Europe News UK PM Johnson visits Finland and Sweden ahead of NATO decision Both countries are considering joining the security alliance in order to benefit from its collective defence protection. 11/05/2022
Europe News Watch: 'Ukraine will win,' Boris Johnson tells Ukrainian MPs "It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog," UK PM Boris Johnson told Ukrainian MPs. 03/05/2022
Europe News Outrage at UK plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda The UK's plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda has sparked outraged, while the government has said it is necessary to stop "people smugglers." 14/04/2022
Uncovering Europe Can Boris Johnson survive the Downing Street parties scandal? The office parties, the public backlash, the official inquiries, and the 'red meat': Euronews examines the misconduct allegations engulfing the UK prime minister. 18/01/2022
Uncovering Europe Brexit harvest: 5 self-sown problems on Boris Johnson's autumn plate The UK faces new border constraints as it struggles with supply shortages, the fruit of the government's rejection of EU rules and overseas labour. 06/09/2021
United Kingdom In U-turn, UK's Johnson self-isolates after COVID-19 contact Downing Street first said Johnson would self-isolate outside of work only but backtracked amid accusations of double standards. 18/07/2021
United Kingdom Johnson's COVID restrictions easing plan 'reckless', says Starmer Johnson said the government would allow people to decide for themselves, but the opposition leader criticised the announcement as being 'more about headlines than public health'. 05/07/2021
Uncovering Europe N Ireland: Who's right in the EU-UK dispute over the Brexit protocol? The Brexit treaty Boris Johnson signed with Brussels keeps Northern Ireland aligned to EU rules to keep an open Irish land border, but has brought trade friction with the rest of the UK. 29/06/2021
United Kingdom Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds wed in small ceremony The pair married at Westminster Cathedral, in central London, in front of 30 guests — the maximum allowed under current COVID-19 restrictions in the UK. 30/05/2021
United Kingdom UK PM Johnson calls for crisis talks after Scottish Nationalists win In a letter, Boris Johnson invited the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to a crisis summit on the union. 09/05/2021
Uncovering Europe The UK's local elections could have a profound effect. Here's why. Sturgeon has made her key election pledge the future of Scotland in the European Union, hoping that an independent Scottish state could rejoin the bloc after the UK left earlier this year. She has promised to hold a new referendum on independence if the SNP wins on Thursday. 05/05/2021
United Kingdom UK officers arrest 10 people at protest against new policing bill The protest in Bristol was against a contentious bill currently making its way through parliament which would grant law enforcement greater power to police or prevent protests. 27/03/2021
Europe News European Parliament delays vote on Brexit deal after UK 'violation' The Brexit deal, which is only provisionally in force, needs to be ratified by MEPs. EU leaders say the final vote will be shelved for now. 04/03/2021
United Kingdom Britain's Prime Minister pledges vaccine campaign will run 24/7 The push to inoculate millions quickly comes as a more contagious variant of COVID-19 is sweeping across Britain and driving hospitals to their breaking points. 13/01/2021
Uncovering Europe Nine Brexit deal claims by Boris or his ministers that are untrue The UK prime minister and his government has made some questionable assertions about Brexit, particularly the EU-UK trade deal struck on Christmas Eve. 05/01/2021
United Kingdom Brexit: Johnson snubbed by Merkel and Macron after requesting calls Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have until Sunday to reach a deal after Brexit trade deal talks stalled. 11/12/2020
state of the union Europe's week: Brexit talks stuck as EU budget finally moves forward It wasn't all doom and gloom this week for EU negotiations. 11/12/2020
world news 'Firm decision' to be made on UK-EU trade talks by Sunday, leaders say Leaders say 'very large gaps remain' amid fears of no post-Brexit deal, following talks between UK PM Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels 09/12/2020
world news Brexit deal looking 'very tricky', UK PM says ahead of Brussels talks The British leader told reporters on Tuesday he remains "optimistic" a deal can be secured but warned that "it's looking very, very difficult at the moment." 07/12/2020
United Kingdom UK unveils £12 billion plan to create a Green Industrial Revolution The UK government said the money would go towards making buildings more energy-efficient and roads cleaner but opposition parties say it's too little. 18/11/2020
United Kingdom Johnson warns local leaders he will intervene if they reject measures Boris Johnson has issued a warning to local leaders rejecting lockdown measures, while records for daily coronavirus cases are smashed again in Europe. 16/10/2020
United Kingdom Johnson: Brexit trade talks 'finished' unless EU changes approach The UK prime minister said the EU seemed to be unable to offer the country the preferred Canada-style trade deal post-Brexit. 16/10/2020
United Kingdom Rashford starts petition over UK's free school meal extension refusal "This is not going away anytime soon and neither am I," said Manchester United football star Marcus Rashford on his child poverty campaign. 15/10/2020
United Kingdom Boris Johnson refuses to rule out 'circuit break' lockdown in England The UK prime minister is under increasing pressure to impose a weeks-long lockdown to act as a "circuit break" in coronavirus transmission. 14/10/2020
United Kingdom Johnson unveils 'three-tier system' to deal with COVID-19 spread Each tier will involve increasingly stricter restrictions with the system designed to tackle the virus on a regional level. 12/10/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: England at 'tipping point', warns top health official The deputy chief medical officer said the country is "running into a headwind" as winter approaches and that as COVID-19 cases rise, "increases in deaths will now follow". 11/10/2020
