In the aftermath of the EU decision to limit the access to financial exchanges to Swiss , the Alpine country plunged into serious reflection over the future of the relations between the neighbours. The new President of Swiss Confederation Alain Berset said there was a presumption Brussels will also make a gesture towards the Helvetic…
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‘Nutcracker’ magic in Brussels BOZAR
The performance of ballet-féerie Nutcracker in BOZAR is a presentation of a new interpretation of Tchaikovsky masterpiece by Mikhail Venshchikov, Saint-Petersburg choreographer and a star dancer, a magnificent gift of Russian and Belgium artists to Brussels audiences during Christmas week. A special charm of the performance of Saint-Petersburg Arts-Michel Centre staged by Venshchikov is in return to its original…
Immigration – Britons top priority
New data from YouGov’s regular Eurotrack survey highlights how people in Britain and key EU nations have conflicting priorities for the Brexit negotiations. Asked to choose up to three priorities for Brexit from a list of eight, Britons’ number one priority is “allowing Britain to control immigration from the EU” (41%). In second place is ensuring continued…
Browder: “Putin is so mad at me”
Tverskoi Court in Moscow has sentenced UK Hermitage Capital founder William Browder in absentia to nine years in jail, declaring him guilty of deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion worth over three billion rubles, according to TASS news agency. Russia preparing repeated request for Browder’s international search and extradition https://t.co/6Oca8Bok12© Drew Angerer/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/3ybWvp827x — TASS…
Post-Brexit deal as a model for Turkey and Ukraine
An EU post-Brexit agreement with the UK could serve as a model for framework for exchanges with other countries eager to be as close as possible to the bloc, but without joining it, such as Ukraine and Turkey, Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said. Sigmar Gabriel suggests EU could give Ankara ‘closer kind of customs…
Moscow will retaliate if Paris revokes RT TV licence
Russia’s State Duma will retaliate if the license of RT TV Channel in France is revoked, Vice Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy said on Saturday in an interview in Moscow. https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/943812506451103744 “If France resorts to such measures, and I hope that this will not take place, but if they do so, we will also take tit-for-tat measures….
Leuthard for EU referendum in Switzerland
A referendum in Switzerland considering the clarification of the citizens attitude towards relationship with the European Union would be helpful, Swiss President Doris Leuthard said on Sunday, after ties between the two sides cooled this week. https://twitter.com/inpplus_eng/status/944971195002294274 Switzerland presumes the European Union is out to undermine its financial industry by granting Swiss stock exchanges only a…
EU27 in a hurry to legalised ‘divorce’ with UK
EU27 leaders are questioning the results of the first stage of negotiations with the UK, so called ‘divorce’ agreement, and ‘allowance’, the European civil servants assessed as reaching ‘sufficient’ progress after UK representative David Davis said the conclusion was a ‘statement of intent’ from British side. Further the UK Parliament voted for an amendment gaining…
Jim Carver: better off without a Brexit deal
Jim CARVER MEP, UK, UKIP shares his views on first stage of Brexit talks, transition period, and future of the UK-EU27 relations. Ahead of 14-15 December EU Summit concluding first stage of negotiations Article 50. Is exit without a deal possible? Would WTO rules be sufficient for successful economy?..
Ireland content with Brexit two-years transition period
The Brexit transition period of around two years revealed in EU draft guidelines on Friday is a “decent amount of time” but a longer period could be needed to ratify a future trade deal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. We do not want to see a border in the Irish Sea, any more than…
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