expectations of a May interest rate increase and away from Britain's military intervention in Syria. Traders also cited a seasonal rise in inward capital flows. Foreign companies increase...
Hammond warns of "catastrophe" for Ireland if no EU deal Brexit

Hammond warns of "catastrophe" for Ireland if no EU deal

April 11th, 2018 British Finance Minister Philip Hammond told a German newspaper that it would be a "catastrophe" for the situation in Ireland if Britain and the European Union failed to find a solution during talks on Brexit. "The worst result for the Good Friday Agreement would be no solution between the EU and Britain, that would be a catastrophe...
Northern Ireland peacemakers warn of new dangers 20 years on Brexit

Northern Ireland peacemakers warn of new dangers 20 years on

April 10th, 2018 The leaders who brokered a peace deal for Northern Ireland in 1998 marked its 20th anniversary on Tuesday by warning that a hardening political divide and Britain's exit from the EU were creating new dangers for the region. Former US President Bill Clinton and ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined Irish and Northern Irish...
Spain hopes for Brexit deal on Gibraltar before October Brexit

Spain hopes for Brexit deal on Gibraltar before October

April 4th, 2018 Spain hopes to sign off on a bilateral agreement with Britain over Gibraltar before October so as not to hinder a Brexit transition deal, Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis told Reuters on Wednesday. Failure to reach an agreement on Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain's southern coast, could disrupt a planned 21-month...
British passport maker to appeal loss of 'Brexit blue' contract Brexit

British passport maker to appeal loss of 'Brexit blue' contract

April 3rd, 2018 The company that makes British passports will challenge the decision to use a foreign firm in future, a government decision that some eurosceptics in the tabloid press have called unpatriotic. Prime Minister Theresa May announced post-Brexit Britain would change its passports from burgundy to blue - closer to how they looked before...
FACTBOX - UK financial services jobs post-Brexit Brexit

FACTBOX - UK financial services jobs post-Brexit

March 28th, 2018 Around 5,000 finance jobs will be shifted out of Britain or created overseas by March 2019 because of Brexit, half the number forecast six months ago, according to a Reuters survey of firms employing the bulk of workers in international finance. Reuters approached 164 banks, asset managers, private equity firms, insurers and exchanges...
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