Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Britain is part of “an arc of instability” that surrounds the EU, claims EC president Charles Michel

  

  Brexit Britain is part of an “arc of instability” that has emerged around the European Union, the bloc's chairman said on Monday, ranking London's decision to leave the EU along with threats from Turkey, Russia, Libya and Syria.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  British government pledges stockpiles of protective items for health workers

  

  The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Majority of Britons not adhering to coronavirus sanitary protocols, King's College research

  

  More than 80% of people in Britain are not adhering to self-isolation guidelines when they have COVID-19 symptoms or had contact with someone who has tested positive, a study has found. A majority were also unable to identify the symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  EU determined to resume post Brexit negotiations leaving aside “Johnson's bad feelings”

  

  European Union negotiators have agreed not to allow their opposition to Boris Johnson's plan to break international law distract them from trying to secure a deal over the bloc's relationship with the UK after Brexit.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  “Dear friends in London, please stop playing games”, Germany appeals

  

  Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth urged Britain on Tuesday to drop plans for a bill that would break the country’s obligations to the European Union under its withdrawal treaty as time was running out to clinch an EU-Britain trade deal.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 06:29 UTC

  In a dramatic speech, PM Johnson calls for more action to combat second wave of Covid-19

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and ordered restaurants and bars to close early to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of COVID-19, with new restrictions lasting probably six months.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  People in England breaking self-isolation rules face fines of up to £10,000

  

  People in England who break new rules requiring them to self-isolate if they have been in contact with someone infected with Covid-19 will face a fine of up to £10,000, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 06:32 UTC

  Boris Johnson reiterates his support for Gibraltar

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his full support to Gibraltar and its people whatever happens in a telephone conversation with the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on Friday.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Biden warns UK must honor Northern Ireland Good Friday 1998 peace agreement

  

  US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement as it withdraws from the European Union or there would be no separate U.S. trade deal.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Government House in the Falkland Islands features in new book of official residences

  

  A new book featuring the historic Government House in the Falkland Islands looks at the unique histories of over fifty Vice-Regal Residences of the Crown in the Commonwealth Realms, Crown Dependencies, and Overseas Territories across the world.