European union eu
EU member states endorse Brexit trade deal
This will provisionally allow tariff-free trade with Britain to continue after it leaves the EU single market at the New Year.
-
Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal
The country will now not tumble off a trade 'cliff-edge' come 1 January, avoiding a mountain of harmful tariffs and quotas.
-
EU and Britain seal post-Brexit trade deal
The final 2,000-page agreement was held up by last-minutre wrangling over fishing as both sides haggled over the access EU fisherman will get to Britain's waters after the end of the year.
-
EU urges end to bans over UK virus strain as travel chaos looms
The new variant of the virus, which has also been detected in small numbers elsewhere, appears to spread more easily than other types but there is no evidence it is more lethal or resistant to vaccines, according to experts.
-
Brexit hopes dim as Johnson says failure 'very likely'
Whatever happens, Britain will leave the EU single market and customs union, leading to the re-introduction of border checks for the first time in decades.
-
EU launches legal action over UK Brexit bill
On Tuesday, British MPs backed a bill to regulate the UK's internal market from January 1, when Britain completes its post-Brexit transition period and leaves the EU single market and customs union.
-
Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
In all, around 7.5% of the more than 510 million people in the EU did not hold the citizenship of the country where they lived as of January 1, 2017, according to Eurostat.
-
Govt working on plan to ensure stable ties with UK after Brexit, says Davies
The UK was set to leave the EU at the end of the week but that’s been potentially delayed to 12 April.
-
NATO leaders to meet in London in December
Britain is due to leave the European Union on 29 March and the December meeting will be seen as a signal of solidarity between NATO and the UK.
-
EU renews Congo sanctions ahead of presidential election
The decision is likely to worsen relations between the EU and President Joseph Kabila’s government, which has lobbied against sanctions it calls an illegal violation of its sovereignty.
-
Economists warn UK may be hit by recession in Brexit deal
There has been a sharp decline in the value of the pound with the rand strengthening to 17.97 to sterling on Friday.
-
UK's May takes Brexit deal to cabinet as MPs revolt
After months of talks, May announced late Tuesday that negotiators had finally struck a draft agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union next March.
-
Britain confident of Brexit financial services deal soon
Britain’s Financial Services Minister John Glen said government was prioritising the need to have a long-term and best solution for the 'power house' financial services sector.
-
May seeks to reassure EU leaders on Brexit deal
But three days after talks stalled over the Irish border “backstop”, thwarting hopes of a deal at the summit, May arrived determined to stress that an accord was still on the cards.
-
Britain after Brexit and the impact on the geopolitical landscape
Despite what geography might suggest, the UK isn’t an island in foreign policy terms and becoming a less reliable partner as a consequence of the destabilising process of leaving the EU could jeopardise the networks and coalitions the UK has built up over decades.
-
Corbyn makes pitch for power as MPs spar over Brexit
The veteran leftist is expected to dodge direct commitments on the toxic issue, and instead advance a radical domestic agenda built around themes of social justice.
-
Brexit rebels make proposals on Irish border issue
Both the EU and Britain want to avoid a so-called hard border between UK’s Northern Ireland and the EU’s Irish Republic because such a border could undermine a 1998 peace agreement that ended decades of sectarian conflict in the north.
-
EU raps Guatemala for 'step backward' on corruption
The EU says the decision by the government not to renew the mandate of CICIG constitutes a step backward in the consolidation of rule of law.
-
Macron targets French welfare spending as deficit pressure rises
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said that the government would press on with its reform drive in the face of record unpopularity after little more than a year in office.
