BELFAST Great Britain and the EU agreed on a compromise in March after a long dispute over special Brexit rules for Northern Ireland. This means that food and medicine can be easily exported from the rest of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland. However, uncompromising supporters of the union with Great Britain are fighting with … Read more
military exercise The exercise takes place under the name “Balikatan” (“shoulder to shoulder”). (Foto: Bloomberg) Peking China accuses the US of stoking tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. The United States would move military to the region, the Defense Ministry said in Beijing on Thursday. The regional powers should beware of an escalation, it said with a … Read more
PEKING Economic and cultural cooperation with Taiwan and the “peaceful development” of relations should be promoted, Li Keqiang told the nearly 3,000 delegates. In the speech passage, the prime minister was more emotional, but overall somewhat more reserved than in the previous year, when he referred to the blood ties he emphasized, when he had … Read more
BELFAST The dispute over the “Northern Ireland Protocol” negotiated with Britain’s departure from the EU has been paralyzing the formation of a regional government in Belfast for months. The predominantly Protestant Unionists see the Brexit agreements as a threat to their ties to the kingdom and are blocking a new government. They want drastic changes. … Read more
Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet 47 aircraft crossed the central line of the Taiwan Strait. The strait separates Taiwan from mainland China. (Photo: AP) Taipei China has been provoking the island republic of Taiwan with warships and military jets. According to the Taiwanese defense ministry, 71 Chinese aircraft and seven vessels were located near Taiwan … Read more
BRUSSELS According to the Commission, the markets in these regions have in the past been supplied with medicines from or through Great Britain. After Brexit, concerns arose that Britain’s exit from the common internal market and related trade restrictions could lead to supply bottlenecks. Northern Ireland is affected because it is a British province and … Read more
– China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Despite their strategic rivalry, the world’s two largest economies remain important trading partners. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Washington / Peking US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has again called on China to condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. … Read more
– Boris Johnson The Northern Ireland Protocol stipulates that the province will remain part of the EU’s internal market and European Customs Union. – (Photo: AP) – – – – London British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes his controversial law to overturn the Brexit agreements on Northern Ireland can come into force quickly. The bill, … Read more
Düsseldorf Even if it’s cynical: wars and catastrophes are always expressed in cold numbers on the stock exchanges. It was the same after Putin’s attack on Ukraine. The German leading index Dax lost a good 15 percent after the Russian invasion. About three quarters of the losses have now been made up for, probably also … Read more
– Visa and Mastercard credit cards Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the two credit card providers are suspending their business in Russia. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Washington Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world’s two largest credit card providers, Visa and Mastercard, are suspending their business in Russia. … Read more