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  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Europe Express
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    Eurozone struggles to salvage hopes for stalled Banking Union

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
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    Olympics-sized bailout, web founder to sell original code as an NFT

    The city of Tokyo will be on the hook for refunds if fans are banned from the games

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
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    Five-year truce marks end of divisive trade war and opens door to co-operation against China

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
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    EU and US end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute after 17 years

    Deal lifts threat of billions of dollars in tariffs and boosts transatlantic relations

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
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    Officials hopeful for end to Airbus-Boeing saga and creation of council on trade and technology

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
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  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
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    Frost-Sefcovic talks in London ahead of G7 will seek to break deadlock on border trade and Northern Ireland

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
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    Ahead of crunch talks, the UK and EU are blaming each other for the impasse over new trading rules

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    Irish and French insist bloc has ‘consistently proposed new solutions’ to fix protocol

  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
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    Dombrovskis argues EU approach offers ‘concrete’ path to speed global vaccine rollout and save lives

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
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    UK and EU agree deal on fishing rights

    Agreement follows disputes over how to maximise access while also meeting environmental objectives

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
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    Brussels pins hopes on Biden to calm Northern Ireland tensions

    US wants UK and EU to ‘prioritise’ political and economic stability in region

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
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    EU Brexit commissioner Maros Sefcovic steps up pressure ahead of crunch talks next month

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
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    Swiss abandon talks on closer ties with EU

    Bern’s decision will resonate in Britain as it seeks to recalibrate its own relationship with the bloc

  • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
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    Number 10 says co-operation with Hungary was ‘vital to the UK’s security and prosperity’

  • Saturday, 8 May, 2021
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    France and Germany back Brussels in pushing for more vaccine exports from rich countries

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    German leader warns loosening trade rules threatens production of Covid-19 therapies

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    Michel Barnier diaries describe how EU lost trust in UK’s unpredictable and unprepared prime minister

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    French fishing boats converge on island to protest against post-Brexit restrictions on their activity

  • Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
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    Brussels consults member states on granting Britons waiver from insurance ‘green card’

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    European Commission officials warn problems will continue unless UK aligns on food safety

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  • Sunday, 2 May, 2021
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    Britain wants to increase amount of haddock and other species taken off west of Scotland despite catch limits

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