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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Scottish company and a Dutch port are discussing launching a new ferry line ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union, potentially providing a swift alternative route for Scottish exports such as whisky if Brexit causes … Continue reading A dram of hope for whisky exports: new Scotland-Netherlands ferry proposed
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has opened up a 14 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party as Johnson’s tougher stance on Brexit wins back supporters, according to a poll published on Wednesday. FILE … Continue reading Conservatives take 14 percent point lead over Labour – Kantar poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal. FILE PHOTO: … Continue reading Johnson urges Merkel to budge on Brexit
Stop HS2 campaign placards hang on trees near a development site for the High Speed 2 rail in Harefield, Britain April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Britain launched a review into whether a proposed High Speed 2 rail … Continue reading UK launches review into whether high-speed rail link should go ahead
BERLIN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal. FILE PHOTO: … Continue reading PM Johnson urges Merkel to budge on Brexit
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, likely worsening already strained ties between Beijing and … Continue reading China says detains employee of British consulate in Hong Kong
FILE PHOTO: Germany’s Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth listens to a journalist ask a question about Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, during his press conference with British Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan and … Continue reading German Europe Minister – Northern Ireland peace, EU single market non-negotiable
Finland’s Prime Minister Antti Rinne attends the annual informal summer meeting of the Nordic prime ministers in Reykjavik, Iceland August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Finland’s Prime Minister Antti Rinne told his British counterpart Boris Johnson that the … Continue reading Finnish PM tells Johnson that EU won’t reopen Brexit deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s drifting property market would probably take a hit from a disorderly Brexit, with average prices slipping about 3% nationally in the ensuing six months and as much as 10% in London, a Reuters poll of housing … Continue reading House prices would flounder in six months after no-deal Brexit – Reuters poll
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it was “extremely concerned” by reports that a staff member at the consulate in its former colony of Hong Kong had been detained in mainland China. Simon Cheng did not return to … Continue reading Britain extremely concerned by reports HK consulate worker held in China
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will automatically enrol nearly 90,000 companies in a customs system in order to reduce the risk of Brexit disruption, the government said, its latest attempt to show it can leave the European Union without a deal … Continue reading UK fast-tracks firms for customs roll as it readies for Brexit
FILE PHOTO: Irish police officers patrol along the open border between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland, April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive said the backstop option was the only means … Continue reading EU executive says Brexit backstop only way to avoid hard border in Ireland
