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The Catalan police blocked yesterday, striking taxi drivers who tried to enter the regional parliament building in Barcelona. Protesters are demanding tougher regulations on taxi platforms such as Uber and Cabify.more

British Prime Minister Theresa May assured today that she would "take a closer look" at the suggestions of the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz regarding the temporary restriction of the so-called backstop, an emergency mechanism for Northern Ireland at Brexit.more

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry informed today that it had decided to expel Polish consul Sławomir Kowalski from Norway. The Polish diplomat is known for fighting the Barnevernet office on the rights of Polish children.more

Theresa May has scrapped the £65 fee millions of EU citizens were going to have to pay to secure the right to continue living in the UK after Brexit. It came as the prime minister makes a statement to MPs on how she plans to get them to back her Brexit deal.more

Police are dealing with two security alerts in Londonderry less than than 48 hours after an explosion in a hijacked pizza delivery van in the city centre. The second alert on Southway in the Creggan area of the city followed reports of a vehicle being hijacked by four masked men at 13:45 GMT on Monday.more

The Dáil is to debate a bill this week that aims to restore citizenship rights to those born in Ireland. Solidarity TDs today launched the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill which is due to be debated on Thursday. more

Boston is the small town that made the loudest noise about leaving the EU but are the when 75.6% who wanted out happy now?more

Prime Minister Theresa May is in favor of signing a separate agreement on border traffic with Ireland. This would avoid the need to use the controversial emergency mechanism for Northern Ireland: the so-called backstop - revealed today the "The Sunday Times".more

Europeans are the most afraid of leaving the EU without agreement. "Will the years of work in the UK be in vain?" - wonder the Poles in Great Britain.more

"I'm sick and tired of hearing about it, I just don't want to talk about it. I might even emigrate. Wolverhampton Market stall holder Richard Latham wouldn't even waste five minutes of his time discussing Brexit yesterday. He was done, waving me away while he packaged up a bag of onions for a waiting customer.more

Sir John Major has called for MPs to be allowed to have a free vote on a series of options to solve the unfolding Brexit crisis, saying he feared millions would be hurt if Britain crashed out of the EU with the wrong deal.more

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson says the EU needs to make changes to the Irish backstop and there should be no delay to Brexit. more

European Council President Donald Tusk and British Prime Minister Theresa May discussed on the phone on Friday "the next steps on the UK side" on Brexit, Tusk said in a Tweet without giving any more detail.more

A second referendum would take more than a year to organise, according to civil service guidance shown to MPs holding talks with Theresa May and senior ministers.more

The chancellor, Philip Hammond, told business leaders that the threat of a no-deal Brexit would be taken off the table within days after MPs rejected the prime minister's proposals earlier this week, according to leaked details of a conference call.more

The British government's Policy Paper on Citizens' Rights sets out to "remove any ambiguity": EU citizens and their family members living in the UK will be "welcome to stay" and "able to work, study, and access benefits and services" on the same basis as now, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.more

The murder of Paweł Adamowicz is another example of the gap between tolerant liberalism and conservative nationalism in Europe - it should be a warning for the entire continent - he estimated today the Financial Times.more

Theresa May is to meet MPs to try to find a way forward for Brexit, after her slim victory in the no-confidence vote. The PM saw off a bid to remove her government from power by 325 to 306 votes, the day after her plan for leaving the EU was rejected.more

European Union officials are examining plans to delay Brexit until 2020 after Germany and France indicated their willingness to extend withdrawal negotiations amid British political turmoil, The Times newspaper reported.more

The Iranian newspaper Tehran Times criticizes the fact that Poland and the US co-organize the upcoming Middle East conference in February, assessing that this "betrayal" by the Polish authorities will never be forgotten by the Iranians.more

The murder of the Gdańsk president Paweł Adamowicz has already revealed the polarization in Poland - supporters of the government and its opponents live in separated worlds - said the Politico website in Brussels. According to experts, the divisions will get deeper.more

Labour's motion of no confidence in the government is defeated by a majority of 19. In total, 306 MPs voted in favour, and 325 MPs voted against.more

Paweł Adamowicz's funeral will take place on Saturday.The 53-year-old mayor of Gdansk was stabbed at a charity concert on Sunday evening and died from his injuries on Tuesday. more

The leader of the British opposition Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn yesterday motioned for a vote of no confidence in Cabinet Prime Minister Theresa May after the government's defeat - the highest in history - in the vote on the exit from the European Union. The vote will come today.more

Businesses here must now urgently implement no-deal contingency measures following tonight's defeat of the Brexit deal in the British House of Commons, according to the Irish Exporters Association.more