Великобритания

The United Kingdom, consisting of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plays a significant role in world politics, economy and culture. The country is rich in history, great literary traditions and architectural masterpieces. London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is the world's largest financial center and home to many cultural attractions. The UK is a founding member of the United Nations and NATO, and plays an important role in international relations. The British royal family and its traditions also attract the attention of millions of people around the world. The UK remains a key player on the world stage, with a unique blend of old traditions and modern progress.

  • Britain has expanded sanctions against Belarus over the elections.
    London imposed sanctions against three defense companies, as well as the heads of the Central Election Commission and the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, citing them in connection with the presidential election and human rights violations. According to the Belarusian Central Election Commission, Lukashenko won the election the day before with 86.82% of the vote. Pres...
  • Ban on imports of meat and dairy products into the UK
    What does the new ban include? Under the new rules, travellers are banned from bringing unpackaged meat , meat products, milk and dairy products, as well as certain composite products and animal by-products from pigs and ruminants into the UK. This includes not only products from the EU and EFTA countries, but also products from the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is important to note that even if...
  • Reuters has learned of the EU's plans to ban imports of Russian aluminum.
    The EC will propose a draft sanctions package to EU countries, which will include a ban on imports of Russian aluminum, writesREUTERS . According to him, the ban will be introduced in stages. Aluminum from Russia accounts for 8% of the EU's total imports. The EU's 16th round of sanctions against Russia may include a ban on aluminum imports , Reuters reports, citing EU diplomats. According to them,...
  • A British chemicals giant has warned of the death of the country's industry.
    The UK chemical industry is on the brink of "extinction", said Jim Ratcliffe, head of chemical company Ineos, The Times reports. "We are seeing the disappearance of one of our most important industries as chemical production is squeezed dry," he said after the closure of the company's synthetic ethanol plant in Grangemouth, central Scotland, in early January. According to the publication, the plan...
  • Gazprom Neft said it was prepared for new sanctions
    Gazprom Neft prepared in advance for the possible introduction of new sanctions against it, but the decision to include its assets in the American and British restriction lists was made without justification. This was stated to RBC by the press service of Gazprom Neft. According to the US Treasury Department, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, as well as more than two dozen of their subsidiaries, ha...
  • Vucic stated the US demand to exclude Russia's participation in the NIS
    Serbia's NIS has been sanctioned by the United States, along with its Russian parent company.Vučić said Washington is demanding Moscow's complete exit as NIS owner. Serbia is ready to buy out Russia's stake, which exceeds 50%.US sanctions against Serbian oil company Neftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), which is 5......
  • МИД Грузии вызвал посла Британии после введения санкций против главы МВД
    Гарет Уорд В МИД Грузии проходит встреча с послом Великобритании Гаретом Уордом, сообщает грузинский «Первый канал». По данным телеканала, дипломата вызвали в связи с введением британскими властями санкций против чиновников грузинского МВД. Накануне, 19 декабря, Великобритания ввела санкции против министра внутренних дел Грузии Вахтанга Гомелаури, его заместителя Александра Дарахвелидзе, а также п...
  • Hungary claimed to have saved Nebenzya and Patriarch Kirill from sanctions.
    Hungary blocked the inclusion of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Permanent Representative to the UN, and the Olympic Committee in the EU sanctions package , Szijjártó stated, adding that such actions "would deprive even the last hope for peace." Moscow considers the sanctions illegitimate. Patriarch Kirill Hungary succeeded in securing the exclusion of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and A...
  • Vucic says US to impose sanctions on Serbian company NIS
    The oil and gas company NIS is 50% owned by Gazprom Neft, with Gazprom holding another 6%. Serbia holds about 30% of the shares. Vucic admits that Belgrade may buy out part of the company's Russian share Aleksandar VucicThe United States may soon impose sanctions against the energy company Naftne industrije Srbije (NIS), which is more than half owned by Gazprom, the country's president, Aleksandar...
  • US imposes sanctions on those 'responsible for undermining democracy' in Georgia
    The US has imposed visa restrictions on 20 people who are "responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia," the State Department said. The list includes ministers, members of parliament and security officials.The United States is imposing visa restrictions on those "responsible for or complicit in undermining democracy in Georgia," the State Department said. The measure will affect about 2.........
  • Китай вновь открывает свой рынок для британской свинины, что может принести сектору 96 миллионов евро дополнительного дохода
    Китай, являющийся крупнейшим неевропейским рынком для британской свинины, закупил британскую свинину на сумму около 180 миллионов фунтов стерлингов в 2023 году. Это достижение стало возможным благодаря сотрудничеству между правительственными департаментами Великобритании, Советом по развитию сельского хозяйства и садоводства и Партнерством по сертификации экспорта Великобритании, а также благодаря...
  • Sechin called Europe a victim of sanctions against Russian hydrocarbons
    Due to sanctions, Europe has lost supplies of relatively cheap oil and gas, and this is already having an impact on the state of its economy, since industrial production there has decreased by 5% in two years, the head of Rosneft said.Europe has suffered the most from Western sanctions that affected Russian hydrocarbons, said Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, speaking at the Doha Forum. His words were quot...
  • Exporters said London had acknowledged its dependence on Russia's white fish.
    The UK has acknowledged its dependence on Russian whitefish by abandoning new tariff restrictions, the All-Russian Association of Fishery Enterprises, Entrepreneurs, and Exporters of Russia (VARPE) told RBK. The organization noted a report in Undercurrent News that the UK will not impose additional restrictions on imports of Russian fish products from third countries in 2......
  • Britain imposed sanctions against AlfaStrakhovanie and VSK
    Britain also imposed sanctions on 30 vessels (mostly tankers). Moscow considers the sanctions illegal.The UK has imposed sanctions against AlfaStrakhovanie and the VSK insurance house, according to a document on the British government website. The sanctions include freezing the assets of insurance companies in the UK , as well as a ban on trust services. London cited "receiving benefits from or su...
  • Изменения в регулировании рынка птицы в Великобритании
    Одним из ключевых рассматриваемых предложений является поправка к 12-недельному периоду, который позволяет маркировать мясо птицы свободного выгула как таковое, даже если обязательные меры содержания, такие как применяемые во время вспышек птичьего гриппа, ограничивают доступ птиц к выгулу на открытом воздухе. Предлагаемое изменение направлено на продление этого периода, гарантируя, что производит...
  • How 45 people were jailed in Hong Kong for trying to win the election.
    In Hong Kong, 45 opposition figures received prison sentences for organizing and participating in an anti-government "conspiracy" that involved organizing primaries. The situation outside the court in Hong KongOn November 19, the High Court of Hong Kong, a highly autonomous special administrative region of China, sentenced 45 of 47 defendants in a case of "conspiracy to subvert state power." All o...
  • Великобритания ввела санкции против российского движения «Юнармия»
    Великобритания ввела санкции против российского патриотического движения «Юнармия». Об этом сообщила пресс-служба британского правительства. В санкционном списке оказались также центр военно-патриотического воспитания «Авангард» в подмосковном Одинцово, начальник главного штаба «Юнармии» Никита Нагорный, глава Херсонского детского дома Татьяна Завальская, которую, как писала The New York Times, об...
  • Экспорт гусиного мяса из Польши снижается
    Основные рынки и импортёры Большая часть гусиного мяса из Польши поступает на рынки стран Европейского Союза, где Германия остаётся основным получателем. В 2023 году на немецкий рынок было продано 9,4 тыс. тонн гусиного мяса на сумму 68 миллионов евро, что составляет 67% от общего объема экспорта и 8......
  • G7 заявила о приверженности нанесению ущерба России через санкции
    G7 привержена «нанесению ущерба России через санкции, экспортный контроль и другие меры», говорится в заявлении организации. Москва считает санкции неэффективными, Путин подчеркивал, что расчет на развал экономики не оправдался «Большая семерка» (G7) привержена «нанесению ущерба России через санкции, экспортный контроль и другие меры», говорится в совместном заявлении лидеров государств — членов о...
  • Увеличение количества случаев заболевания блютангом в Великобритании
    В последние месяцы Великобритания столкнулась с серьезной угрозой для сельского хозяйства — увеличением числа случаев заболевания блютангом (BTV-3). По последним данным, количество зарегистрированных случаев достигло 157, из которых 155 зафиксировано в Англии и два — в Уэльсе. Эта информация была опубликована Министерством окружающей среды, продовольствия и сельского хозяйства Великобритании (DEFR...
  • В ЕС предложили поднять пошлины на импорт товаров из России
    Восемь стран Евросоюза обратились в ЕК с предложением повысить пошлины на российские товары, «чтобы поддержать Украину». Летом ЕС ввел «запретительные пошлины» на зерно из России. Путин говорил, что «Россия нужна миру» Швеция, Дания, Финляндия, Ирландия, Эстония, Латвия, Литва и Польша направили письмо в Еврокомиссию с предложениями повысить импортные пошлины на товары из России, сообщило шведское...
  • EU and UK announce complete halt to beef imports from Brazil
    Reasons for the ban Estradiol is a sex hormone used in some countries to speed up the growth of livestock. However, its use in livestock farming is strictly prohibited in the European Union due to potential risks to human health. A recent audit by European experts found significant deficiencies in Brazil’s animal traceability system, meaning that controls over which hormones were used in raising l...
  • Британия ввела санкции против «Африканского корпуса» и «агента ГРУ»
    Под санкции Лондона попали 56 физических и юридических лиц, в том числе бригада «Эспаньола» и компании из Китая, Турции и стран Центральной Азии из-за поставок в Россию. Москва считает меры нелегитимными Великобритания в рамках санкций против России из-за военных действий на Украине ввела ограничения против 56 физических и юридических лиц, сообщается на сайте правительства Соединенного Королевства...
  • Thailand's Livestock Exports: Records and New Horizons
    Reasons for Export Growth One of the key factors contributing to the increase in export volumes is the active development of new markets. Thailand has been working to expand the geography of supplies over the past few years, which allows it to diversify its sources of income and minimize the risks associated with dependence on individual countries. In particular, growing interest in Thai products ...
  • Влияние потребления мяса и молока на экологию: призыв к действиям в Британии
    Проблема выбросов метана Одной из основных причин, по которой власти обращают внимание на животноводство, является выброс метана, который производится крупным рогатым скотом и овцами. Метан является мощным парниковым газом, который в 25 раз более эффективен в удерживании тепла в атмосфере по сравнению с углекислым газом. В Великобритании насчитывается около 1......
  • Promising Middle East. We review the horizons of cooperation between Belarus and Oman
    Nikolai Borisevich Director of the National Marketing Center The Middle East is a heterogeneous, but promising region. If until recently, cooperation between Belarus and the states of Western Asia and North Africa developed mainly along credit, investment and humanitarian vectors, today we are increasingly looking for common ground in the economic sphere. An example is Oman, which borders Saudi Ar...
  • Thousands of Britons demand compensation for COVID vaccination consequences
    So far, less than 2% of those who have applied have received compensation of £120,000. People said the vaccination had harmed their health, with most complaints related to the AstraZeneca drug . The drug was withdrawn from sale in MayIn the UK, almost 14,000 people have applied for compensation for damage to health that they believe was caused by vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, The...
  • Australian red meat exports to UK surge after Free Trade Agreement
    According to figures released at the recent Aussie Beef & Lamb trade event, beef exports to the UK have risen by 415% and lamb exports by 85%. The free trade agreement, which came into force on 31 May 2023, has fostered a strong trading relationship between the two countries, which is particularly beneficial to Australia's premium red meat sector. In total, Australia exported 4,144 tonnes of beef ...