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US President Donald Trump plans to visit Britain in February to open the new US Embassy in London, but will not meet Queen Elizabeth II, Reuters quotes Daily Mail.

The British Parliament has asked the Facebook social network to provide information on any financial activity of Russia-related accounts relevant to the Brexit referendum period, reports actualno. 

London insists that such information be provided also during the parliamentary elections in June 2017. This was announced by the Parliamentary Commission on Media, Sport and Digital.

Northern Ireland’s refusal to recognise same-sex marriage does not violate the rights of couples affected, the Belfast High Court ruled on Thursday (17 August), in a blow to campaigners in the only part of the United Kingdom that bans gay marriage.

Permanent Under Secretary of the British Foreign Office Simon McDonald will visit Serbia on September 11 and 12.

A delegation of the House of Lords of the British Parliament will arrive here in late September, the Serbian government announced on Thursday.

The International Relations Committee of the British Parliament has launched its inquiry into the UK and the Balkans.

Beta is reporting this on Tuesday, citing a statement published on the parliament's website, that noted the inquiry would have "a particular focus on the UK's approach to the region beyond Brexit."

In a democratic country, opposition counts. Democratic systems function with checks and balances. They also rely on transparency, accountability and responsibility. In parliamentary democracies, the legislative body is the reassurance of checks and balances.

Politics in Europe continues to surprise. Two important elections showed results which were not predicted by public opinion polls. In the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party has lost its majority and Prime Minister Theresa May has now been forced to form a minority government.

Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political deadlock just as formal Brexit talks begin.

Thousands of Londoners are marching in the streets of the city expressing their solidarity to the families of the victims of Wednesday’s terrorist attack.

According to the British Prime Minister Theresa May, there are two Greeks among the injured of the Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Westminster, London.

May revealed this information during her speech in the British Parliament, where she also mentioned the ethnicity of the other injured people.