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UK and EU are once again at loggerheads

Editorial Bureau May 11, 2022

UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU Britain and the European Union were again at different tables over Brexit on Wednesday. The U.K. government ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules block the formation of a new government in

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Northern Ireland marks 50 years since Bloody Sunday

Editorial Bureau January 31, 2022

LONDON — Relatives of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday marched in Northern Ireland to mark 50 years since one of the deadliest days in the conflict known as The Troubles. Thirteen people were killed and 15 others injured when British soldiers fired on civil rights protesters on Jan. 30, 1972, in the city […]

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UK to go for extension of Northern Ireland’s Brexit grace periods

Editorial Bureau September 7, 2021

LONDON/DUBLIN (UK/IRELAND) – Britain aims to further extend post-Brexit grace periods on some goods imports to Northern Ireland, said Brexit minister David Frost on Monday, in a move designed to give London and Brussels more time for talks about trade with the province. The fate of British-ruled Northern Ireland was the most contentious issue in […]

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Ursula von der Leyen hopes for pragmatism from UK on Northern Ireland

Editorial Bureau July 16, 2021

DUBLIN (IRELAND) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday said she expected the British government to show flexibility and pragmatism on Northern Ireland trade, describing the deal agreed last year as “the only solution.” “I cannot imagine that our British friends will not show the same flexibility and the same pragmatism,

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UK awaits formal EU response to extend the grace period of foodstuff check

Editorial Bureau June 27, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s proposal to further extend a grace period on checks on some foodstuffs moving to Northern Ireland just days before the latest deadline has yet to receive a formal response from the European Union. “We think we have put forward a sensible proposal, something actually quite moderate while we work out a […]

World

DUP’s Givan made new Northern Ireland first minister

Editorial Bureau June 17, 2021

DUBLIN (IRELAND) – Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) takes the place of Arlene Foster as Northern Ireland’s First Minister on Thursday. Givan, 39, is a close ally of new DUP leader Edwin Poots. He needed to secure the consent of the party’s main partners in the region’s power-sharing government, Irish nationalist rivals […]

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UK tells EU Northern Ireland to be responsible, be reasonable

Editorial Bureau June 16, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s trade minister on Wednesday urged the European Union to be responsible and reasonable in a row over the implementation of Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit divorce deal. “We need the EU to be pragmatic about the checks that are undertaken and that was always the way the protocol was drafted,” […]

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Northern Ireland exasperated over post-Brexit trade barriers

Editorial Bureau March 22, 2021

LARNE(NORTHERN IRELAND) – Post-Brexit trade barriers that have cut off Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom has culminated in deep anger among some pro-British unionists resulting in protests along the road from Belfast to the mainly Protestant port town of Larne. Posters demanding “No Irish Sea Border”, “Scrap NI Protocol” and

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Biden says political stability of Northern Ireland is substantial

Editorial Bureau March 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – US President Joe Biden expressed support on Wednesday for the Good Friday Agreement and said political stability in Northern Ireland is critically important as he marked St Patrick’s Day with a virtual meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin. In his remarks, Martin said he looked forward to visiting Washington and hoped […]

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Committed to resolving Northern Ireland trade issues with EU: UK

Editorial Bureau March 11, 2021

(UK) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has informed that the country is committed to ”pragmatically resolving” Northern Ireland trade issues with the European Union in their Joint Committee. Raab made the announcement during the visit to Estonia. “The action we’ve taken is lawful, it’s targeted, it’s just to make