Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016 – a result that sent shockwaves across the globe. In March 2017, the UK launched the EU exit process, setting a historic and uncharted course to become the first country to withdraw from the bloc by 2019. What will Brexit mean for Britain, the EU and above all Europeans?
Brexit
Britain’s divorce from the EU
Six million EU citizens apply to stay in UK after Brexit
More than six million EU citizens have applied to stay in the UK after Brexit, nearly twice the number thought be living in Britain before it left the bloc
UK urges EU ‘flexibility’ for post-Brexit N. Ireland trade
Britain and the EU hold key talks about implementing the Brexit deal, with London urging "flexibility" from Brussels over trading arrangements in Northern Ireland blamed for sparking violence
Brexit: how it started, how it’s going
The European Parliament is set to vote on the EU's divorce settlement with Britain, the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Here's what the post-Brexit pact sets out in key areas:
Brexit sparks £1 trillion UK assets switch to EU: study
UK banks and insurers have shifted more than £1.0 trillion to the European Union in response to Brexit, according to a study by the 'New Financial' think-tank
UK fintechs seek ‘cure for Brexit’ in Lithuania
Due in part to Brexit, Lithuania is becoming a fintech hub as a growing number of UK-linked digital financial companies get licences there so they can continue to operate in the EU
Scottish seafood sector takes Brexit protests to London
Scottish fishermen and seafood exporters rally in central London, parking slogan-bearing lorries near parliament in protest at post-Brexit rules they say are threatening the industry's future