Russia reopens Kerch Strait after Ukrainian confrontation: report
Russia has reopened the Kerch Strait, which links the Azov Sea with the Black Sea, to civilian shipping Monday, the country’s TASS news agency reported. The move came after Russia on Sunday opened fire...
View ArticleRussia rejects Ukraine talks over Kerch Strait ship capture
Russian President Vladimir Putin will announce his position on the Kerch Strait crisis “in the coming days,” but “it would be wrong to underestimate the significance and danger” of the episode, the...
View ArticleEuropean court strikes out Berlusconi’s appeal of public office ban
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday struck out Silvio Berlusconi’s challenge of an Italian law that bans him from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction. Berlusconi had argued that...
View ArticlePhilip Hammond hits out at Macron over ‘bizarre’ Brexit fishing threat
French President Emmanuel Macron’s “bizarre suggestion” that the Brexit deal gives the EU considerable leverage to force the U.K. to grant EU fishing boats access to its waters was aimed at a “frisky”...
View ArticlePutin accuses Ukrainian president of provoking confrontation to boost popularity
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko of provoking the crisis in the Kerch Strait on Sunday to boost his popularity ahead of an election. The incident was “a...
View ArticleMark Carney: UK businesses not ready for Brexit
Less than half of the U.K.’s businesses have initiated their contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit, Bank of England chief Mark Carney warned Thursday. “The core of this financial system is ready, the...
View ArticleUkraine bans Russian men from entering country
Ukraine banned Russian men aged between 16 and 60 years old from passing checkpoints into the country, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday. The measures were introduced after Ukraine implemented...
View ArticleFrench PM suspends fuel tax hike
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday announced a six-month suspension of a controversial fuel tax rise. The climbdown comes after three weeks of mass demonstrations by the Yellow Jackets...
View ArticleEU top lawyer: UK can unilaterally withdraw Article 50
The U.K. has the power to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to leave the EU before it quits on March 29, 2019, the European Court of Justice’s advocate general said Tuesday. Article...
View ArticleTheresa May best person to unite Tories ‘at the moment,’ says Cabinet minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May is the best person to unite the U.K. Conservative Party “at the moment,” said Cabinet Minister and prominent Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom. The leader of the Commons, who...
View ArticleTrump trolls Macron over fuel tax U-turn
U.S. President Donald Trump slapped down his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over the latter’s fuel tax climbdown. “I am glad that my friend @EmmanuelMacron and the protestors in Paris have agreed...
View ArticleEx-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall quits party
Former UKIP leader Paul Nuttall announced he was quitting the party today, blaming the current leadership’s “catastrophic” association with far-right activist Tommy Robinson. “I am resigning because...
View ArticleUK foreign secretary: Reversing Brexit could lead to Paris-style riots
The British parliament must be “very careful” not to “get out of step with where the public are on Brexit” or risk “real social instability,” U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Times on...
View ArticleFinance minister: It’s Macron’s job to unify France
It is French President Emmanuel Macron’s job to dampen the Yellow Jackets protests that have hit the country for four weekends and weakened its economy, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told RTL radio...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon demands end to Theresa May’s Brexit ‘shambles’
Theresa May’s Brexit “shambles cannot go on” and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn should move a no-confidence motion in the prime minister, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday. “If the...
View ArticleUK Trade Minister Liam Fox joins call for Brexit backstop do-over
Theresa May’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox joined forces with Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster and former Brexit Secretaries David Davis and Dominic Raab to call on the PM to...
View ArticleGatwick reopens after airport implements anti-drone measures
Britain’s Gatwick airport reopened Friday morning after rogue drones prompted it to ground all flights since Wednesday night, disrupting the travel plans of 120,000 passengers. Close to 700 flights are...
View ArticleMacron ‘lost authority’ after caving to Yellow Jackets, says Oettinger
The EU will accept a French budget deficit above the EU’s 3 percent ceiling in 2018 “as a one-time exception,” Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger said in an interview published Thursday. Oettinger...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn calls for early ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Prime Minister Theresa May to recall parliament early from its Christmas break to hold the “meaningful vote” on Brexit, he told the “i” and the Indy in a...
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POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2018
It was the year of Trump vs. the world. From his breakup with one-time bestie Emmanuel Macron, to his animosity toward long-time foe Angela Merkel, China and even Queen Elizabeth II, the increasingly...
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