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The Brief from Brussels: EU seeks solutions to Brexit vote

In this episode: EU leaders look for an amicable divorce between Britain and Brussels; Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon makes the case for Scotland staying inside the EU, and the world’s media

Business Line

Scotland and Northern Ireland: post-Brexit economic fears

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, but what about those areas that wanted to stay in, such as Scotland and Northern Ireland? That's the subject of this week's Business Line.

Russia

Russia extends ban on Western food products

President Vladimir Putin has extended a Russian ban on food products from Western countries until the end of 2017.

Belgium

Nicola Sturgeon gets 'sympathetic' reception in Brussels over Brexit

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been in Brussels for talks with senior EU officials.

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World News

The future of the European Union after Brexit

The day after the UK voted to leave the European Union a journalist asked the President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker if it was the beginning of the end of the…

Europe News

EU's Tusk tells UK no 'a la carte' access to single market

Britain will not be able to have an ‘a la carte’ relationship with the EU if it wants access to the single market, EU officials said on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

Cameron: UK will have to accept good with bad in Brexit negotiations

David Cameron says it will be impossible to cherry-pick in Brexit negotiations with the EU, but refuses to give a timeframe for triggering Article 50.

United Kingdom

Scotland's First Minister travels to Brussels

UK Prime Minister David Cameron may have gone back to London, but Scotland's First Minister is in Brussels on a short-notice trip.

Belgium

EU 27 meet in Brussels - and the UK is not invited

The UK's caretaker Prime Minister David Cameron has gone back to London after yesterday's "awkward" summit.

World News

Anti Brexit voters march in favour of a referendum re-run

Thousands of Remain voters took to the streets of central London on Tuesday evening to protest over the Brexit poll result.

Europe News

UK PM Cameron bows out at 'final EU summit'

British Prime Minister David Cameron has bowed out of his final Eu summit by urging his successor to forge strong ties with the bloc.

Economy

Britain faces higher taxes and spending cuts after Brexit vote - finance minister

The price of Britain leaving the European Union will be higher taxes and government spending cuts according to UK finance minister George Osborne.

World News

Schulz urges UK to make a speedy EU exit

The European Parliament President Martin Schulz said the EU had a duty to respect the result of the Brexit referendum and criticised those who say “the institution never…

Europe News

UK's Cameron faces EU leaders after Brexit vote

Some in Brussels say that David Cameron was never very much in love with Europe.

United Kingdom

Fears of contagion in Europe after UK Brexit vote

Westminster in London is set to take back control – a phrase which was a rallying cry of the campaign to leave the European Union.

Belgium

Feisty Farage tells MEPs 'You're not laughing now'

In a highly-charged session in the European Parliament in Brussels on the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt slammed the tactics of the ‘Leave’ campai

United Kingdom

Brexit could lead to a second independence referendum in Scotland

The Saltire was once again fllying above buildings as the Scots took part in their second referendum in the space of almost two years.

Economy

Standard & Poor's strips UK of AAA credit rating

Britain's economic standing has suffered a further blow with the ratings agency Standard & Poor's stripping the UK of its last remaining AAA credit rating.

Belgium

EU leaders gather for the post-Brexit summit in Brussels

They have made it plain they would like UK Prime Minister David Cameron to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - by which a member state can begin the process to leave the EU.

Germany

Germany says UK will not be allowed to 'cherry pick' over Brexit deal

Angela Merkel has firmly quashed claims from Boris Johnson and other prominent British politicians that the UK will be able to retain access to the single market if it leaves the…