Markets will be watching for any movement on coronavirus travel quarantine changes. Photo: Getty This week could prove a landmark week for data, with key releases coming out of the UK, Europe and the US as well as a continuation of Brexit talks. Alongside these, updates on local lockdowns and […]
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With just over a week left until the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, you need to act now to make sure you are prepared. The UK has left the EU and the transition period ends on 31 December, which means there will be new rules and […]
Passports and visas Currently, anyone visiting an EU country only needs a passport that is valid for the proposed duration of their stay. From Jan 1, however, they will need to have at least six months of validity on their travel documents. Those who do not renew in time will not […]
On Thursday, June 23, 2016 when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union many Greeks, aggrieved at what they perceived as a humiliating defeat after their own referendum just a year earlier, felt a sense of solidarity –albeit a doomed one – with the UK. “You just wait – what […]
PM heads to Brussels amid concern over concession Boris Johnson heads off on his make or break trip to Brussels today but alarm bells are already ringing with Brexiteers after a major concession that means the EU will have officials stationed in Northern Ireland from January 1. Britain has until now rebuffed […]
Boris Johnson will head to Brussels for last-ditch talks to try personally to salvage a Brexit deal after negotiators failed to make any “tangible progress” on December 6. The Prime Minister will meet Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, for a summit that could define not only his […]
Boris Johnson and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen this evening failed to make a breakthrough in deadlocked Brexit trade talks and instructed the chief negotiators to meet again tomorrow. The announcement came after the Prime Minister and Ms von der Leyen held a crucial phone call as they […]
Daniel Szor is doing something unusual: making whisky in England. The native New Yorker founded Cotswolds Distillery six years ago after realizing the picturesque area of southern England had an abundance of barley, and tourists who might be looking for a local, premium beverage to sample while on vacation. “In […]
Living on a stunning Cyclades Island, in a sugar cube house with sweeping views of the Aegean Sea, was a dream come true for novelist David Young from Twickenham, when he settled on the Greek island of Syros several years ago. Like thousands of second-home owners in Greece – and […]