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First lorries cross English Channel under post-Brexit border rules

The holiday period, COVID-19 restrictions and pre-New Year stockpiling helped ensure a smooth start to new border operations now the UK has left the EU's trading system.

World News

Brexit begins for real today - but what are the key changes?

The Brexit transition is over. Euronews looks at the key changes to come now the United Kingdom is fully separate from the European Union.

Croatia

Mobile homes arrive in Croatia to shelter residents after earthquake

Central Croatia continued to experience tremors on Thursday morning, as survivors tried to pick up the pieces from Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Europe Decoded

Will English remain an official EU language after Brexit?

The European Commission has stated that any decision on this would need the support of a unanimous vote in the European Parliament.

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United Kingdom

Trade deal signed but 'Brexit is far from over', expert tells Euronews

The implications of Brexit will "haunt Britain for many years to come", told Euronews the director of think-tank UK in a Changing Europe, Anand Menon.

Belgium

EU and China agree on investment deal that was seven years in making

The European Union and China have tentatively agreed on a business investment deal after seven years of discussions. But concerns about the country's human rights record may stand in the way of it being signed off.

World News

History is made as EU chiefs and UK PM sign post-Brexit trade deal

Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen signed the Brexit trade deal on behalf of the EU before PM Boris Johnson put his name to it for the UK.

World News

COVID helped cut homelessness in Europe. But what about post-pandemic?

“Many people have not been evicted because of eviction moratoria, but, at some point, that will be lifted and it will create a spike in homelessness.”

My Europe Series

Life after Brexit: What will the rule changes mean for people in 2021?

In the first of our two-part series, Euronews examines what the end of the Brexit transition period will mean for people on both sides of the Channel — including residency, travel and exchanges.

World

Ski resorts reopen in Austria despite third national lockdown

More than 400 Austrian ski stations have been allowed to reopen just before the country entered another nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Earlier this year, tourists in the alpine party town of Ischgl spread COVID across Europe after the resort failed to lock down quickly enough.

World News

A mammoth task: EU rolls out COVID-19 vaccine

EU member states face logistical challenges and vaccine scepticism as they embark on a coordinated campaign to immunise their populations.

United Kingdom

Auto industry evaluates its future outside the EU single market

The European auto industry is dependent on parts moving from factory to factory, across open borders, with nothing to delay them. Something which in Britain will stop when border controls start in January.

World News

Europeans face tighter coronavirus restrictions as vaccine rollout begins

Many Europeans woke up to harsher restrictions on Saturday as the first vaccines deliveries arrived in EU countries.

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Michel Barnier and Boris Johnson present the new post-Brexit deal

EU ambassadors gathered on Christmas day to be briefed on the post-Brexit deal struck a deal earlier between the bloc and the UK.

World News

Brexit deal: what changed on key issues to get the agreement?

He's a breakdown of the ground the EU and UK gave on some of the sticking points in the Brexit deal.

World News

'It's happening': EU preparing first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

The EU27 member states will each receive around 10,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, the Commission has said.

World News

EU and UK unveil 1,246-page post-Brexit trade deal

The EU and the UK published on Saturday the full text of their post-Brexit deal as the clock was ticking on its approval by January 1.

Europe News

Brexit deal: what steps do both sides need to take to ratify the pact?

The EU and the UK have come to an agreement on their future trading relationship, but what are the official next steps in the process to finally completing the long-running Brexit saga?

World News

Now that Britain and the EU have a deal, what happens next?

Euronews examines the future of the Brexit process and revisits the turbulent years that took us to a free trade agreement

Turkey

EU to spend hundreds of millions more on refugees in Turkey

The EU's programmes will be extended until early 2022 at a total cost of €485 million.