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All the different travel advice UK ministers have given
Go and travel, but don’t go and travel. As Britain launched its new ‘traffic light’ system for international trips amid the pandemic, ministers found themselves in a tangle over whether or not the...
View ArticleNumber of migrants returned to Libya could reach all-time high
Over 13,000 migrants have been returned to Libya by the Libyan coastguard this year, already surpassing 2020 levels, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. The intergovernmental...
View ArticleGibraltar votes to allow abortion for medical reasons in referendum
Gibraltar has voted to allow abortion in certain circumstances pertaining to the woman or the fetus’ health in a referendum held on Thursday, GBC reports. The British overseas territory held a...
View ArticleEU Commission outlines stance for post-Brexit negotiations on Gibraltar
The European Commission released its proposal Tuesday to launch post-Brexit negotiations with the U.K. over Gibraltar, Britain’s overseas territory attached to the Spanish mainland. Gibraltar was not...
View ArticleUK prepares for Gibraltar no-deal in case EU talks fail
LONDON — The U.K. is working on a no-deal scenario for Gibraltar in case its negotiations with the EU on the territory’s post-Brexit status fail, a British minister said. Wendy Morton, U.K. minister...
View ArticleEU approves mandate for Gibraltar treaty negotiations with UK
Negotiations for a post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU are about to start after EU governments approved a mandate for the talks. The EU Council gave its green light to the...
View ArticlePost-Brexit Britain needs friends to halt Channel crossings
LONDON — Britain wants a tough migration policy, but it can’t have one without help from its neighbors. Pressure on Boris Johnson’s government to act is mounting again after dozens of undocumented...
View ArticleBinance CEO eyes EU market to grow his crypto exchange
While policymakers across the world are sounding the alarm on digital currencies, the chief executive of Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, is still hungry for growth. His next target:...
View ArticlePost-Brexit talks on Gibraltar’s future drag into 2022
LONDON — A deal on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU will not be reached by the end of this year, with talks now set to continue in early 2022. The British and Spanish foreign...
View ArticleUK and EU to keep talking after ‘constructive’ Northern Ireland Brexit meeting
LONDON — The EU and the U.K. will keep talking about how to ease the burden of post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, as the two sides stressed their desire to keep the relationship “positive.”...
View ArticlePutin blows up Brexit
LONDON — Whisper it, but Britain and the EU are getting along. While the years following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union have been characterized by one-upmanship, failures to communicate...
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Under-pressure airlines push for end to big payouts for delayed passengers
For nearly two decades, passengers on a European trip delayed by more than three hours have been able to claim back between €250 and €600 for the trouble. That could soon be a thing of the past. The...
View Article63 bidders fight for superyacht seized from Russian billionaire
A €75-million superyacht seized from sanctioned Russian steel billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky attracted 63 bids at a closed auction in Gibraltar, the territory’s Office of the Admiralty Marshal said...
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Will Russia attack undersea internet cables next?
Explosions at two major national gas pipelines connecting Russia to the European Union have Western policymakers asking: what will be targeted next? No one has yet to take responsibility for the...
View ArticleUK and Spain close in on post-Brexit deal for Gibraltar
LONDON — Britain is close to agreeing a new treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union after successful talks in Madrid with the Spanish government. Negotiations to...
View Article‘Frequent flyer’ UK MPs rack up £450,000 of foreign trips via backbench groups
LONDON — A small cluster of British MPs are making foreign visits collectively worth tens of thousands of pounds every year, paid for by private companies or overseas governments with dubious human...
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UK MPs accused of using foreign trips for sex tourism
LONDON — A number of British lawmakers have been using parliamentary trips abroad as an opportunity for the covert use of sex workers and for raucous, excessive drinking, according to MPs, peers,...
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Brexual healing? EU and Britain dream of a fresh start in 2023
LONDON — Three tortuous years after Britain left the EU, hopes are rising on both sides of the English Channel that 2023 will prove a transformative year for the U.K.-EU relationship. Officials in...
View ArticleEU-UK friendship can survive post-Brexit rows, British foreign secretary says
LONDON — The EU and the U.K. have finally reached a state of “close and friendly cooperation” which can survive future post-Brexit disagreements on hot-button issues like subsidies and migration,...
View Article7 reasons new best friends Britain and the EU could fall out again
LONDON — The EU and the U.K. are finally on good terms — just don’t mention the unfinished business. After (mostly) resolving their seemingly unending row over Northern Ireland trade rules, the two...
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UK foreign secretary James Cleverly holidays with lobbyist in Gibraltar
LONDON — Britain’s foreign minister holidayed with a former lobbyist for the government of Gibraltar during a private trip to the contested territory last weekend. U.K. Foreign Secretary James...
View ArticleGibraltar airport key to Spain-Britain deal, says Spanish foreign minister
Joint use of Gibraltar’s airport has to be included in any agreement between Spain and Britain over the future of the territory, Spain’s foreign minister said. In an interview published Sunday in El...
View ArticleGreek ship hit by missile as Houthis ramp up Red Sea attacks
A Greek-owned, Maltese-flagged cargo ship was reportedly hit by a rocket as it sailed close to the coast of Yemen, amid a sharp uptick in attempted strikes on civilian vessels in the Red Sea by...
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The shameful abandonment of seafarers
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. On Mar. 6, a Houthi missile killed three crew members on the...
View ArticleUK rejects European Parliament’s claim Gibraltar is undermining Russian...
STRASBOURG — The U.K. government said it was “extremely disappointed” after the European Parliament accused Gibraltar of undermining sanctions against Russia in a vote to keep the territory on the...
View ArticleUK slams MEPs for saying Gibraltar is undermining Russian sanctions — and...
STRASBOURG — Britain reacted with fury after European lawmakers accused Gibraltar of making it easy for Russia to exploit sanctions loopholes and branded the territory a “colony.” The spat, just the...
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One part of Britain is opening borders to the EU. Tory MPs are furious.
LONDON — Border checks have long been a part of daily life on Gibraltar, the British overseas territory perched off Spain’s southern tip where 15,000 people commute in daily from the EU. But Britain’s...
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Nigel Farage is a joke, says top Tory Brexiteer
LONDON — Britain’s European Scrutiny Committee isn’t exactly a household name. But in Westminster, it’s seen as the undisputed parliamentary birthplace of Brexit. Relentless Tory Euroskeptic Bill Cash...
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China targets Morocco as launchpad into Europe’s green auto market
The “Shanghai of Morocco,” less than half an hour’s drive from the port city of Tangier, is for now little more than a construction site. But fast-forward a couple of years and the industrial park —...
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A paradise for corruption: Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret
LONDON — In July 2020, Andrew Fahie, premier of the British Virgin Islands, wrote to the U.K. government boasting of transparency in its financial services industry that “competitors may envy.” A...
View ArticleUK terror police aid investigation into death of Ukraine podcaster
British counter-terrorism police are helping an investigation into the death of journalist David Knowles, creator of an award-winning podcast on the Ukraine war. Knowles, 32, who launched and...
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