Posts tagged with "Brexit"

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...
Whistleblower questions Brexit result, says campaigners broke law World

Whistleblower questions Brexit result, says campaigners broke law

March 27th, 2018 A whistleblower at the heart of a Facebook data scandal on Monday questioned the result of Britain's 2016 Brexit referendum as his lawyers presented evidence that they said showed the main campaign for leaving the EU had broken the law. With just a year until Britain is due to leave the European Union, two whistleblowers - one from...
PM May welcomes confirmed EU Brexit transition offer Brexit

PM May welcomes confirmed EU Brexit transition offer

March 23rd, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed on Friday the approval by European Union leaders of a 21-month transition period to help business adapt after Brexit, telling the bloc to ride the "new dynamic" in looming trade talks. EU leaders also formally adopted on Friday their joint negotiating stance on a future trade relationship...
Britain's new Brexit passport to be made in France (Updated) World

Britain's new Brexit passport to be made in France (Updated)

March 22nd, 2018   By Costas Pitas The new blue British passports that Prime Minister Theresa May called "an expression of our independence and sovereignty" after Brexit will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm, the boss of the British company which lost the contract said on Thursday. May announced in December that Britain, which adopted...
Tusk confirms Brexit transition offer Brexit

Tusk confirms Brexit transition offer

March 21st, 2018 EU leaders will approve a post-Brexit transition offer to Britain on Friday, summit chair Donald Tusk said on Wednesday after reservations expressed by Spain over Gibraltar had held up the confirmation. Telling reporters that he had "good news" for British Prime Minister Theresa May, Tusk said: "I have just recommended to EU27...
Skoda ditches UK vehicle agency over Brexit uncertainty Brexit

Skoda ditches UK vehicle agency over Brexit uncertainty

March 21st, 2018 Skoda is at least the second automaker to stop approving its cars with Britain's Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) due to uncertainty over its post-Brexit powers, in an example of the steps firms are taking to fill a void of uncertainty. The VCA can for now sign off on models to be used in the whole of the EU, like national...
May sets out vision for frictionless trade after Brexit (Update 3) Brexit

May sets out vision for frictionless trade after Brexit (Update 3)

March 2nd, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on a future relationship, saying Britain was ready to swallow the "hard facts" of Brexit but did not believe they prevented a successful trade deal. In a much-anticipated speech, May mixed a gentler tone, jettisoning an earlier strident...
EU's Tusk warns of hard border in Ireland after Brexit Brexit

EU's Tusk warns of hard border in Ireland after Brexit

March 1st, 2018 European Council President Donald Tusk warned Britain on Thursday that its plan to leave the EU's customs union and single market on Brexit could mean a return to a "hard border" on the island of Ireland. Addressing a business conference in Brussels before leaving for lunch in London with British Prime Minister Theresa May, the EU...
EU drafts N. Ireland control, urges faster Brexit talks Brexit

EU drafts N. Ireland control, urges faster Brexit talks

February 28th, 2018 The European Union could maintain much of its sway in Northern Ireland after Brexit under a draft treaty published on Wednesday that caused anger in London and Belfast as the EU warned time was running out for a deal. Brussels' chief negotiator Michel Barnier denied that the proposal for avoiding a disruptive EU-UK "hard border" on...
Johnson: N. Irish border issue being used to frustrate Brexit Brexit

Johnson: N. Irish border issue being used to frustrate Brexit

February 28th, 2018 The issue of Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland is being used to try and keep Britain in a customs union with the European Union and frustrate Brexit, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. The question of the border between Britain and the European Union on the island of Ireland has become one of...
British High Commissioner gives reassurance over Brexit concerns Cyprus

British High Commissioner gives reassurance over Brexit concerns

February 27th, 2018 British High Commissioner Matthew Kidd visited Paphos on Tuesday to answer questions causing concern to British residents over Brexit. Paphos is home to the largest number of Britons on the island and the first of the meetings took place for Peyia residents, followed by a second larger one to a packed audience at the Phoenix Social...
What will the future relationship between the UK and Cyprus look like post-Brexit? Brexit

What will the future relationship between the UK and Cyprus look like post-Brexit?

February 21st, 2018 The result of the UK EU Referendum vote in July 2016 took everyone by surprise, but it was clear that the British people were determined to throw off the political and economic shackles of EU membership. Since then, negotiations have been taking place, but the path to Brexit is not a smooth or easy one. Many countries in the European...
EU's Barnier warns Britain post-Brexit transition ‘not a given’ Brexit

EU's Barnier warns Britain post-Brexit transition ‘not a given’

February 9th, 2018 A post-Brexit transition is "not a given", the European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned Britain on Friday, saying London had raised "substantial" issues with the adaptation period as proposed by the bloc. Barnier, speaking to journalists in Brussels after the latest round of negotiations with British envoys, said he...
Soros donation to halt Brexit causes storm in Britain Brexit

Soros donation to halt Brexit causes storm in Britain

February 8th, 2018 News that billionaire financier George Soros is a backer of a campaign group seeking to keep Britain in the EU added fire to Britain's Brexit debate on Thursday, with supporters of quitting the bloc accusing opponents of plotting a "coup". The Best of Britain campaign group confirmed it had received £400,000 from Soros. Soros, best...
May says will give parliament 'appropriate analysis' before Brexit vote Brexit

May says will give parliament 'appropriate analysis' before Brexit vote

January 31st, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that lawmakers would be given official analysis on any Brexit deal before they are asked to approve it, dismissing a leaked document showing the economy would be worse off under all exit scenarios. Buzzfeed News on Monday reported that Britain's economy would be worse off whether...
May faces pressure over Brexit law (Update) Brexit

May faces pressure over Brexit law (Update)

January 29th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May came under further pressure over her Brexit blueprint on Monday, with members of the upper house of parliament saying there were "fundamental flaws" in a law crucial to the departure. The law has also deepened splits in her Conservative Party, which has for years been divided over Britain's...
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