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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

Europe News

Palestinian Authority president meets senior EU figures in Brussels

Talks centred on the two-state solution as the only viable answer to the conflict in the Middle East.

27/03/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. Sixty years on, Europe needs leaders who fight fear with positivity

24/03/2017

Belgium

Driver arrested after speeding into pedestrianised street in Antwerp

Just a day after the attack in London, Belgian police have arrested a man accused of driving at speed into a pedestrianised street in Antwerp and forcing people to jump out of the…

23/03/2017

Europe News

Brussels terror victims remembered, one year on

Families of the dead, survivors and officials have joined together in Brussels – to remember the victims of the city’s terror attacks, one year on.

22/03/2017

No Comment

60th anniversary of the Rome treaties

To mark the occasion, the European Parliament has been holding a “Citizens’ Parliament”, bringing together people from all over the EU to discuss the future of the bloc in the plenary…

22/03/2017

No Comment

Belgium remembers

Belgium has been marking the first anniversary of the Brussels airport and metro attacks.

22/03/2017

Belgium

Brussels marks one year since deadly attacks

Belgium's Royal Family is leading commemorations of the suicide attacks at Brussels airport and metro station that claimed 32 lives.

22/03/2017

Belgium

Belgium remembers - anniversary of Brussels bomb attacks

One year ago Belgium was reeling from an attack by three suicide bombers on Brussels airport and a metro station in the capital.

22/03/2017

Europe News

Belgium's security struggle - one year after Brussels attacks

These are tough times for those countering terrorism in Europe, as the so called Islamic State changes its strategy.

21/03/2017

Belgium

Reliving the pain 'every single day' - Brussels attacks one year on

One year after the Brussels terror attacks, which killed more than 30 people, those affected have been recalling to Euronews the horrors of that day and how it has changed their lives…

20/03/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. View: EU should welcome German dominance. The alternatives are all worse

Unless Europe wants to become a federal state, German leadership is the most logical solution to its current struggle, writes Ana Palacio

20/03/2017

My Europe Series

EU spending: transparency and control

“This Belgian waffle cost me two euros.

20/03/2017

Next Series

Dyed without waste - developing a process to save water in the textile industry

This edition of Futuris visited a factory in Belgium which specialises in dyeing fabrics.

20/03/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: Dyed without waste

Would you drink this water?

20/03/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. Future of the EU: Europe's flaws are no accident, they were part of the plan

It’s hard not to feel sympathy for Juncker. Still, his report is disappointing. It sidesteps the central challenge that the EU must confront and overcome.

14/03/2017