European Union

Late Night Breakthrough Brings EU Closer To Deal On Farm Subsidies

European Union negotiators struck a deal on contentious parts of the bloc's farming subsidy policy in the early hours of Friday morning, raising hopes of a...

UK Seeks Further Three Month 'Grace Period' In EU Sausage Spat

Britain asked the European Union recently for a further three months to resolve a dispute over whether chilled meat products such as sausages, produced in...

Beyond Sausages, Why Are EU, UK Arguing Over Northern Ireland?

David Frost, the UK's minister in charge of ties with the European Union, and Maros Sefkovic, vice head of the European Commission, meet on Wednesday to tr...

EU And UK Officials In Last-Minute Talks To Avoid Potential Two-Way Ban On Meat Exports

EU and UK officials are reportedly in last-minute talks to avoid a potential two-way ban on a wide range of food items from being imported and exported bet...

Weekly Roundup... 10 November, 2020

Sustainable packaging firm Faerch Group has announced the acquisition of the Sirap food packaging business in Italy, Poland and Spain, from Italmobiliare,...

End Of An Era As Unilever UK Shareholders Back Unification Plan

Shareholders in Unilever Plc have approved the company's plan to end its 90-year-old dual-headed structure in favour of a single London-based ent...

Ireland Optimistic On Brexit Trade Deal, Fishing Still A Big Obstacle

Ireland's foreign minister said he believed a trade deal can be done between Britain and the European Union, citing growing optimism, but warned that fishi...

EU Pork Export Growth Set To Slow After German Disease Outbreak

Growth in pork exports from the European Union will slow significantly as Germany faces trade restrictions following a swine fever outbreak and Chinese dem...