United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has always been considered a model country for supporters of Western political culture. Its institutions have endured over the centuries, and political confrontations, though they could become intense, never crossed certain lines.

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved an accord with Japan that has been dubbed the world's biggest trade deal, covering economies that represent a third of the world's GDP, reports AFP.

After Hashim Thaci announced that he had a meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier last week, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change said on Tuesday that Blair met the Kosovo President in a personal capacity. 

"Mr. Blair has known President Thaci for a long time and met him in a personal capacity," the Tony Blair Institute told BIRN in a written response. 

There is no question of the benefits of having women in high places and in 2000 the United National Security Council adopted a resolution reaffirming the "important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts." Powerful women were celebrated at an event in Athens last week where the guest speakers were four female ambassadors who represent their respective countries in Greece.

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May launched a tour of European capitals on Tuesday in a desperate bid to salvage her Brexit deal, a day after delaying a parliamentary vote on the text to avoid a crushing defeat, reports AFP. 

In the nineties, illegal cigarette shipments used to leave Montenegro's port of Bar by speedboat, darting across the Strait of Otranto into the waiting arms of the Italian mafia.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Germany's Angela Merkel on Dec. 11 as she works to salvage her Brexit deal, the day after delaying a parliamentary vote on it to avoid a crushing defeat.

Bulgarian households will spend up to 25% of their monthly incomes for Christmas-New Year's gifts, according to the FERATUM Group 2018 Christmas Barometer, conducted in 19 countries. It places Bulgaria at fourth place on planned expenses for the upcoming holidays.

The UK has the legal power to stop Brexit by unilaterally revoking Article 50, the EU's top court has ruled, reported the Independent.

The ruling matches legal advice given to the court last week by its advocate general, who said as a sovereign country Britain could reverse its decision even at this late stage. 

THOUSANDS of anti-EU protesters yesterday marched in a Brexit Betrayal rally led by controversial activist Tommy Robinson at the same time as a rival opposition demonstration took place, The Daily Express reports.