UK

More than 100 British musicians express concern over post-Brexit music tours

Editorial Bureau January 20, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Ranging from pop and rock sensations such as Ed Sheeran and Roger Waters to classical icons like conductor Simon Rattle, more than 100 British musicians have warned that European tours of artists from the UK are in danger because of Brexit. The Wednesday’s edition of

Finance

Calais port boss: Coronavirus is next challenge after Brexit

Editorial Bureau January 1, 2021

CALAIS (FRANCE) -Now that Britain has finally completed its exit from the European Union, the main challenge for business in the French port of Calais is the coronavirus pandemic, the port head said on Friday. Port chief Jean-Marc Puissesseau was speaking as the first ferry transporting vehicles arrived from Dover to Calais, France’s busiest road […]

Finance

United Kingdom leaves EU’s orbit

Editorial Bureau December 31, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The United Kingdom exits the European Union’s orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come. Brexit, in essence, takes place at the strike of midnight in Brussels, or […]

Business

EU Brexit negotiator Barnier says he wants to serve France, when asked about future

Editorial Bureau December 29, 2020

PARIS (FRANCE) -The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday he saw himself serving his home country, France, in some capacity following his work on negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU. “I will use my energy to work for my country,” the centre-right politician told Franceinfo radio when asked about his plans, adding […]

Business

EU’s Barnier says Brexit trade deal strikes a balance

Editorial Bureau December 29, 2020

PARIS (FRANCE) – European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday the trade deal struck with Britain has come as a relief and helped provide stability for people and companies. “We’ve delivered an orderly Brexit,” Barnier told Franceinfo radio. The last-gasp deal clinched a week before the year-end deadline brought “a little

Business

Brexit gives Britain opportunity to do financial services differently – minister

Editorial Bureau December 27, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Brexit offers Britain a chance to do things differently in financial services, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday, but a trade deal with the European Union gives reassurance that there will be co-operation on the regulatory approach to sector. “Now that we’ve left the European Union, we can do things a […]

UK

Fishermen say PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal

Editorial Bureau December 27, 2020

LONDON (UK) – British fishermen said on Saturday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had sold out fish stocks to the EU with a Brexit trade deal. This gives EU boats access to the UK’s rich fishing waters. Some British politicians also said the deal added up to a sell-out.

Finance

Brexit deal triggers sterling while stocks moves to a higher place before holidays

Ren Leen December 25, 2020

NEW YORK (US) -The British pound rose on Thursday as Britain and the European Union clinched a free trade deal, while a global gauge of stocks edged upward amid investor optimism toward economic growth. Britain hammered out the final details of a narrow agreement with the EU just seven days before it exits the trading […]

Europe

Mayor of major French fishing port cautions about uncertainties in Brexit deal

Editorial Bureau December 25, 2020

PARIS (FRANCE) – The Brexit trade deal still leaves French fisherman facing a host of unknowns, warned the mayor of the major northern fishing port of Boulogne-sur-Mer on Friday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, as he presented the last-ditch accord, that his country had agreed a “reasonable” five-and-half-year transition period with

UK

EU and UK agree on a narrow Brexit accord

Editorial Bureau December 25, 2020

LONDON/BRUSSELS (UK/BELGIUM) -Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday. This move has come just seven days before it makes an exit from one of the world’s biggest trading blocs. The deal, agreed more than four years after Britain voted by a slim margin to leave the bloc, offers a […]