Following the example of Amsterdam, Paris and London, New York now also has a night mayor. Former night club owner, city councilor and catering consultant Ariel Palitz (47) was appointed by the daytime mayor Bill de Blasio as the first Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, as the function is officially called.
The European Commission is demanding an arrears of 2.7 billion euros from the British government. Brussels has sent a letter of formal notice to London because the British refuse to pay customs duties for clothing and shoes from China. The customs duties of the Member States are one of the sources of income for the annual EU budget.
Euroclear, specialized in settling global securities transactions, will relocate its holding company from London to Brussels. The step will be taken later this year in preparation for the brexit, according to business newspaper Financial Times.
After New York, London and Milan, it was Paris's turn with the winter fashion for 2018/2019. Under the motto Bonjour Paris everything was pulled out of the closet. The locations were allowed some costs and there were again bubbles and parties after the shows. Also from the optimistic atmosphere on and around the catwalks it became clear that the fashion world is back in the wind. The sales of the international big brands are still on the rise and that makes the designers happy.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May hopes, with a series of speeches, to improve the deepening of confidence in her Brexit policy. Friday is her fourth speech. She could not go to the planned room in the north-east of England due to the winter weather, but stayed in London for her speech titled 'Our future partnership'.
Scientists have discovered the oldest tattoo in the world on an Egyptian mummy that has been in the British Museum in London for at least a hundred years. The 'spots' on his right arm were always clear to see.
The British Prince William will be the first British 'royal' to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel this summer. The 91-year-old British Queen Elizabeth II, who has been ruling since 1952, has never visited Israel, which is based in the former British mandate of Palestine.
EU President Donald Tusk hopes to hear from British Prime Minister Theresa May Thursday what solution she has for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after the Brexit. The Pool speaks May later in the day in London.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier calls on the British government to come up with legally substantiated texts in order to arrange the departure from the EU in time. 'If we want to make the negotiations a success, we need to increase the pace', said the Frenchman in Brussels at the presentation of the draft treaty on the divorce.
Snow and ice have partially curbed traffic in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. Hundreds of trains fell out because of the winter weather. Heavy snowfall made roads partly impassable. Especially Scotland and the East of England are affected.
Britain has rejected an offer from Ecuador to negotiate the position of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He fled almost six years ago to the embassy of Ecuador in London and is still there.
A British television channel has to pay a compensation of 20,000 pounds (almost 23,000 euros) after filming a house eviction. The residents did not want the images to be broadcast, but that happened anyway.
The head office of the British-Dutch group Unilever will probably come to the Netherlands at the brexit. The British government is taking this seriously seriously, reports the Financial Times.
The London police have apologized for an undercover action twenty years ago. In addition, a secret agent helped with the permission of her supervisor in an action of the Animal Liberation Front in which about 6000 minks were released.
Hundreds of KFC branches in the United Kingdom are temporarily closed due to a shortage of chicken. Problem is not that there are too many customers, but due to problems with the new distribution system, the company is forced to close stores.
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Large parts of Wales and England were startled by a slight earthquake on Saturday afternoon. According to the British seismological institute, the shock had a force of 4.4 at a depth of just 7.4 kilometers. The epicenter was located near the village of Clydach, 20 kilometers northeast of Swansea.
The United States is also holding Russia responsible for an attack with the NotPetya grazing software. According to the White House, the cyber attack was meant to destabilize Ukraine. A government spokeswoman called the use of the hostile software 'reckless' and gave the Kremlin 'international consequences' in prospect.
A British man of 48 has been imprisoned for three days in a sewer in London. The man wandered through the sewer under the east of the British capital in the hope of finding a way out. British media reported that.
Britain has openly accused Russia Thursday of an attack with host-free software NotPetya. Last year, it laid down a container terminal in Rotterdam, among other things.
A Virgin Atlantic plane made a 'love flight' on Valentine's Day. The device rose specially to draw a heart.
The arrest warrant in England against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains in force. He has been in the embassy of Ecuador in London for years and tried to persuade the British judicial authorities to withdraw the arrest warrant against him through a lawsuit. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected this request on Tuesday.
Curious Olympic tourists will visit the famous 'penis park' in Haesindang Park during the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, about an hour's drive from where the sporting events take place.
British inflation stabilized at 3 percent on an annual basis in January. Lower prices for, among other things, petrol and food products were again compensated by rising costs for culture and services.
London City Airport opens again. The airport was forced to cancel all flights on Monday because of the discovery of a 500 kilos bomb from the Second World War. That explosive has since been removed and is later detonated, reports the BBC.
Due to the discovery of a bomb from the Second World War in the River Thames, a nearby airport has been evacuated. This is London City Airport, a small airport in the east of the British capital.
Great Britain will stop aid to aid organizations if they do not adhere to a number of conditions. That said Minister of Development Aid Penny Mordaunt in response to reports of misconduct in Haiti by employees of the British branch of Oxfam.
An alleged victim of the fire in the Grenfell Tower in London has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. That determined a court in London Friday. The 53-year-old man claimed that his wife and son had died in the fire in the London skyscraper last June.
The transition period requested by London after the Brexit in 2019 is not an achievement. The chief negotiator for the EU, Michel Barnier, warns the British government that it is imposing a number of 'non-negotiable' conditions for the transition period of almost two years.
The foundation of billionaire George Soros has allocated tons to an action group that wants to prevent Great Britain from leaving the EU. According to British media sources, it is about £ 400,000 (around EUR 453,000) that has been transferred through the philanthropist's Open Society Foundations.
