Tag: European Union

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Brexit reaches Falklands: EU Galileo sensor station to be removed from the Islands

  

  As it is increasingly likely that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union without a deal on 12 April, the European Commission is completing its “no-deal” preparations, says the EC' daily news report.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Scotland's First Minister predicts another independence referendum

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has predicted that another independence referendum will take place in Scotland. But she said it was reasonable for her to wait for clarity on Brexit before setting out a firm position.

• Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 06:11 UTC

  Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon joins the march and tells PM May “put it back to the people”

  

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has joined hundreds of thousands of people on a march in London to demand a second Brexit referendum. She spoke to crowds gathered at the end of a rally organizer of the “Put It To The People” campaign say more than a million people attended.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Theresa May not sure of a third vote on her Brexit deal next week: “there is not sufficient support”

  

  Theresa May has told MPs that a third vote on her Brexit deal may not take place next week “if it appears there is not sufficient support”. It comes after European Council President Donald Tusk said Brexit's fate was “in Britain's hands.”

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  May manages a Brexit postponement but Parliament must support her deal: “MPs have a clear choice”

  

  Theresa May will return to the UK on Friday to try and convince MPs to support her withdrawal deal after the EU agreed to postpone Brexit beyond 29 March. On Thursday night, after eight hours of talks, EU leaders offered to delay Brexit until 22 May if MPs approve Mrs May's deal next week.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  The Falkland Islands states its position: Preparing for Brexit

  

  On 23 June 2016, the people of the UK and Gibraltar voted by a majority to leave the European Union (EU). In this article the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) sets out what work has taken place since the referendum to prepare the Falkland Islands for Brexit.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:39 UTC

  EU prepared to grant UK a Brexit delay, if Parliament votes in favor of Mrs. May deal

  

  The European Union could grant Britain’s request for a short Brexit delay if Parliament votes next week in favour of a stalled departure deal, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  EU fines Google €1.49 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers

  

  Google was fined €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, in the third large European Union antitrust penalty for the Alphabet business in two only years.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Angela Merkel to the rescue of an “orderly Brexit”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will fight for an “orderly Brexit” until “the very last hour”. Mrs Merkel said that current events were in a “state of flux”, adding that European Union leaders would try to react to whatever the UK proposed. The UK is due to leave the EU in 10 days' time, with or without a deal.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Mrs. May, with a divided cabinet, writes to EU requesting postponing Brexit; she flies to Brussels on Thursday

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed. One ministerial source told the BBC the longer delay could be up to two years, amid reports of a cabinet row, but No 10 said no decision had been made.