LONDON (Reuters) - There is no call currently scheduled between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a British source told Reuters, after reports in the Times newspaper suggested the pair would speak in the next 48 hours. ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission has started to "lean on" EU negotiator Michel Barnier to get a trade deal with Britain, reported the Times newspaper on Saturday. The report said that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to speak to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the next 48 hours to try to find common ground...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and France signed a new agreement to try to stop illegal migration across the Channel on Saturday, upping patrols and technology in the hope of closing off a dangerous route used by migrants to try to reach the UK on small boats. UK interior minister Priti Patel said that...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday that it planned to resume laying the Moscow-backed gas pipeline to Europe, the RIA news agency reported. The company did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Work was halted last December when pipe-laying company Swiss-Dutch Allseas suspended operations after U.S. sanctions targeted companies providing vessels to lay...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday it planned to start laying pipes in Germany's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) this year, confirming its intention to resume work on the stalled Moscow-backed gas pipeline to Europe. It said its plan envisaged laying a 2.6 kilometre (1.62 miles) section of each line of the pipeline, adding that it would...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane said inflation could rise by more than expected as progress on COVID-19 vaccines and huge amounts of stimulus raised the chances of a swift economic bounce-back. "As the economic recovery gathers pace next year, it will be important central banks remain squarely focussed on their core medium-term price stability mandates," Haldane...
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By Christiana SciaudoneInvesting.com -- What kind of an emerging markets index doesn't include China or Russia? Not a mainstream one, that's for sure. The Life + Liberty Freedom 100 Emerging Markets index and ETF (FRDM) are based on metrics like freedom of speech, human trafficking and international trade access. The result is a unique alternative, an ETF with a conscience, created by an...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Frasers Group, owned by billionaire retail boss Mike Ashley, has offered Philip Green's troubled Topshop retail group Arcadia a 50 million pound emergency loan, reported Sky News on Saturday. Arcadia could collapse into administration within days according to media reports, putting 15,000 jobs at risk in what would be Britain's biggest corporate failure of the pandemic. Sky News...
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named Nadhim Zahawi, currently a junior business minister, as the minister responsible for COVID-19 vaccine deployment, in a sign that the government is readying a mass vaccination programme. Zahawi will report to health minister Matt Hancock in his new role, with his primary focus on vaccine deployment although he will keep some...
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By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Nyhamna gas export terminal is closing down as security guards at the plant go on strike, cutting volumes by an expected 50 million standard cubic metres (mcm) of gas per day, system operator Gassco said on Saturday. Gassco said on Friday the plant would have to close unless the planned strike was called off, triggering...
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