Dutch PM says there’s a ’50-50′ chance Britain will reach trade deal with the EU this year. Brussels fears trade talks will hit the buffers early because Boris Johnson is making the same mistakes as Theresa May – with Dutch PM Mark Rutte putting the chances of a deal this year at “50-50”. Eurocrats …
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Ports operator DP World is poised to expand its vast London Gateway container terminal in Essex now that political uncertainty is in the rear-view mirror, its chief executive said. The firm is poised to award a major contract to build at least one new container shipping berth, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said – adding …
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The Queen has today given the Brexit Bill Royal Assent, finally passing the UK’s withdrawal into law. Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans announced the news this afternoon in the House of Commons.
Boris Johnson has signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Downing Street. The prime minister hailed a “fantastic moment” for the country after he put his name to the historic agreement, which paves the way for the UK’s exit from the European Union next Friday. He said he hoped it would “bring to an end …
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They can no longer rely on aid or natural resources What is it like being a taxman in Africa? “A lot of sleepless nights,” says Yankuba Darboe, the Gambia’s top revenue official, describing the pressure to meet targets. Politicians across Africa are asking ever more of their tax collectors, with good reason. The biggest …
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Three-and-a-half years after Britons backed Brexit, the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill is set to get royal assent and become law. Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle, enabling Britain to leave the EU at the end of this month. Three-and-a-half years after Britons backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, the prime …
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Yesterday and today I have been on management team meeting in the Gothernjurg archepelago. We have discussed the planning for 2020, which will be an exiting year for our company. We are now 850 Customs and Border experts working from offices in 13 countries. We are a fast growing company and it is always …
38 years old, and still one of the fastest. According to Calciomercato, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s top 32.4 kilometer record makes him the Serie A’s fastest striker this season. Since Zlatan Ibrahimovic came to Milan, the Serie A team has not lost with the Swedish striker on the pitch. Today AC Milan took its third win …
Back in the most beautiful capital city in the worlds, Stockholm. I had a lot of good meetings here today. It is always a pleasure to be back in a ciry I worked in eleven years, some years ago.
Johan Cruyff is one of the best football players the world has ever seen. He was also an outstanding coach. Cruyff desgoned the total foorball concept, first in Ajax and then in Barcelona – including the legendary yputh acedemy, La Masia. As a coach he also managed one of the best goal scorers ever …
They say an army marches on its stomach. The European Union does it with slides. The EU negotiating team is gearing up for talks with the UK about the post-Brexit relationship by holding a series of seminars for diplomats from the 27 member states. The presentations are being published online. Stuffed with jargon and …
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In its annual report US News & World, together with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania presents which counties are the best to have children in. Last year Sweden ended up in first place, but this year we lost one place is content now the second best country inbthe world for families. …
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The 92nd Oscars Academy Award Gala 2020 does not have a clear favorite. It has four. Todd Phillips clown thriller “Joker” leads the league with 11 full Oscar nominations. 10 nominations each went to Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman”, Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and Sam Mendes war movie “1917”. The nominations …
Bruce Springsteen presented Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino with the National Board of Review’s Icon Award for their work on The Irishman. Here are his comments from the event: “I once read Marty said that it’s the job of the artist to make the audience care about his obsessions. If that …
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Barriers installed on a motorway in preparation for traffic caused by a no-deal Brexit will be removed next week. One side of the M20 in Kent was to be used only by HGVs heading to cross-Channel ports, with all other traffic restricted to a contraflow system on the opposite carriageway. The system – called …
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Australian researchers claim they have developed a battery that can keep a smartphone charged for five days or power an electric car for 1,000 kilometers (over 600 miles). If the technology comes to be used widely, it would represent a significant breakthrough in the hunt for greener, more efficient energy. The team from Monash …
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The Men’s EHF Euro 2020 handball championship in Sweden, Norway and Switzerland has started. I love handball, it is my sport. I played semiprofessional many years ago and I have always loved this fast, tough and crazy indoors Olympic sport. There are many favourites in this tournament, Denmark, Spain, Norway, France. sweden and Cristis …
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first goal on his first start back for AC Milan to give the team a 2-0 lead against Cagliari on Saturday afternoon. The Swedish striker returned to Italy after leaving LA Galaxy at the end of the MLS season. Against Sampdoria last Monday he came off the bench but couldn’t …
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Sweden has been named the country with the best reputation in the world for the second year in a row. That’s what Forbes writes. It is the Reputation Institute that carries out the report of countries in the world with the best reputation. The study is called Country RepTrak and is based on interviews …
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Brexit is on the way. PM Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal one step closer as it clears House of Commons hurdle with a majority of 99 votes. A historic day. It is 1294 days since the Brexit referendum took place. Today Brexit moved forward. Now it is for real. The Commons voted 330 to 231 …
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