Culture news

Brexit and Art - will uncertainty continue to stifle the art market?

Brexit and Art Will new regulations and ongoing uncertainty continue to stifle the art market after the impact of Covid-19?

27 November 2021

France

French fishermen block ports and Channel Tunnel over licences row

"It has been eleven months... the patience of professionals has limits. We hope that this warning shot will be heard."

25 November 2021

Europe News

The view from Northern Ireland on the UK-EU post-Brexit trade dispute

Britain is threatening to suspend the Northern Ireland protocol, which is the part of the Brexit deal that keeps Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.

24 November 2021

Europe News

Frost in Brussels as Northern Ireland trade dispute with EU rumbles on

Britain is threatening to suspend parts of the legally binding Brexit divorce agreement.

19 November 2021

Europe

Will EU end Brexit trade deal if UK ditches Northern Ireland treaty?

Brussels has been planning its response should Boris Johnson's government act on its threats to suspend the international treaty on post-Brexit trading arrangements.

18 November 2021

France

France accuses Jersey of not cooperating over fishing licence row

Paris accuses Jersey of breaking post-Brexit commitments by not giving sufficient licences to French fishermen.

18 November 2021

Earth News

Is Brexit making Greggs' vegan sausage rolls run out?

The sausage roll deficit is being caused by a shortage of heavy goods drivers to make deliveries, with the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and tax changes all to blame.

17 November 2021

United Kingdom

Brexit: EU welcomes UK 'change in tone' on Northern Ireland trade row

EU and UK negotiators Maros Sefcovic and David Frost met in London and said talks will continue next week to try to settle the standoff on trading arrangements.

12 November 2021

World News

EU-UK Brexit dispute: Lord Frost not yet ready to trigger Article 16

The dispute is over checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the UK mainland.

10 November 2021

Europe

What is Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol?

With little progress being made on finding a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol, will London turn to Article 16?

5 November 2021

United Kingdom

Brexit: EU warns of 'serious consequences' if UK triggers Article 16

Brussels could impose tariffs on UK imports or even tear up the EU-UK Brexit trade deal altogether.

5 November 2021

France

UK-France fishing row talks set to continue in the coming days

Paris and London will continue to discuss the thorny issue of fishing licences "early next week," a UK government spokesperson said Thursday following a bilateral meeting in the French capital.

4 November 2021

United Kingdom

UK supermarket apologises for 'non-EU' food labelling error

Social media users had accused Morrisons of stoking anti-EU feelings, but the company has reiterated that the error was not a "political commentary".

2 November 2021

France

Macron delays retaliation in France-UK fishing row to allow talks

France is demanding more permits to fish in British waters under the UK-EU trade deal, and had threatened to disrupt trade from Tuesday.

2 November 2021

France

UK 'actively considering' legal action over France fishing row

The war of words between France and the UK over fishing intensified on Saturday.

30 October 2021

World News

UK's Johnson renews threat to EU over Northern Ireland trade

"We will have to take the steps that are necessary to protect the territorial integrity of the UK and the UK’s internal market," Johnson warned.

29 October 2021

United Kingdom

UK PM seeks to calm tensions amid post-Brexit fishing row with France

“The ties that unite us, that bind us together, are far stronger than the turbulence that currently exist in the relationship,” said Johnson in a bid to soothe tensions with Paris over a worsening fishing row.

28 October 2021

France

France fines two British fishing boats amid row with UK

France and the UK are at heads over fishing licenses, with France threatening to impose more customs checks on products coming across the English Channel.

28 October 2021

United Kingdom

UK reiterates demand to end ECJ role ahead of latest Brexit talks

"We cannot have the courts of one side settling disputes between us," UK Brexit Secretary David Frost said on Monday.

26 October 2021

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson hails trade deal agreed between UK and New Zealand

Trade with New Zealand currently accounts for just 0.2 percent of the UK’s trade, but Britain hopes the new deal will help gain membership of the trans-Pacific trade partnership.

21 October 2021