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  • Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

    Chile Day in London next June; UK ambassador underlines importance of free trade

    “Chile Day offers a significant opportunity for deepening and enhancing our long standing relationship with Chile in trade and other areas”

    The announcement that Chile Day will take place in London in June 2017 is good for the United Kingdom and for Chile, boosting trade and investment between our two nations, said British ambassador in Santiago, Fiona Clouder, who made it a point to praise the significance of free trade.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:15 UTC

    Madrid sends Brexit “message of calm” to Spaniards who work in Gibraltar

    The statement from Dastis was interpreted as a “message of calm” to Spaniards who work in Gibraltar, saying their interests will be kept in mind by Spain.

    Spain’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, has told a leading German newspaper that Madrid will not be taking “any type of punitive measures” at the border with Gibraltar after Brexit. Dastis has made similar statements in recent days to Spanish media, but his comments to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are the first time he has spoken about the border to the international media.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 06:47 UTC

    Brexit: London's financial sector calls for a transitional deal for the industry

    The European Central Bank has made it clear that Britain cannot access the passporting system, which allows financial firms to trade freely across the EU

    London’s powerhouse financial sector finds itself at a critical juncture with Article 50 about to be triggered, as the Square Mile braces itself for a jobs exodus and the potential loss of European trading rights following Brexit. City bosses and politicians have called on the UK Government to secure a transitional deal for the industry to prevent companies pre-empting uncertainty by upping sticks to rival financial centres across the globe.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 17:45 UTC

    Brexit: Full text of Theresa May's letter to European Council president Donald Tusk

    UK's objectives for our future partnership remain those set out in my Lancaster House speech of 17 Jan and the subsequent White Paper published on 2 February.

    Dear President Tusk
    On 23 June last year, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As I have said before, that decision was no rejection of the values we share as fellow Europeans. Nor was it an attempt to do harm to the European Union or any of the remaining member states.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 17:37 UTC

    The direction the Prime Minister is taking is “both reckless and damaging”

    If the Prime Minister is to unite the country, she must not just listen the hard line Tory ideologues on her won beaches, claimed Corbyn

    The head of UK opposition and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for Brexit were potentially “reckless and damaging”.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 17:33 UTC

    “We already miss you. Thank you and good bye”

    Invoking Article 50 is not a happy occasion, said Donald Tusk

    In a press conference in Brussels, following the hand-delivered letter, EC president Donald Tusk sent a message to the UK: “We already miss you. Thank you and goodbye.”

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 17:21 UTC

    “An historic moment from which there can be no turning back”, May tells Parliament

    “This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Britain is leaving the European Union”.

    Prime Minister Theresa May has kicked off the two-year process of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in what she said was “an historic moment from which there can be no turning back”. Minutes after a letter informing the European Council of the UK’s intention to leave, Mrs May told the House of Commons that the Government was acting on “the democratic will of the British people” expressed in last year’s referendum vote for Brexit.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 07:59 UTC

    Netherlands prepared to help with Falklands' dialogue, once UK leaves the EU

    President Macri and Dutch PM Rutte toast at the official reception for the Argentine delegation on a state visit to Holland

    Holland is prepared to contribute to the Falklands/Malvinas dialogue between Argentina and UK, once Britain has definitively left the European Union, said on Tuesday foreign minister Susana Malcorra who is part of the official delegation of president Mauricio Macri state visit to the Netherlands.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

    Scottish parliament voted to seek a new independence referendum

    Sturgeon has argued that last year's Brexit vote necessitates a new independence referendum.

    Scotland's Parliament voted on Tuesday to seek a new referendum on independence from Britain, clearing the way for the country's first minister to ask the British government to approve such a vote. The legislature in Edinburgh voted 69-59 to seek Britain's parliamentary endorsement, which is required, for a referendum that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold within two years, before Britain has completed its departure from the 28-nation European Union.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 06:58 UTC

    UK triggers Article 50 to end EU membership: letter to be delivered to Brussels on Wednesday

    Sitting in front of a lone Union Jack national flag and a portrait of Britain’s first PM, Robert Walpole, Ms May signed the letter

    Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the historic letter that will launch Brexit when it is delivered to Brussels on Wednesday, a photo released by her office showed. Sitting in front of a lone Union Jack national flag and a portrait of Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, a serene-looking May signed the letter to begin the country’s departure from the European Union.