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Belgium

Emirati princesses tried in Belgium on human trafficking charges

Eight Emirati princesses are on trial in the Belgian capital in a slavery case dating back to 2008.

12/05/2017

Belgium

Belgian school language book for migrants causes offence

A Brussels school has revised a French language book designed to help asylum seekers integrate, after some phrases linked migrants to extremism.

11/05/2017

Europe News

Turkey to press ahead with EU membership bid

Turkish EU affairs Minister Omer Celik's visit to Brussels aims to put the country's EU membership back on top of the agenda.

10/05/2017

Belgium

Down but not out: the curious case of Belgium's graffiti ghost town

Doel, a small town in northern Belgium, is slowly vanishing as a place to live but finds itself being reinvented as an open-air museum.

09/05/2017

Next Series

3D in the air

At Scladina cave in Belgium researchers are experimenting with ways to better study, protect and promote the archaeological site.

08/05/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: 3D in the air

No GPS, reduced space, plenty of obstacles, artificial lights… What´s this drone doing at this prehistoric cave?

08/05/2017

Europe News

European 'history house' opens this weekend

It was meant to have been open in 2014, but now the House of European History finally opens its doors to the public this weekend.

04/05/2017

Belgium

Europe's movers and shakers: 'most innovative universities' revealed

Three UK institutions have been rated among the top ten most innovative universities in Europe.

03/05/2017

Europe News

EU leaders approve tough terms for Brexit talks

EU leaders have approved negotiating guidelines for Britain’s exit from the bloc at a special summit in Brussels.

29/04/2017

Europe News

EU leaders agree Brexit negotiating guidelines

In a show of unity at a time of adversity, EU leaders have approved stiff negotiating guidelines for Brexit at a summit in Brussels.

29/04/2017

Europe News

EU leaders to discuss Brexit without UK

EU governments meet in Brussels on Saturday in the first summit without British PM Theresa May.

28/04/2017

Economy

Eurozone finance chiefs admit Greece will need debt relief

Eurozone finance ministers chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem says some Greek debt will have to be written off for its public finances to become sustainable.

27/04/2017

Europe News

Hungary's PM Orban rebuffs EU criticism of university law

The European Commission on Wednesday opened a legal case against Hungary over a new higher education law that threatens to shut down a George Soros-backed university in…

26/04/2017

Sport

Philip Gilbert gets fourth Amstel Gold Race win

After the Tour de Flanders Philippe Gilbert's winning streak continues in the spring classics.

16/04/2017

Economy

IMF's Lagarde upbeat on growth, worried about protectionism risks

The International Monetary Fund's Christine Lagarde says the global economic recovery is gaining momentum but could be cut off by protectionism.

12/04/2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Hungary set to spark lively debate

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the daily news stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

11/04/2017

Europe News

Turkey's divided diaspora

Tensions already fraught following the attempted coup in Turkey last year have been hardened by the referendum.

10/04/2017

Economy

Eurozone crisis: what the EU leaders need to do to put European integration back on track

06/04/2017

Europe News

MEPs call for infringement process against Hungary

Politicians across the European Parliament have denounced moves in Hungary, which could force out the Central European University – funded by George Soros – despite…

05/04/2017

Belgium

Renewed call for Syria's Assad to go eclipses EU conference

Britain and France have renewed their call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to go, after an alleged chemical attack by Damascus killed scores of people in a rebel-held…

05/04/2017

Belgium

Mock grave yard outside EU Commission aims to highlight plight of Syrian children

A mock cemetery has been put outside the EU Commission.

03/04/2017

Belgium

Belgium's German-speaking region gets a new name

A small German-speaking corner of Belgium has given itself a new name, stirring controversy across a country where names and language are tools of political warfare, and stoking fears that the long-de

03/04/2017

Europe News

US tells NATO members to cough up more cash

NATO’s spending target of two percent of the yearly economic output of members is neither “reachable nor desirable.

31/03/2017

Belgium

Belgium: Turkish community clashes

Several injured in a clash involving numerous stabbings outside the Turkish Consulate in Brussels as ex-pats vote on a constitutional referendum

31/03/2017

Europe News

Bayer-Monsanto merger is 'marriage made in hell,' say activists

Environmental campaigners have turned out in Brussels to demand the EU blocks a deal that would create the world’s biggest seeds and pesticides company.

30/03/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. How the city of Ghent copes with increased numbers of refugees

As a local government, we believe in a pro-active and two-sided approach, not only speeding up the integration process for the refugees themselves, but also allowing organisations and citizens to get to know newcomers.

28/03/2017