Tag Archives: European Union

European officials are currently engaged in talks regarding the potential restart of Russian pipeline gas sales to the European Union as a part of a peace settlement to end the conflict in Ukraine. This proposal has sparked intense debate across the EU. In the UK, Shell’s CEO, Wael Sawan, has …

The court sits in the Peace Palace in the Hague (Nick Gammon) A tiny silver fish which is an important food source in the North Sea will take centre stage Tuesday as the European Union and Britain square off over post-Brexit fishing rights. The bitter arbitration case over sandeels is …

It’s gone like a flash but we are well past the half-way point of 2024 – and we have the new laws and changes to prove it. New legislation has come in around issues like pet abduction and landlord reforms and is now in force. Many of the changes are …

Beer garden season is back as the grand stretch in the evening returns to Ireland this month. We can expect sunny mornings, warmer weather and 8pm sunsets soon all following the Spring Equinox earlier this week. On Wednesday, the sun started moving north of the equator – meaning many countries …

Millions of residents across the UK are being urged to check their passports before tomorrow’s ‘deadline’. It comes as May 9 has now been dubbed ‘passport renewal day’ with the Home Office warning of 10-week delays for renewals ahead of the summer. It is reported that around four-and-a-half million British …

Holidaymakers are being urged to check their passports as figures obtained from the Passport Office show 4.5 million people – almost 7% of the UK’s total population – will see their documents expire before July 18, 2022, the week that many schools in England and Wales start to break up …

The Duke of Sussex has acknowledged the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and called for global support for the country’s people. It came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office warned of an Environmental catastrophe’ after Russian forces blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. Speaking at the …

Over Christmas we are looking back on a remarkable year for business across the region. One that started in the midst of latest lockdown restrictions but which seemed to be on the up with vaccination roll-outs. As businesses were getting back to some level of normality, they took a fresh …

The Post Office has issued a reminder to customers over a major change for anyone sending parcels to friends and family in the EU. It has warned that parcels will be refused if they do not have the correct customs declaration documentation attached to them. This applies to anyone sending …

As the ancient proverb says, when the gods wish to destroy a man, they first make him mad. The contortions and swerves of the European Union over vaccines in the past few days certainly suggest that it is losing its reason. Perhaps in time these events will weaken its strange …