The leaders of the European Union’s three institutions warned Britain on Friday that it cannot expect “the highest quality access to the single market” unless it adopts the bloc’s standards on environment, labor, taxation and state aid. “Without being a member, you cannot retain the benefits of membership,” they said ...
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Berlin was brief, constructive and had “elements of a reconciliatory spirit”, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. “At least, the essence of the meeting is clearly different from Downing Street’s account of what happened,” Peskov said, ...