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Montevideo, July 26th 2026 - 16:48 UTC

Tag: European Union

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC

    Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

    Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected.

    Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:40 UTC

    EU money laundering black list blocked following US and Saudi complaints

    “It's heartening to see common sense from the member states prevail over the commission's dogmatic posturing on this issue,” Gordon Sondland said

    The United States on Friday welcomed the blocking of a proposal to add a group of countries, including four American territories, to the EU money-laundering blacklist after almost all member states opposed it. The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, hit out at the “dogmatic posturing” of the European Commission, the bloc's executive arm.

  • Friday, March 1st 2019 - 13:05 UTC

    Maduro moves PDVSA office to Moscow to avoid sanctions

    Maduro regime desperately seeks to protect assets abroad that are still under its control

    Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the central office of state oil company PDVSA in Europe, located in Lisbon, will move to Moscow to guarantee the security of the country's assets abroad, which were delivered to the Venezuelan Parliament in other countries.

  • Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

    Brexit deadline: Mrs May promises a vote on delaying UK's withdrawal

    Mrs May made a statement to MPs about Brexit on Tuesday, amid the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers

    Theresa May has promised MPs a vote on delaying the UK's departure from the EU or ruling out a no-deal Brexit, if they reject her deal next month. Mrs. May made a statement to MPs about Brexit on Tuesday, amid the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers

  • Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

    Brexit: Gibraltar supports revoking Article 50 and remaining in the EU

    The best outcome for The Rock would be the revocation of Article 50 and remaining in the European Union

    The best Brexit outcome for Gibraltar would be for the UK to revoke Article 50 and remain in the European Union, the Gibraltar Government said on Tuesday. No.6 Convent Place was reacting after Prime Minister Theresa May accepted for the first time that the UK may not leave the European Union on March 29, offering MPs a chance to vote to delay Brexit if her deal is rejected again next month.

  • Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:41 UTC

    Sounds of revolt in Mrs May cabinet: a no-deal Brexit must be taken off the table

    The PM May government position is set to be thrashed out at cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, where Brexit is the only item on the agenda.

    Theresa May is facing the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting on her Brexit negotiations. Three say they will resign unless the PM agrees to take no-deal off the table, and there are suggestions that more are prepared to follow suit.

  • Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    EU ready to postpone UK's exit; Labour could support a second referendum

    EC president Donald Tusk said he discussed the “legal and procedural context of a potential extension” when he met on Sunday with Mrs. May, in Sharm el-Sheikh

    The European Union opened the door on Monday to Britain postponing its exit from the bloc beyond the March 29 deadline, as the main opposition Labour Party said it could eventually support a second referendum. 

  • Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    PM May considering delaying Brexit deadline for two months

    Government options include making a formal request to Brussels to delay Brexit if May cannot secure a deal by March 12, the newspaper reported

    Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a plan under which Britain’s exit from the European Union would be delayed for up to two months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British government officials have drawn up a series of options, which were circulated at the weekend, in a bid to avoid resignations by ministers determined to support a backbench bid to take a “no deal” Brexit off the table this week, according to the Telegraph.

  • Sunday, February 24th 2019 - 18:01 UTC

    Final Brexit vote on 12 March, says PM May; Tories remain deeply divided

    Heading for a summit between EU and Arab league leaders, Mrs May said leaving the EU with a deal and on time on 29 March was still “within our grasp”.

    MPs will be able to have a final vote on the Brexit deal by 12 March, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Speaking to reporters as she travelled to a summit in Egypt, Mrs May ruled out holding the parliamentary vote on her deal this week. She said talks with the European Union were “still ongoing”.

  • Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 08:55 UTC

    Corbyn in office would renegotiate Brexit and could hold second referendum

    Corbyn, when asked if he would hold a referendum on any deal on any deal he negotiated, told Sky News: “We'd consider putting that to the public.”

    British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said if his party won power he would renegotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union and could hold another referendum, as he comes under pressure to support giving the public another chance to stay in the bloc.