Chancellor disputes suggestion Brexit will make Britain poorer However Jeremy Hunt did not deny there are ‘costs’ to the decision to leave the EU. The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022
Denmark: British man being deported over late post-Brexit paperwork Phil Russell says he was four days overdue sending an application to stay he did not know he needed The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022
Slovenia votes for president, could elect first woman Slovenia is voting in a presidential election runoff that could elect the small European Union’s country first female head of state The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022
Brexit has imposed ‘costs’ on UK economy, Jeremy Hunt admits OLD Chancellor claims EU withdrawal is not ‘the biggest issue’ holding back UK growth The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022
Truss? Brexit? Covid? Who is really to blame for the Tories’ ‘fiscal hole’? The succession of PMs have all spoken out on who or what has caused the state of UK finances. They’re all partly right, but conveniently miss out one or two other key reasons The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022
Letters: nuclear power is not the only option Why is the government fixated on Sizewell C when geothermal and tidal energy are safe, simple and cost-effective? The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022
Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022
An industry-friendly budget? Don’t get your hopes up Tackling inflation and restoring credibility are top of the chancellor’s to-do list in the autumn statement. Business pleas may go unheeded The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022
US ‘urges EU and UK to reach Northern Ireland Protocol deal by April 2023’ US diplomats have reportedly urged UK and EU to reach agreement before 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2022
4 EU members say they can't take so many migrant arrivals Four Mediterranean European Union members have issued a joint statement weighing on a dispute over a deal for Europe to jointly help asylum-seekers The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022
Show me a restaurant and I will give you a glimpse of Britain in miniature The pioneering chef Joyce Molyneux ran a kitchen that was unpretentious and democratic – a far cry from some places I’ve eaten at recently The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022
Two more French citizens held in Iran - foreign minister Two more French citizens are being held in Iran, taking the total of its nationals detained there to seven, France's foreign minister said in remarks published on Saturday, a further sign of deteriorating ties between the two countries. Reuters · Nov 12, 2022
Germany's Scholz favours new package of sanctions against Iran German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that he favours a new round of European Union sanctions on Iran next week. Reuters · Nov 12, 2022
‘Incredibly hard’: parents separated from baby by Brexit delays Academics with settled status had to leave four-month-old with family in India due to Home Office wait The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022
Chronicle Live · Nov 12, 2022 Spain wants EU holiday rule change so Brits can stay longer than 90 days Spain's tourism secretary has announced that the current 90-day limit on how long British tourists can stay in the country is affecting the holiday industry
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 12, 2022 France Accepts Migrant Ship as Row with Italy Blazes A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them. The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO, had picked up the migrants at sea near the Libyan coast before…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 12, 2022 UN, Russia Grain, Fertilizer Exports Talks End without Breakthrough United Nations chiefs held talks with Russian officials Friday on the Black Sea agreements on exporting grain and fertilizers, eight days before one of the deals is set to expire. The discussions took place behind closed doors at the UN Palais des Nations headquarters in Geneva and wrapped up mid-afternoon,…
Irish Mirror · Nov 11, 2022 Taoiseach insists referendum is not needed on contentious Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement trade deal The judgement now has the potential to split the coalition
France 24 · Nov 11, 2022 'We're setting up a special fund for Ukraine's damaged infrastructure': EU energy chief The European Commission’s energy supremo, Estonian Kadri Simson, recently visited Ukraine to discuss what can be done to help energy infrastructure damaged in Russian missile attacks. She details plans to transfer specialised machinery and devices to Ukraine through a dedicated fund. The Commissioner also updates us on the negotiations among…
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022 UK immigration: creating a spectacle around people seeking asylum generates fear and chaos, not solutions When the Home Office left a group of people seeking asylum stranded at London’s Victoria Station last week, the scenes were stark. Hungry, cold and disoriented, they had been transported from Manston immigration centre, where 4,000 people were being crammed into a space built for 1,600.
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022 Methane: war and international tensions make cutting potent greenhouse gas emissions harder US president Joe Biden has announced new oil and gas industry regulations, which his administration claims will plunge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane 87% below 2005 levels. This is part of an update to the Global Methane Pledge, a US-EU initiative announced at COP26, last year’s UN climate summit…
France 24 · Nov 11, 2022 Georgia and the war in Ukraine: Meeting the nation's first female president As the war in Ukraine continues to rumble on, watching events very closely are Russia's neighbours. Five of those countries are led by women including Georgia. Annette Young speaks to the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili about the impact of the war on her country and the region. The president also…
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022 Albania's ghost towns: the crisis that caused the exodus Albania has a population of 2.8 million people, according to data published at the start of 2021. Since the fall of communism in 1991 nearly 40% of Albania’s population has left the country.
The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022 Irish premier praises Rishi Sunak’s ‘pragmatic’ approach to NI Protocol dispute Micheal Martin said Anglo-Irish relations have improved ‘very significantly’ as he expressed hope of a resolution to the stand-off.
Reuters · Nov 11, 2022 U.S., EU, others affirm need to accelerate clean energy transitions -statement The United States, the European Union and other governments said they were committed to taking action to address climate and energy crises and affirmed the need to accelerate global transitions to clean energy, according to a joint statement released on Friday.