Tusk: EU has agreed to Brexit "flextension" until January 2020October 28, 2019 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The EU has agreed to offer the UK a Brexit "flextension" up to January 31, 2020, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday, 28 October — a move that could help PM Boris Johnson in his quest for fresh elections, euronews reports. It means Britain will not leave the EU on Thursday, October 31 as originally agreed, prolonging the saga of its withdrawal. Johnson repeatedly said Brexit would happen on October 31 "do or die" but earlier this month he was forced by opponents to request an extension. Parliament will vote on Monday evening on whether to allow him to hold the election he says is neccesary to resolve the Brexit deadlock. Without a majority in parliament, Johnson needs the support of opposition parties. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |