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[Link] ‘Meltdown’ at UK passport renewals forces travellers to cancel Easter breaks
Read: 10/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Travellers are being forced to cancel Easter travel bookings because of a backlog at HM Passport Office which is delaying renewals. Some passengers have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket because their new passports failed to arrive before their departure date.
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[Link] People Are Worried About Russian Saboteurs at the Poland-Ukraine Border
Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com
PRZEMYŚL, Poland — For Vladimir, a Ukrainian taxicab driver who was recently ferrying foreign fighters and refugees to and from the Poland-Ukraine border, the threat of Russian saboteurs is real.
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[Link] Ukraine declares state of emergency as fears of Russian invasion grow
Read: 23/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
Ukraine has introduced a nationwide state of emergency in which special restrictions will apply in order to keep the country calm and protect its economy amid fears of a Russian invasion, a senior Ukrainian security official says.
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[Link] A Jan. 6 Rioter Crawled Through Swamps to Seek Asylum in Belarus
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
An American who is accused of punching a police officer during the Capitol riots is now seeking political asylum in the eastern European country of Belarus.
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[Link] Article 16 ‘very much on the table’ in Brexit row, says Frost
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
David Frost, the UK’s Brexit minister, has said triggering article 16 to suspend post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland is “very much on the table”, as he met his EU counterpart in Brussels.
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[Link] Police attacked in Belfast at protest over Northern Ireland protocol
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Police in Belfast have been attacked with missiles and fireworks following a demonstration against the Brexit protocol in the north of the city. The disorder on Wednesday night took place on Lanark Way in the loyalist Shankill Road area close to the peace wall.
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[Link] What may happen if article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol is triggered?
Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
The UK Brexit minister, David Frost, has stepped up demands on the EU to renegotiate the Northern Ireland protocol, a linchpin of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. At a speech to the Conservative party conference, Frost said “tinkering around the edges” of the protocol would not be enough.
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