Brexit

A scheduled conference of far-right European politicians, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former British MEP Nigel Farage, was abruptly halted by police in Brussels. The intervention, ordered by one of the municipal mayors in the Belgian capital, sparked controversy and condemnation from various quarters.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has called on the government to release full statistics on migrant crime as is done in countries like Denmark

Nathaniel Copsey has been appointed as the new British Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, succeeding Rob Dixon, announced the British Embassy. The seasoned diplomat, renowned for his extensive experience in European affairs, is set to assume his new role in August 2024.

Britain should join a pan-European effort to return the Parthenon Sculptures back to Greece, David Frost, a former British diplomat and Brexit negotiator has said.

David Frost also told the House of Lords in London that the UK should make a grand gesture to create closer diplomatic and cultural relations between the two countries.

A majority of Britons support rejoining the European Union's single market even though that would mean the restoration of the free movement of workers from the bloc, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

Curbing immigration was a key reason Britons voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

In the aftermath of Brexit, Bulgaria, alongside other EU nations, has witnessed a significant surge in entry denials by the UK Border Force. The latest figures from the UK Home Office reveal a fivefold increase in the number of Bulgarians refused entry to the UK since Brexit's implementation, marking a concerning trend in post-Brexit migration restrictions.

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The customs union between Türkiye and the EU has turned into a "partnership agreement" with systematic and chronic problems due to long-standing political reasons behind its upgrading, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat has stated.

Finance minister Jeremy Hunt is today due to announce new measures to support Britain's powerful financial sector, seeking to make the U.K. the "most innovative and competitive" financial centre in the world.

The leader of the nationalist British Independence Party, Nigel Farage, complained that all seven of his accounts had been closed.

This came after an MP claimed in Parliament that Farage had received more than half a million pounds from Russian TV station Russia Today in 2018 alone.

A European Union parliament committee has rejected a landmark legal proposal to protect endangered natural habitats, ahead of a decisive vote by the full EU assembly next month.