Recent News Headlines : Brussels - Belgium

EU'S BARNIER WARNS TIME RUNNING OUT FOR BREXIT DEAL


European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends an EU's General Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium, February 27, 2018... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 7

HOW TO FLY THE BEST FIRST-CLASS SEATS, CHEAPER THAN ECONOMY


Those include American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest, whose points can be applied toward an award booking through the Emirates website... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 2377

UN RIGHTS CHIEF BLASTS VETO USE AMID 'HUMAN SLAUGHTERHOUSES'


EU countries on Monday demanded sanctions against senior Myanmar military officers over serious and systematic rights abuses against the Rohingya... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 977

'BEAST FROM THE EAST' SENDS EUROPE MERCURY PLUMMETING


Meteorologists have documented temperatures above freezing in some parts of the Arctic, causing astonishment among many scientists... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 0

'WACKY' WEATHER MAKES ARCTIC WARMER THAN PARTS OF EUROPE


As long ago as 1973, a study suggested that an ice-free Arctic Ocean could make regions farther south colder... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 0

END OF THE ROAD FOR BIKE-SHARE PIONEER GOBEE IN FRANCE


Many riders complained the mobile app regularly crashed while calls to customer service went unanswered... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 13

COULD ELECTION UPSET SPELL END FOR ILLIBERAL ORBAN?


Hungarian corruption For many in Hungary, the vote was a referendum on Fidesz corruption... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 44

HELPING EUROPE'S HOMELESS AS COLD SNAP BITES


At a Red Cross centre in Brussels, the homeless can get a roof over their heads and eat some food... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 11

KURDISH LEADER IS ARRESTED IN PRAGUE AT TURKEYS REQUEST


Europe has not designated the Syrian Kurdish organizations as terrorist groups, and it has previously rejected such extradition requests by Turkey... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 2736

BRUSSELS TO FORCE FREEZING HOMELESS INDOORS


Homeless people in Brussels could be detained overnight if they refuse shelter, as extremely low temperatures grip the Belgian capital... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 178

EUROPE SEEKS POWER TO SEIZE OVERSEAS DATA IN CHALLENGE TO TECH GIANTS


Extra-territorial authority rules are however fraught with complexity, legal and privacy experts warn, as they could conflict with existing data protection laws... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 631

PROTESTS GREET KING FELIPE AT MWC


King Felipe of Spain has been met with protests on his first visit to Catalonia since last October's failed independence bid in the Spanish region... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 1267

AS BREXIT TENSIONS RISE EUS OTHER BIG SPAT EDGES TOWARD TRUCE


For the governing Law Justice party, the financial threat resulting from EU budget talks means it can no longer disregard Brussels without expecting consequences... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 83

MANAFORT INDICTMENT SPARKS HUNT FOR EUROPEANS PAID TO LOBBY


A Ukrainian lawmaker, meanwhile, told the AP on Saturday that a former Austrian chancellor was among the European politicians secretly paid to lobby for Ukraine... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 3

EU-SOUTH AMERICA TRADE DEAL 'COULD KILL 20,000 FRENCH FARMS'


Over 20,000 French farms could go bankrupt if the European Union concludes a major trade deal with four South American countries, France's biggest farm union warned Friday... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 0

EUROPEAN EX-OFFICIALS DENY BEING PAID BY MANAFORT TO LOBBY FOR UKRAINE


Asked if the money Mr. Gusenbauer received came from Mr. Manafort, Mr. Prodi seemed skeptical but said that he didn't know... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 598

ROMANIA'S UNDER-FIRE ANTI-CORRUPTION BOSS GETS PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT


Romania's anti-corruption chief won support from the country's president and the prosecutor general on Friday -- a day after the government's justice minister called for... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 2419

NATIONALISM IN HEART OF EUROPE NEEDLES EU


Living standards aren't the same as those in other member states... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 117

MERKEL UPSETS JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WITH HER EU REFUGEE PLAN


Not the governments, but the people, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel told reporters on Friday in Brussels... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 516

EUS TUSK SAYS BRITISH VIEWS ON FUTURE TIES PURE ILLUSION


I am glad that the UK government seems to be moving towards a more detailed position, Tusk told journalists after 27 EU leaders... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 5

EU LEADERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE OVER POST-BREXIT BUDGET


I think we are already paying quite a bit, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told reporters before the summit... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 9

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY


Chinese Equities on Shaky Ground China's stock market wasn't in great shape even before the past month's slide... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 29

EU SET TO PREPARE SANCTIONS ON MYANMAR GENERALS


The United States, as well as United Nations, have described the military crackdown in Myanmar as ethnic cleansing ... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 810

EU TO DOUBLE FUNDING FOR MILITARY FORCE IN WEST AFRICA'S SAHEL


Mogherini said the European Union was spending 8 billion euros in development aid in the region over eight years... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 158

EU TO DOUBLE FUNDING FOR MILITARY FORCE IN WEST AFRICA'S SAHEL REGION


There is a direct European interest in restoring stability to the region, a senior EU diplomat said... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 288

NOT CONTENT WITH FRANCE, MACRON HAS A PLAN TO TAKE ON ALL EUROPE


In January, Macron convinced Spain, Greece, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus to sign on to his ideas on a closer European monetary union... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 322

POLANDS NATIONALISM THREATENS EUROPES VALUES, AND COHESION


With such largess, one would hardly think that Poland is in a kind of war with the European Union... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 3632

AFRIN: A SYMPTOM OF SYRIA'S COMPLEX CONFLICT


But the Brussels Office Representative of Turkey's AK Party, dismisses the accusation that Daesh-linked fighters have been used... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 30

TWO-DAY TOLL IN REBEL GHOUTA AREA OUTSIDE DAMASCUS REPORTEDLY 250, HIGHEST SINCE 2013


Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a wa... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 1

SYRIA'S FUTURE 'IN HANDS OF IRAN AND RUSSIA'


In any case the Syrian regime has no decision to make, the real decision is in the hands of Iran and Russia... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 141

Trending News Headlines : Brussels

DUTCH INTELLIGENCE SPIED ON RUSSIAN HACKING GROUP COZY BEAR


Russia's hacking attacks not only targeted the United States but have also had major repercussions in Europe, where intelligence agencies have scrambled to stop Russian interference... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 10802

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE: WINTER IS ONE OF DARKEST EVER FOR PARTS OF EUROPE


Brussels had less than 11 hours of sun last month, while Lille has had less than three in January... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 8995

BELGIUM PLEDGES $23M TO UNRWA AFTER US AID CUT


The agency now offers support to approximately five million Palestinians in education, healthcare and housing, and is active in Palestinian occupied territories, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan... READ MORE

18th January, 2018 7831

MIKE PENCE: US EMBASSY TO OPEN IN JERUSALEM IN 2019


Scuffles erupt as Mike Pence tells the Knesset recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital chooses 'fact over fiction' ... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 6741

:: FOLLOW THE LATEST AS SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES TRAVEL DISRUPTION ACROSS THE UK


The airport said all take-offs and landings were halted until further notice because of the severe weather conditions... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 6300

WATCH OUT, AIRLINES. HIGH SPEED RAIL NOW RIVALS FLYING ON KEY ROUTES


In Asia and Europe, super-fast locomotives are comparable to air travel in price and door-to-door speed... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 5761

AS BRITAIN STUMBLES OVER BREXIT SUPPORT GROWS FOR 2ND VOTE


Independence Party leader and the leading proponent of Brexit, recently suggested that there might be a second referendum... READ MORE

10th February, 2018 5543

MAHMOUD ABBAS URGES EU TO 'SWIFTLY RECOGNISE' PALESTINE


Based on the UN resolution 242, the accords called for a two-state solution with occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestine state... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 3993

DENMARK IS NAMING AN AMBASSADOR WHO WILL JUST DEAL WITH INCREASINGLY POWERFUL TECH COMPANIES


Denmark's Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, right, speaking to British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson at the Jan. 16 European Union ministers meeting in Brussels... READ MORE

4th February, 2017 3795

NEW BRITISH PARTY INSPIRED BY FRANCE'S MACRON SEEKS TO OVERTURN BREXIT


A new British political party inspired by French President Emmanuel Macron's rise to power launched a national electoral campaign on Monday aimed at stopping Brexit... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 3659

TOP KOSOVO SERB POLITICIAN OLIVER IVANOVIC SHOT DEAD


Serbian government negotiators walked out of EU-mediated talks with Kosovo Albanians in Brussels after the news... READ MORE

16th January, 2018 3133

EUROPE TO TRUMP: IF YOU WANT A TRADE WAR, YOU'LL GET ONE


In addition, it comes amid a continuing threat by Washington to curb American purchases of foreign steel and aluminum on national-security grounds... READ MORE

29th January, 2018 2783

PENCE SAYS U.S. EMBASSY TO MAKE JERUSALEM MOVE NEXT YEAR ON FASTER TIMETABLE


Miller also said the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has so angered Palestinians that it is difficult to move forward with a peace plan... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 2673

FIRST, OFFICE SPACE. NEXT, THE WORLD.


Yet Mr. Neumann has convinced investors that WeWork is worth 10 times that figure... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 2617

U.K. HAS A SECRET PLAN TO HOLD BREXIT CASH IF EU REFUSES TO TRADE


Read more The Brexit bill and whether Theresa May needs to pay up As one of the biggest EU budget contributors, the U.K... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 2108

ANALYSIS | MACRON IS THE PRESIDENT TRUMP WISHES HE COULD BE


President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron don't quite seem fated to be friends... READ MORE

13th July, 2017 1792

CHINESE CAUTION ON U.S. DEBT CLOUDS FINANCING FOR TRUMP'S TAX CUT


China owns almost 1.2 trillion of U.S. government debt, more than double the level from a decade ago... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 1734

TRUMP PULLS HIS PUNCHES IN FIRST FORAY INTO LONG-PLEDGED TARIFFS


After a year of chest thumping, President Donald Trump has finally delivered the type of trade blow his political base has been craving... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 1712

BORIS JOHNSON TO WARN BRITAIN AGAINST REVERSING BREXIT


Boris Johnson to Warn U.K. Against Reversing Brexit... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 1670

EUROPE CLOSES IN ON FRESH TRADE DEAL AS TRUMP PUTS UP BARRIERS


Mercosur already accounts for around three-quarters of EU beef imports and focuses on pricier cuts... READ MORE

29th January, 2018 1608

MORE BOMBS HIT SYRIA'S GHOUTA, DEATH TOLL HIGHEST SINCE 2013


A young man rides bicycle near damaged houses in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 20, 2018... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 1508

NEWS ANALYSIS US REVIVES CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE PLANS RATTLING NATO ALLIES


While applauding the new European Union initiative, he said, I also highlight that we need to avoid duplication between the Europeans and NATO... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 1451

ETHIOPIA FREES OPPOSITION LEADER MERERA GUDINA


Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been released from prison after more than a year in detention... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 1388

"NATIONALISM AND POPULISM ARE THE CANCER OF EUROPE"


Ana Lazaro Bosch In Spain, the crisis has left us with unstable contracts and low wages... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 1137

HOW THE E.U.S MIGRANT CRISIS REACHED THE STREETS OF BRUSSELS


Sudanese migrants like Mr. Khater are increasingly visible in Brussels, around train stations, in public squares and parks, sometimes sleeping in the streets... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 1055

A DEATH IN KOSOVO STOKES FEARS AND THREATENS PEACE


President Aleksander Vucic of Serbia made a hastily arranged visit to Kosovo to ease the fears of ethnic Serbs fears that critics say he has stoked... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 983

FACEBOOK LOSES BELGIAN PRIVACY CASE, FACES FINE OF UP TO $125 MILLION


Facebook has just launched a large campaign where they stress the importance of privacy... READ MORE

17th February, 2018 901

TRUMP TO MOVE U.S. EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM IN 2019, PENCE SAYS


Israeli officials were heartened not just by Pence's comments on Jerusalem but by his tough talk on Iran, which Israel sees as an existential threat... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 870

PENCE KICKS OFF ISRAEL VISIT WITH NETANYAHU MEETING


Pence meets with Netanyahu, says he's honoured to be in 'Israel's capital, Jerusalem'... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 812

HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DOES HE HAVE ON TRUMP?


Promoting America First Miller helped shape the president's policy towards Europe by deleting material in a speech about Nato... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 753


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