Tag: European Union

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  UK has raised Falklands' interest in the post-Brexit negotiations with EU

  

  Falkland Islands' lawmakers in a recent visit to London completed a round of talks with Foreign Office and other UK government officials to address several issues of interest, Brexit/EU talks, including fisheries, trade, and the current Argentine government aggressive diplomacy towards the Islands, among other points.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  European Union agrees to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The European Union has agreed to buy at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine in its first such advance purchase deal, which could weaken plans led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a global approach.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  EU agrees on common hygiene standards on planes and airports

  

  European Union states have agreed on common hygiene standards such as social distancing and wearing face masks on planes and at airports to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Thursday

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  EU's “Frugal Five” blocking of recovery plan, anticipates difficulties to finalize accord with Mercosur

  

  The emergence of the so-called “Frugal Five” led by Austria and Netherlands, has blocked so far the European Union recovery plan, with a massive injection of funds, and forebodes hard times to finally reach the implementation of an EU trade agreement with Mercosur.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 06:32 UTC

  London to announce the return of EU reclaimed regulatory powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

  

  Britain will publish plans this Thursday to keep trade flowing freely between its constituent nations when regulatory powers are reclaimed from the European Union at the end of the year and redistributed to devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Sweden supports a robust response to China's new security law on Hong Kong

  

  Sweden said on Monday it supported Franco-German efforts for a robust response to China's new security law on Hong Kong, joining Denmark and the Netherlands in pushing the European Union to consider countermeasures on Beijing.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  EU ombudsman opened an inquiry into the EU/Mercosur sustainability impact assessment

  

  European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has opened an inquiry into why the European Commission did not finalize an updated Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) before the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade agreement in June 2019.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 06:35 UTC

  Britain prepared to leave the EU in terms similar to Australia, Johnson tells Merkel

  

  Britain is prepared to leave the European Union on the same terms as Australia has with the bloc if it cannot agree on a future trading deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Germany's Angela Merkel in a telephone call on Tuesday.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  UK/EU post Brexit negotiations remain stalled and “serious divergences remain”

  

  Britain and the European Union (EU) failed to make progress in talks on post-Brexit relations this week due to major differences and called off a one-on-one meeting between their chief negotiators, officials said on Thursday.