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After months of tortuous negotiations, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker struck a deal with May on outline terms of Britain's withdrawal from the EU.(Photo: File)

Move Brexit trade talks quickly: Theresa May to EU

The European Union states that they will start talks on a post-Brexit transition in January but will not begin trade talks until March.

15 Dec 2017 3:05 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

EU grapples with Brexit after May loses to rebels

27 leaders are expected to attend the talks during the two-day meeting in Brussels.

15 Dec 2017 6:44 AM

Prime Minister Theresa May has committed to seeking a two-year transition for the UK to give businesses time to adapt. (Photo: File)

Post-Brexit deal 'urgent priority': UK lawmakers to Theresa May

Obtaining a transition period is an 'urgent priority' if the UK is to avoid a no-deal scenario when it exits the European Union.

14 Dec 2017 3:52 PM

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and visiting President Andrzej Duda of Poland laid flowers on Wednesday at a monument to Polish soldiers killed by Soviet security forces in 1940. (Photo: AFP)

Ukraine, Poland meet, attempt to end post-WWII hostility

‘Introducing peacekeepers will bring an end to armed conflict between Ukranians and Russians,’ says visiting President Andrzej Duda.

14 Dec 2017 1:31 PM

Theresa May had warned that such a rebellion could threaten the UK’s 'orderly and smooth exit' from the European Union. (Photo: File)

Theresa May loses EU withdrawal bill amid party rebellion

Conservative party rebels had made common cause with Opposition Labour MPs on a highly contentious issue.

14 Dec 2017 1:13 PM

Netanyahu, who has been angered by the EU's search for closer business ties with Iran, said Trump's move, condemned by the Palestinians and by Europe, should be emulated by them. (Photo: File)

EU ministers shake heads at Trump’s Jerusalem move, Netanyahu’s request

The EU believes it has a duty to make its voice heard as the Palestinians' biggest aid donor and Israel's biggest trade partner.

11 Dec 2017 5:10 PM

Protestors protest on Mondat might in Bucharest, a day after the Romanian government repealed an emergency decree that would have turned a blind eye toward political corruption. (Photo: AFP)

Romanians stage protests against left-wing government, corruption

The demonstrators want the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would overhaul Romania's justice system.

11 Dec 2017 3:42 PM

In a statement to parliament following the preliminary deal reached on Friday with the EU over Britain's divorce bill, citizens' rights and the Irish border, May will say both sides compromised to defy the doubters. (Photo: AP)

Theresa May assures 'new' optimism amid concerns over 'soft’ Brexit

Under the proposed agreement, Britain will pay a financial settlement of between 35 39 billion pound for leaving the bloc.

11 Dec 2017 11:14 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AFP)

Amid new realities, India must keep its balance

India should revitalise its relationship with Russia while taking care not to relive the bonhomie of the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty era.

09 Dec 2017 1:53 AM

The European Commission said on Friday that enough progress had been made in Brexit negotiations. (Photo: AP)

Key points of Brexit deal: Citizen’s rights, border, financial settlement

Brexit negotiations are ready to move into the second phase of talks on future relations.

08 Dec 2017 7:19 PM

The Commission is satisfied that sufficient progress has been achieved in each of the three priority areas of citizens’ rights, the dialogue on Ireland / Northern Ireland, and the financial settlement, as set out in the European Council Guidelines. (Photo: AFP)

Brexit divorce deal sees light of day: UK, EU agree, ready for 2nd phase

Jean-Claude Juncker, said: ‘This is a difficult negotiation but we have now made a first breakthrough.’

08 Dec 2017 12:51 PM

Theresa May would return to Brussels later in the week for fresh talks, Hammond said, after an agreement on Monday was scuppered by objections from a pro-British party in Northern Ireland to plans for the Irish border. (Photo: AP)

Britain still ‘very confident’ of Brexit divorce deal: finance minister

‘This is a very complex set of negotiations, there are many moving parts in it, there are many parties involved,’ Philip Hammond said.

05 Dec 2017 6:44 PM

Tillerson’s visit comes against a difficult backdrop - a rift with President Donald Trump has led to reports he could be replaced within weeks, calling into question his authority to speak for Washington. (Photo: AP/File)

Amid rumours of his ouster, Tillerson meets EU, NATO counterparts

The EU has been ramping up economic sanctions on the North in a bid to force it to the negotiating table - but with no success so far.

05 Dec 2017 2:31 PM

Libya agreed Thursday with EU and African leaders to allow migrants facing abuse in detention camps to be evacuated within days or weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron said. (Photo: File)

Libya allows emergency evacuation of migrants facing abuses, slave trading

African Union, European Union and United Nations officials offered increased support for the International Organisation of Migration.

30 Nov 2017 3:21 PM

If they have agreed on the bill, it would signal that they are moving much closer to a deal at a December 14-15 summit that would allow them to move onto discussions of post-Brexit trade. (Photo: AFP)

Britain, European Union agree on Brexit divorce bill: report

The two sides already believe they are close on agreeing the scope of rights for expatriate citizens in Britain and on the continent.

29 Nov 2017 4:22 PM

Xenophobic British citizens who believe that immigrants threaten their values and way of life were more likely to have voted in favour of the UK to leave the European Union, a study has found.(Photo: Pixabay)

Xenophobia made British citizen's vote for Brexit: study

The research also found that people who just thought it was great to be British or just valued their British identity.

27 Nov 2017 6:55 PM

Dublin wants a written guarantee that there will be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. (Photo: AFP)

Continue to play tough: Ireland EU Commissioner on blocking Brexit talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain will leave the single market and the customs unions after Brexit.

26 Nov 2017 6:52 PM

The case of disappearing human rights

The activists were charged after a workshop on digital security that was held in a hotel.

26 Nov 2017 4:37 AM

Theresa May sidestepped questions about how much Britain would pay to settle its EU financial accounts, saying talks will look ‘ahead to the future deep and special partnership that I want with the European Union.’ (Photo: AP)

Theresa May increases efforts to broaden Brexit negotiations

May said Friday that she will hold meetings in Brussels, including with EU Council President Donald Tusk.

24 Nov 2017 4:05 PM

On our side of the divide, Rabindranath Tagore passionately bemoaned the filth and squalor that he saw as the residue of British rule.

What would India be if the British never came?

Britain steered India’s transition from medievalism to modernity.

21 Nov 2017 12:02 AM

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