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India, UK resolve to fast track negotiations on trade deal

11:54 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: India and the UK on Tuesday resolved to fast track discussions on a trade deal as well as concluding a comprehensive migration and mobility partnership agreement, a move that comes in the backdrop of Britain looking at ways to offset adverse financial implications of its exit from the European Union. During talks between […]

Polish PM says he’s told Merkel of plan to veto EU budget

11:37 pm November 27, 2020

Warsaw: Poland’s prime minister on Friday said he had confirmed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Warsaw is ready to block the EU’s huge budget and recovery package because it’s linked to democratic standards in member states. Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Facebook that he spoke with Merkel, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, about the 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget […]

UK defiant even after House of Lords rejects Brexit bill

11:04 pm November 10, 2020

London: The British government insisted Tuesday it will press ahead with legislation that breaks a legally binding Brexit treaty with the European Union, despite a resounding rejection of the bill by the upper house of Parliament. The House of Lords voted by large margins late Monday to strip from the Internal Market Bill clauses that […]

Rights activists slam EU plan for access to encrypted chats

11:53 pm November 9, 2020

Berlin: Digital rights campaigners on Monday criticized a proposal by European Union governments that calls for communications companies to provide authorities with access to encrypted messages. The plan, first reported by Austrian public broadcaster FM4, reflects concern among European countries that police and intelligence services can’t easily monitor online chats that use end-to-end encryption, such as Signal or WhatsApp. A draft […]

EU: Brexit trade talks still face ‘too many difficulties’

11:46 pm November 4, 2020

Brussels: With a deadline closing in quickly, the European Union’s chief negotiator in trade talks with Britain said that talks between both sides on even a rudimentary deal still faced too many challenges to yield a result anytime soon. “At this stage, there are still too many difficulties remaining on important topics,” EU negotiator Michel Barnier said […]