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Europe News

Crunch time for Belgian EU presidency as race to seal key files begins

As Belgium prepares to take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the 13th time, a much-changed Europe awaits it compared to when it was last in the same position.

19/12/2023

Europe News

'Scandalous and misleading': Jourová blasts Hungary's anti-EU campaign

Věra Jourová, the vice president of the European Commission in charge of values of transparency, publicly excoriated Hungary's anti-EU campaign, calling it misleading and replete with "verifiable lies."

12/12/2023

World News

Chaos at the Polish-Ukraine border as row over transport permits continues

The blockade against Ukrainian trucks has created lengthy queues, causing significant disruption, worsened by winter conditions.

05/12/2023

Travel News

Eurostar releases thousands of promotional fares for 2024

Eurostar has announced there are 75,200 promotional fares up for grabs for the first months of 2024.

22/11/2023

Europe News

Chinese ambassador blasts EU 'assertiveness' and 'unilateral actions'

Fu Cong, China's ambassador to the European Union, delivered on Tuesday a speech denouncing the bloc for its "assertiveness," "unilateral actions" and "politically motivated" strategy of de-risking.

14/11/2023

Tech News

EU risks going too far, too soon on AI, says Irish trade minister

Euronews hosted an international AI summit on Wednesday in Brussels to debate how the EU is going to move forward on regulating artificial intelligence.

08/11/2023

Travel News

Why are Europe's night trains struggling to pick up speed?

Europe's night trains face cut-throat competition from budget airlines.

03/11/2023

Belgium

State of the Union: Israel-Hamas conflict dominates EU leaders' summit

The European Union's autumn summit, held this week in Brussels, was attended by a new prime minister who is a well-known face of the centre-left.

27/10/2023

Belgium

Brussels shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of supplying weapon

The man arrested on Wednesday was suspected of being involved in supplying the automatic rifle used by the attacker, Abdesalem Lassoued.

26/10/2023

Belgium

Brussels on security alert ahead of EU leaders summit

Wednesday's police operation in Brussels comes one week after an Islamic extremist shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third in the Belgian capital.

25/10/2023

France

Two detained in France over possible link to Brussels gunman

The two men are suspected of having conspired with Abdesalem Lassoued, the 45-year-old Tunisian national who killed two Swedes in Brussels on 16 October.

24/10/2023

Belgium

Police in Belgium say two people killed in a shooting in Brussels

The shooting comes at a time of increased vigilance linked to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that has heightened tension in several European nations.

16/10/2023

Europe News

'We're very close' to sanctioning Russian diamonds, says Belgian PM

Western countries are "very close" to establishing a traceability system to sanctioning Russian diamonds, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said during a surprise visit of President Volodymr Zelenskyy to Brussels.

11/10/2023

Belgium

Trial of ex-Rwandan officials involved in 1994 genocide kicks off

This is the sixth trial in Belgium's capital linked to the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

09/10/2023

Europe News

Difficult decisions on EU enlargement loom as leaders meet in Spain

The idea of making the European Union bigger will be under the spotlight at two consecutive summits of European countries this week in Granada, Spain.

04/10/2023

Europe News

Critics accuse EU-funded Belgian Beer World of big brewery collusion

Despite having as many as 98 bottled beers and 49 draught ones, most come only from the country's biggest producers.

26/09/2023

Europe News

Booking's acquisition of ETraveli faces veto from EU

Booking Holdings' planned €1.63 billion acquisition of ETraveli was blocked on Monday by EU antitrust authorities over fears it would strengthen the company's dominant position in the travel agency sector.

25/09/2023

Europe News

Michelle Yeoh makes surprise trip to Brussels to promote road safety

Michelle Yeoh brought her star power to Brussels to raise awareness about the dangers of reckless driving.

20/09/2023

Belgium

Suspects in 2016 Brussels airport attacks sentenced

The Special Court of Assizes in Brussels has sentenced eight suspects in the 2016 terror attacks on the Belgian capital that left 32 people dead.

15/09/2023

Georgia

'Georgia has a long way to go': Josep Borrell on EU integration

The EU's top diplomat is in Tbilisi to discuss EU integration. The Balkan State applied for candidate status in March 2022 along with Ukraine and Moldova

08/09/2023