The British government presented to the House of Commons a draft law on the UK internal market, which, it explains, is intended to ensure its integrity after the end of the post-Brexit transition period.more
I am very concerned about the statements by the British government that they intend to breach the agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, wrote the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Twitter yesterday.more
As many as 307 new cases of the coronavirus have been detected in the last 24 hours in Ireland, the highest number since mid-May, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday. There was also one death from Covid-19.more
The new law on the British internal market will break international law, said the British Minister for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis today. However, he added that the breach would be "to a very specific and limited extent".more
Over 20,000 LED screens set up all over Poland, and on them a virtual mast with the flag of Belarus. The flag will fly up the mast whenever someone publishes an entry with the hashtag #glosdlaBialorusi on social media or on websites. The campaign to support democracy in Belarus will continue throughout this day.more
Radio Free Europe resumed broadcasting in Hungary yesterday, the media group Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL) informed, pointing to the deterioration of press freedom in this country.more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that Mairead McGuinness is to be Ireland's new European Commissioner following a competition with Andrew McDowell.more
Germany is convinced that a divorce deal between Britain and the European Union can still be reached, but there is little time left and London must make concessions in the talks, a German government spokesman said on Monday.more
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is out of a medically induced coma, the German hospital where he is being treated said in a statement on Monday.more
The office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied press reports that he wanted the new law to invalidate the provisions of the agreement on withdrawal from the European Union which concern Northern Ireland.more
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, today expressed her hope that the British Government would implement the provisions of the Exit Agreement relating to the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. She warned that this was a prerequisite for a future partnership.more
Boris Johnson is drawing up legislation that will override the Brexit withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland, a move that threatens the collapse of crunch talks which the prime minister has said must be completed within five weeks.more
The UK's chief Brexit negotiator has said the government is not "scared" of walking away from talks without a trade deal ready to come into force in 2021.more
A key ally of the poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said an emergency landing saved his life, while blaming Vladimir Putin for the attack. more
The British and German foreign ministers agreed to work together to bring Russia to justice for the attempted poisoning of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, the British Foreign Ministry said.more
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin handed over to her the nomination of two people - Mairead McGuinness and Andrew McDowell - for the position of the EU commissioner from that country.more
"The republic does not allow any separatist derogation," President Emmanuel Macron said today in a short speech on the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the French Republic. He defended secularism and equal opportunities, which he wants to make "a national priority"more
As many as 409 illegal immigrants who tried to cross the English Channel to Great Britain on small boats were detained by the British border guards on Wednesday. This is an absolute record for the number of detained immigrants per day.more
Spain's Labor and Social Economy Minister Yolanda Diaz announced today that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government will maintain the remote work regime introduced due to the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March.more
Boris Johnson has condemned the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok. A German military lab confirmed Mr Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era chemical weapon earlier on Wednesday, a move Chancellor Angela Merkel called "attempted murder".more
