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Bye Bye Britain: MEPs moving on

This week in The Brief we bring you special coverage about Brexit and how it will impact Brussels - from British MEPs packing up to the changing shapes of the political groups. In this edition we meet a British MEP proposing a final piece of legislation before being made redundant.

27/01/2020

Europe News

Guaidó in Brussels seeking tougher sanctions on Venezuela's Maduro

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó was in Brussels to try and revive support for tougher sanctions on Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro

23/01/2020

Europe News

The Brief: Europe finding its place in space

Those include flagship operations like the global navigation satellite system Galileo and the earth-observation satellite system Copernicus.

22/01/2020

Belgium

Venezuela's opposition leader Guaido to meet EU's Borrell in Brussels

The EU and many other governments recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president. They say Nicolas Maduro wasn’t legitimately re-elected last year.

20/01/2020

Belgium

'A step in the right direction': Vienna-Brussels sleeper maiden voyage

The inaugural journey of the first Vienna-Brussels sleeper train has been touted as the big step toward sustainable travel in Europe.

20/01/2020

Europe News

The Brief: 2020 - the most critical year yet for climate diplomacy

Governments in Europe are declaring climate emergencies, the EU is touting its Green Deal, but unless other countries get on board is there any hope for climate action? That's where climate diplomacy comes in.

20/01/2020

Europe News

EU will attempt to force arms embargo as Libya effort refocuses

The EU wants to be part of that process and might be ready for some sort of military mission to monitor the agreement, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

20/01/2020

Belgium

Is flight-shaming helping resurrect Europe's overnight trains?

With airport passengers dropping in Sweden and Germany and a new Vienna-Brussels overnight train starting on Sunday, are Europe's night trains set for a renaissance?

19/01/2020

Belgium

Extinction Rebellion climate activists disrupt Brussels motor show

Extinction Rebellion protested at the Brussels motor show to highlight how engines and the autmobile industry are damaging the environment.

18/01/2020

Europe News

EU trade chief says US-China trade deal is political stunt

Commissioner Phil Hogan said the deal was all about November's Presidential election.

17/01/2020

Europe News

Brussels pauses 5G rollout due to cancer fears

The European Union has paused 5G rollout but is pressing ahead with its plans to develop it across the bloc with ongoing risk-based assessments.

16/01/2020

World

5G mobile technology: campaigners in Brussels unconvinced it's safe

So what are they worried about?

16/01/2020

Europe News

Tech giants are serious about lobbying in Brussels

Data protection, copy right, and digital tax. As the EU tries to regulate internet sectors big American companies boost their lobbying in the European capital

14/01/2020

Belgium

EU parliament accredits Catalan separatists

EU parliament accredits Catalan separatists

07/01/2020

Europe News

The Brief: US-Iran tensions- first test for 'geopolitical commission'

The EU scrambled to respond after tensions rose in the Middle East following the assassination of a top Iranian security official by a U.S. strike in Iraq.

06/01/2020

Belgium

Belgian judge suspends arrest warrant for Catalan leader Puigdemont

A lawyer for the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said Belgian judicial authorities have suspended the arrest warrant against him due to his immunity as an MEP.

02/01/2020

Belgium

Wolf suspected of eating pet wallaby as 'Christmas meal' in Belgium

A roaming wolf likely killed a pet wallaby and injured another in northeastern Belgium

26/12/2019

Belgium

Failure to digitise medical records could be putting lives at risk

European healthcare professionals say their field is lagging behind when it comes to digitising and sharing patients’ health information. This could be putting lives at risk.

17/12/2019

Belgium

UNESCO wipes Belgian festival from heritage list over 'racist floats'

The decision was prompted by the presence of caricatured floats of Orthodox Jews with hooked noses at the festival. The city's mayor said organisers were neither racist nor anti-Semitic.

14/12/2019

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Greenpeace hang Climate Emergency banner at new EU headquarters

Greenpeace activists scaled the new EU headquarters on Thursday, displaying a large banner warning of a "weather emergency" hours before the leaders of the bloc are scheduled to meet for a summit on how to combat global warming.

12/12/2019

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Anti-Brexit protesters gather outside British embassy in Brussels

A small group of demonstrators gathered in front of the British embassy in Brussels on Thursday to protest against Brexit.

05/12/2019

Europe News

Women from Central Eastern Europe steal the spotlight at the 2019 Women in Europe awards

At the 4th annual Women in Europe awards, four women were recognized for their work in raising awareness for women's issues.

05/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: von der Leyen prepares for first foreign trip as Commission President

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she will take her first foreign trip to Ethiopia.

04/12/2019

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Juncker hands over to Ursula von der Leyen

Jean-Claude Juncker gave his successor a symbolic ceremonial bell but joked that it was "absolutely useless."

03/12/2019

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Ceremony marking new European Commission and 10 years of Lisbon Treaty

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President Charles Michel, EU Parliament President David Sassoli and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde officially started in their positions on Sunday December 1.

01/12/2019

Belgium

Watch back: EU leaders mark 10 years since Treaty of Lisbon

The new European Commission took power after being delayed one month.

01/12/2019