The reviews are in: The British press say King Charles III delivered a masterful diplomatic rebuke of President Trump this week, in an ever-so-polite royal way. “King delivers hard truths” read a headline in the Daily Mail, praising him for urging the United States to defend NATO and Ukraine. A journalist at The Sun called…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A British father-to-be has spoken out against the UK’s family visa rules, describing the experience as making him feel like a “second-class citizen”…
Shorouk Express A petition has been launched calling on the UK government to install MPs to represent the interests of Brits living overseas – echoing systems that already exist in countries including France and Italy. The petition has been set up on the UK’s parliament website, calling on the government to “establish an MP for…
Shorouk Express The UK Embassy is insisting Brits residing in Spain exchange their old green certificates for TIEs to avoid being labelled as overstayers under the EU’s upcoming EES system. But does this apply to Brits who’ve taken up Irish citizenship since Brexit? The British Embassy in Madrid on Tuesday wrote their third Facebook post…
Shorouk Express The UK Embassy in Madrid is once again urging Britons who are residents in Spain to exchange their green EU residency certificates for TIEs, this time stating that they risk being treated as tourists who have overstayed in the Schengen Zone. The British Embassy in Madrid on Tuesday wrote yet another on Facebook…
Shorouk Express Spain is home to the EU’s largest British population, but very few of them have applied for Spanish citizenship since the Brexit vote, especially when compared to UK nationals in other European countries. More than 120,000 Britons were naturalised via residency in European countries since the 2016 Brexit referendum and until 2023, according…
Shorouk Express The data reveals that more than 110,000 Britons naturalised in EU countries between 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum, and 2023, according to the latest data on citizenship acquisition published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. Another 11,000 are added if those who were naturalised in Norway (3,864) and Switzerland…
