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Eilis O'Hanlon: 'The rise of Sinn Fein can't be blamed entirely on Brexit chaos' Mary Lou McDonald doesn't even seem to be trying that hard to set the agenda. It's just happening. Whether it translates into votes at the ballot box remains to be seen, because the party's had these surges before, and transfer toxicity means …
Farewell Europe: the long road to Brexit Last week, with the end of the UK’s 47-year membership of the club of European nations just days away, I looked back at some newspaper cuttings from my time as a Brussels correspondent. A picture of worried-looking farmers eyeing up their cattle at a …
The nation now leaving platform one … views from the Eurostar on Brexit I am taking the 8.55am Eurostar train from London to Amsterdam via Brussels on a foggy morning in the last days before the UK leaves the European Union. Are people sad about the UK leaving? Happy? Relieved? What will they miss about being in Europe on a …
Brexit Britain may soon find itself sinking faster than Venice One of the privileges of my trade is that the best seminars often take place in the best places. I no longer attend the Davos World Economic Forum but last weekend marked the 25th annual seminar for British and Italian journalists hosted by the Italian …
Britain leaves the EU - then what? Britain is to leave the European Union on Friday, ending more than four decades of economic, political and legal integration with its closest neighbours. But things will feel the same for many months, owing to a transition period intended to allow both …
Sheikh Abdullah meets EU High Representative Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met in Brussels, with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union, EU, for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European …
Mnuchin: U.S. Will Focus Resources on Developing Important Relationship, Trade Deal, Post-Brexit United States treasury boss Steve Mnuchin has expressed the importance of the United Kingdom and the U.S. signing a good trade deal after Brexit after he met his UK counterpart Saturday morning. Mnuchin said he was “quite optimistic” about the future of UK …
Britain’s finance sector against the wall over Brexit fish demands Reuters 26th Jan 2020 09:30:00 GMT +0300 Britain’s finance sector is losing hope of securing even basic access to European Union markets from January 31, as talk that the EU wants UK fishing rights in exchange draws the industry into a political struggle …
Britain's years-long battle over Brexit AFP 26th Jan 2020 09:47:49 GMT +0300 Divorce is set for Friday, January 31 at 2300 GMT, which is 11:00 pm in Britain. The curtain comes down on Britain's membership of the European Union on January 31 after more than three and a half years of …
PH Set to Join the Netherlands’ Top Chocolate Trade Fair for the First Time as it Strengthens Cacao Export Drive in EU The Philippines is set to showcase its globally competitive chocolates and cacao-made products in a series of activities in the Cocoa Trade Show & Chocolate Festival, popularly known as CHOCOA, at the Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 19-23 …

Buttigieg is a scholar and a war veteran … but is the US ready for a gay president? Jerry Pinneke is backing Pete Buttigieg for president despite himself. The retired engineer, who worked in the US, Brazil and the UK, likes the Indiana mayor’s youth, is impressed by his ability to speak eight languages, including Norwegian and Dari, and …
Brendan O'Connor: 'Is gradual retirement answer to the crisis?' Grey voters, as everyone knows, are deeply committed voters, many of whom have time on their hands to get behind an issue, so it is seen as folly to get on the wrong side of them. Fine Gael and Labour both had a hand in the raising of the pension age …
“No to War on Iran” Demonstration in Downtown SF March from Market Street to Union Square against War, Trump, and Assassination. Photos: Leon Kunstenaar Organized by Answer Coalition, about a thousand peace demonstrators assembled at Powell and Market street for a march against war with Iran as part of a …

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