Brexit: ‘just a few hours’ left for a trade agreement, EU negotiator warns

Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. © Belga The EU and the UK have “just a few hours” left to reach a post-Brexit trade agreement, chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier warned on Friday. “We have very little time remaining,” Barnier … Read More

Pound rises as Boris Johnson plans ‘significant’ intervention in Brexit talks

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks via video link from 10 Downing Street during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London. Photo: House of Commons/PA Images via Getty Images The pound was rising on Monday morning on the back … Read More

Europe COVID death toll tops 300,000 as winter looms and infections surge

(Reuters) – More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads into winter despite hopes for a … Read More

European leaders lay out fresh plans to fight religious extremism

The leaders of France, Austria, Germany and the EU on Tuesday discussed Europe’s response to terrorism after a spate of deadly Islamic extremist attacks. French President Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz met in Paris after both of their … Read More

Coronavirus latest: EU agrees to close external borders for 30 days

EU leaders have agreed to prevent foreigners from entering the European bloc for 30 days as they fight to contain the deadly coronavirus. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the proposal “got a lot of support by the … Read More

EU ‘surprised’ at Boris Johnson’s Brexit stance

Ursula von der Leyen speaking to MEPs BORIS Johnson’s suggestion that the UK could be prepared to accept an Australian-style relationship with the EU without a formal trade deal has “surprised” Brussels. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pointed … Read More

Trump claims the EU has ‘no choice’ but to agree a new trade deal

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KEY POINTS The president met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, and told CNBC’s Joe Kernen that the pair had a “great talk.” Amid ongoing informal discussions, Trump … Read More

Europe on brink of new refugee crisis ‘EVEN GREATER’ than 2015 – German Interior Minister

FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Nicolas Economou Europe may soon face a massive inflow of refugees and migrants that will be even bigger than at the peak of the infamous crisis, Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has warned, urging … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 2 August 2019

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Greetings from Tyler, Are these the best of times, or the worst?  It seems that for now at least, the foreign policy of the United States is solid.  Iran is still holding the British owned tanker taken hostage in the … Read More

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