UK brexit on 29 of march
Brexit begins: Article 50 has been triggered

                      
                      
          
    
              
                The current president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, receiving the UK's Article 50 letter.
                              
            
                  
          
    
    
      The current president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, receiving the UK's Article 50 letter.

          
  
        
            

Update, March 29, 12:45pm: Article 50 has been triggered. Theresa May is live on Parliament TV right now, discussing what comes next for the UK and its constituent nations.
Update, March 29, 11:25pm: Brexit is finally upon us. On Tuesday evening Theresa May signed the letter that, when it is received by the president of the European Council in Brussels, will begin the official process of removing the UK from the EU.
The letter, which is reportedly a few pages long, will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty—and will also likely contain some negotiation starting points. The letter is expected to be delivered to the president of the EC, Donald Tusk, at 12:30pm today; hopefully he won't be in another meeting or out getting coffee.
Concurrently, prime minister May will speak in UK parliament about the triggering of Article 50, and then spend a few hours discussing the process and fielding questions from MPs. Tusk is expected to talk to the press at around 12:45pm UK time, and within 48 hours will present draft negotiation guidelines for the UK's exit from the union.

    
                A truly inscrutable expression.
                                  
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And then... the Brexit process begins in earnest. Over the next few weeks diplomats from the UK and the 27 remaining members of the European Union will meet behind closed doors to thrash out deals, or at least try to find some common ground. On April 29, leaders from those 27 nations will get together for a summit, to begin more formal proceedings. Soon after, we should find out just how good or bad Brexit will be for the country.
Original story (March 21):
The UK will begin official divorce proceedings with the European Union on March 29, prime minister Theresa May's spokesperson has announced.
Tim Barrow, the UK's envoy to the EU, informed the bloc's president Donald Tusk on Monday morning that May will invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty—the official mechanism by which a member state withdraws from the union.

          
                      
                  