Belgium

Cinema

Benoît Poelvoorde plays God in wacky Belgian satire

This week in Cinema Box: ‘The Brand New Testament’ by Jaco Van Dormael, whose previous works include ‘Mr Nobody’ and ‘The Eighth Day’. In this

25/09/2015

Europe News

Migrant summit: Hungary's Orban suggests Greece should allow others to defend its borders

Amid deep divisions and furious rows over how to deal with Europe’s migrant crisis, EU leaders have gathered in Brussels to try and unify their

23/09/2015

Europe News

Aid organisation calls for 'compassion' as EU sets sights on sharing out migrants

An aid organisation is calling for “compassion” after EU ministers agreed a controversial deal to redistribute 120,000 migrants among member states

23/09/2015

Belgium

Tense showdown predicted at EU refugee summit

EU leaders prepare for what is predicted to be a tense showdown in Brussels to discuss the refugee crisis.

23/09/2015

Europe News

EU migrant redistribution plan approved by interior ministers

EU interior ministers have voted by a majority to adopt a resolution migrant redistribution among EU member states, according to a tweet by the Czech

22/09/2015

Economy

AB InBev bids for SABMiller in beer industry's biggest merger move

Moves are afoot to unite the world’s two biggest producers of beer. Anheuser-Busch InBev – which makes Budweiser and Stella Artois – says it

16/09/2015

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Farmers protest in Brussels

08/09/2015

Europe News

Police pelted with eggs as farmers protest in Brussels

There have been angry scenes in Brussels as EU farmers protested over falling milk and meat prices. Eggs and firecrackers were thrown at police, as

07/09/2015

Europe News

Frustrated farmers protest in Brussels over falling milk and meat prices

Angry farmers are taking to the streets of Brussels to protest over falling milk and meat prices. Arriving on tractors, they have brought the city

07/09/2015

Europe News

Stay in Turkey, Hungary's Orban tells Syrian refugees

Hungary’s prime minister says Syrian refugees should stop travelling to Europe. Viktor Orban made the comments at a press conference in Brussels. He

03/09/2015

Belgium

Refugee crisis 'a German problem' says Hungary's Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the refugee crisis as a “German problem.” He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the

03/09/2015

Europe News

Ukraine asks Europe for more help to support Minsk accords

With no sign improvement of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko is continuing his diplomatic tour of Europe to call

27/08/2015

Europe News

Belgium to discuss measures to deal with migrants entering country

From early in the morning, around 400 people have been queuing outside the immigration office in Brussels. Those seeking asylum in Belgium need to

26/08/2015

Belgium

Belgian dairy farmers block roads in more price protests

Belgian milk and producers have again protested against low prices by blocking roads. They say an EU decision to free up production and ending quotas

30/07/2015

Europe News

Kurds ask NATO not to support Turkey

As NATO met to discuss the threat Islamic State militants pose to Turkey, supporters of the outlawed Kurdish PKK militia were protesting against what

28/07/2015

Europe News

Belgian dairy farmers call for emergency milk quotas

Following days of protests by farmers across the border in France, Belgian dairy producers launched their own demonstration on Thursday (July 24) at

24/07/2015

Economy

Analyst: Greece needs reform, not more austerity

The Greek parliament passed a second set of reforms early on Thursday morning (July 23), opening the way for further bailout negotiations to begin

23/07/2015

Europe News

EU competition regulators target Hollywood studios

The European commission accused six Hollywood studios and one British broadcaster on Thursday (July 23) of violating rules governing the single

23/07/2015

Europe News

Juncker's plan to boost EU investment

The European Commission has finalised an investment plan aimed at kick-starting economic investment across the European Union. Wednesday’s (July 22)

22/07/2015

Belgium

#scrabble: French language champion does not speak the language

A man who does not speak a word of French has won the French-language Scrabble World Championship. Nigel Richards from New Zealand beat a

21/07/2015

Belgium

New Zealander wins French Scrabble world title

21/07/2015

Economy

Greece clinches deal with eurogroup after marathon talks

Greece has secured debt restructuring and medium-term financing. The deal with its creditors after seventeen hours of marathon talks with eurozone

13/07/2015

Belgium

Sceptical Eurogroup members demand guarantee that Greece will repay debt

Sceptical euro zone finance ministers have called for Greece to go beyond the bailout measures it has accepted, if negotiations on Athens’ latest

12/07/2015

Europe News

Hollande says Greek debt plan 'serious and credible'

EU leaders have been giving their first reactions to the new Greek bailout proposals. France played a key role in helping Athens draft them

10/07/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Greece seeks third bailout

In this edition of Europe Weekly, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asks international creditors for a third bailout – despite 61 percent of those

10/07/2015

Economy

New deadline for Greek debt deal

Eurozone leaders have given Greece until Thursday to present a comprehensive reform package to the Eurogroup finance ministers. But the agreement

07/07/2015