US Presidential Election 2016: Former Republican President George Bush joins campaign trail to support his brother Jeb as Donald Trump steps up rhetoric February 16, 2016 US Republican candidate Jeb Bush has been given a much-needed boost, after his brother George W Bush joined him on the campaign trail in South Carolina. While George W remains a controversial figure around the world, he is extremely popular in South Carolina, where much of the electorate is made up of veterans. George W joined Jeb at a rally [...]
EU referendum: Prime Minister David Cameron continues to meet officials in Brussels ahead of EU summit on Thursday February 16, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron is attempting to woo officials on his EU reforms at the eleventh hour, ahead of tomorrow's crucial EU summit. Cameron is today set to meet a number of senior MEPs, as well as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, to discuss the negotiations. The Prime Minister and Juncker are likely to discuss the indexation [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: How Donald Trump broke all the rules and used social media and the internet to win New Hampshire primary February 16, 2016 Donald Trump has broken new ground for a Republican presidential candidate. He’s been arguably racist. He’s implied that a TV presenter was only asking tough questions because she was menstruating. He’s attacked the conservative news network, Fox News – an almost sacrilegious stance for many Republicans. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, while several rival campaigns [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Liberal Democrat candidate Caroline Pidgeon talks childcare, Tube and bus fares, congestion charge, airport expansion February 16, 2016 As the Liberal Democrat candidate for mayor of London, Caroline Pidgeon dismisses suggestions that the contest to replace Boris Johnson in City Hall is a two-horse race between Labour hopeful Sadiq Khan and Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith. But she does not shy away from slamming the front-runners for being too self-important in their efforts to become [...]
EU drops sanctions against Belarus in a bid to bolster support against Russia February 15, 2016 The European Union today lifted nearly all sanctions on Belarus, including against controversial President Alexander Lukashenko, in a move widely seen as part of the West's political strategy to strengthen its allies against Russia. Asset freezes and travel bans on 170 individuals and three companies were lifted, but the EU's foreign ministers decided to maintain [...]
EU referendum: Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says UK will only vote to stay in the EU out of fear of the unknown February 15, 2016 While he hopes it is not, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis fears that "we may be experiencing the European Union's disintegration". Writing in Quora, Varoufakis said that on a political level the disintegration of Europe is seen everywhere, citing the British referendum as one example. "At the political level, on multiple issues, the EU's disintegration is [...]
New surge in Russia-Ukraine tensions as both countries block transit February 15, 2016 Ukrainian trucks have been banned from Russia, in retaliation to the blocking of Russian vehicles in Ukraine, said Russia's transport ministry. “The measures will be in place until a settlement of issues of illegal blocking of Russian auto vehicles on the Ukrainian territory by the Ukrainian side,” the ministry said in a prepared statement cited by [...]
EU referendum: HSBC’s Paris pledge reveals that Brexit poses a number of risks for the City, including the regulatory environment and access to the open market February 15, 2016 The truth is, we don't know what it would mean for the City if the United Kingdom votes for Brexit. There are too many uncertainties. That's one reason why HSBC has said today that it could shift as many as 1,000 jobs from London to Paris if the UK leaves the EU. But the impact could be [...]
Bosnia and Herzegovina applies for EU membership February 15, 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for EU membership today. If accepted, it will become the 29th member state in the union, which the country hopes will boost its economic and political standing. The country, which has a tumultuous history of conflict during its time as part of the former Yugoslavia, undertook an ambitious package of reforms last [...]
EU referendum: HSBC could move 1,000 jobs to Paris in the event of a Brexit February 15, 2016 HSBC might not be relocating its headquarters to Hong Kong – but the bank could shift as many as 1,000 investment bank jobs to its Paris office if Britain leaves the EU. Only last night the bank revealed it was staying put after months of uncertainty over its future in London. It noted that the UK was [...]