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Calm at Calais on first working day after Brexit takes effect

The port of Calais has remained quiet following the first working day of the UK exiting the European Union, with hauliers staying clear.

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Spain in post-Brexit red tape row after UK residents denied entry

Several UK residents in Spain complained of being barred from flying to Madrid and Barcelona amid pandemic restrictions and confusion over post-Brexit documentation.

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Spain: British anti-Brexit bar throws mock EU goodbye party

Britons living in Spain throw a "celebration-commiseration" after the end of the Brexit transition period. Many voted to remain in the EU and express their disappointment in leaving the 27-nation partnership.

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Period poverty: UK becomes latest country to abolish 'tampon taxes'

The move comes after Scotland became the first country in the world to offer women free sanitary products. Other countries have followed suit and removed taxes.

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'An act of cultural vandalism': Erasmus alumni on UK leaving scheme

The UK's Brexit transition period for leaving the EU has ended and with it the country's membership of the decades-old Erasmus programme. Here's what alumni of the scheme have to say about the UK leaving it.

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Future of UK finance: City of London faces uncertainty under EU-UK trade deal

Future of UK finance: City of London faces uncertainty under EU-UK trade deal

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Ireland bypasses post-Brexit UK with more direct sea routes to Europe

More ships are to run directly to Cherbourg, in France, and the Spanish city of Bilbao in the early months of 2021

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First lorries cross English Channel under post-Brexit border rules

The holiday period, COVID-19 restrictions and pre-New Year stockpiling helped ensure a smooth start to new border operations now the UK has left the EU's trading system.

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Europe's week: Out with the old, in with the new

The coronavirus pandemic look like it will dominate 2021 from the outset, but a new American President and German Chancellor could also shape the world for year's to come.

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Brexit begins for real today - but what are the key changes?

The Brexit transition is over. Euronews looks at the key changes to come now the United Kingdom is fully separate from the European Union.

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UK fishermen face new uncertainties over post-Brexit trade deal

EU-based fleets catch up to eight times as many fish in UK waters as British fishermen do in EU waters, according to UK government data. Which is why Brexit made sense for so many British seaside towns.

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Will English remain an official EU language after Brexit?

The European Commission has stated that any decision on this would need the support of a unanimous vote in the European Parliament.

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Trade deal signed but 'Brexit is far from over', expert tells Euronews

The implications of Brexit will "haunt Britain for many years to come", told Euronews the director of think-tank UK in a Changing Europe, Anand Menon.

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'A farce and failure': Experts slam MPs' scrutiny of post-Brexit deal

The process saw both UK Houses of Parliament recalled for just one day on Wednesday (December 30).

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Will there be UK food import delays after final Brexit deadline?

The majority of the UK's fruit and vegetables are imported from Europe.

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History is made as EU chiefs and UK PM sign post-Brexit trade deal

Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen signed the Brexit trade deal on behalf of the EU before PM Boris Johnson put his name to it for the UK.

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Life after Brexit: What will the rule changes mean for people in 2021?

In the first of our two-part series, Euronews examines what the end of the Brexit transition period will mean for people on both sides of the Channel — including residency, travel and exchanges.

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Auto industry evaluates its future outside the EU single market

The European auto industry is dependent on parts moving from factory to factory, across open borders, with nothing to delay them. Something which in Britain will stop when border controls start in January.

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Michel Barnier and Boris Johnson present the new post-Brexit deal

EU ambassadors gathered on Christmas day to be briefed on the post-Brexit deal struck a deal earlier between the bloc and the UK.

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Europe's week: Vaccine approval and a final dose of Brexit

With Christmas finally upon us this week, so was the welcome news of the EMA's vaccine approval. But failure to secure a Brexit agreement still plagued European leaders, as the continent shut its borders to the UK over fears of a mutant COVID-19 strain spreading further outside of Britain.