Belgium

Belgium

Accomplices of 2015 Paris terror attacks convicted in Brussels trial

The defendants were accused of providing shelter, money or transport to the IS terrorist cell that was behind the Paris attacks.

30/06/2022

Health news

Belgian chocolate factory shuts down production after salmonella found

A investigation at the chocolate factory in Wieze, Belgum, is underway after traces of salmonella were found in a batch of chocolate on Monday.

30/06/2022

Belgium

NATO to hike number of soldiers on high alert from 40,000 to 300,000

Huge reinforcements are heading for NATO's eastern flank.

27/06/2022

The Cube

Fact-check: 80,000 people did not protest Belgian support for Ukraine

Russian state TV misleadingly claimed that all protesting on 20 June wanted the Belgian government to stop sending aid to Kyiv.

24/06/2022

Europe News

Analysis: A look at the EU Council's decision on Ukraine and Moldova

What does the EU Council decision to give candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova mean and what path lies ahead for the two countries?

24/06/2022

Europe News

Croatia to officially join eurozone as EU summit wraps

EU leaders turned their attention to the cost of living crisis and food security today.

24/06/2022

Europe News

'You are a mess guys': Albania PM angry over EU membership delays

"You are a mess guys, you are a big mess and you are a disgrace."

23/06/2022

Europe News

EU Summit: Ukraine and Moldova granted candidate status for membership

Euronews takes you through the day of summits in Brussels as EU leaders discuss Ukraine, its EU candidacy and food security.

23/06/2022

Europe Decoded

How close are the Western Balkans to joining the European Union?

Ukraine and Moldova were given candidate status just weeks after applying to join the EU. Bosnia and Herzegovina applied in 2016. It is still waiting.

23/06/2022

Europe News

Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia row back on EU summit snub threat

The trio are frustrated at the lack of progress in joining the EU.

22/06/2022

Belgium

Belgian authorities repatriate Islamic State-linked women from Syria

The Belgian citizens have already been sentenced to prison in their homeland.

21/06/2022

Europe News

Europe's rubber demand poses big threat to African forests, NGO says

The "EU demand for rubber is the most important contributor to Europe’s deforestation footprint across West and Central Africa," Global Witness says.

17/06/2022

Europe News

Brussels backs Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for EU membership

EU national leaders will have the final say at a summit in Brussels on 23-24 June. Georgia, meanwhile, was told it wasn't ready yet.

17/06/2022

Belgium

NATO to boost military forces and equipment on its eastern flank

NATO defence ministers on Thursday discussed ways to bolster forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders.

17/06/2022

Europe News

MEPs denounce fresh reports of migrant pushbacks in Greece

MEPs on the Civil Liberties Committee are calling on the Commission to ensure that the rule of law is respected at the bloc's external border.

16/06/2022

Ecotech

More people cycle than drive in this 'forward-thinking' European city

Belgium’s greenest city is pedalling into the future with policies to tackle the climate crisis.

16/06/2022

Europe News

EU relaunches legal action against UK over unilateral Brexit changes

The UK unveiled legislation that unilaterally alters the Brexit agreement earlier in the week.

15/06/2022

Europe News

MEPs strike down EU plans to label nuclear and gas as green investment

The objection will be put before the whole plenary in the first week of July. If the hemicycle replicates the outcome of the committees, the Commission’s plan will be officially scrapped.

14/06/2022

Europe News

Europe urged not to neglect other refugees amid focus on Ukraine

NGOs want the EU to use its welcoming of Ukrainian refugees as a blueprint for helping others fleeing conflict around the world.

14/06/2022

Europe News

EU officials say common charger will help consumers and environment

European Parliament rapporteur Alex Agius Saliba said that consumers had been "frustrated with multiple chargers".

07/06/2022

Nature

These nearly-extinct birds are returning to the wild after 20 years

A team of international experts is experimenting with something that has never been done before: successfully re-introducing a nearly-extinct bird species into the wild.

03/06/2022

Belgium

'Right to die': Belgium marks two decades since legalising euthanasia

Twenty years ago, Belgium became only the second country in the world to legalise euthanasia. Today, more than a dozen European nations allow some form of it.

28/05/2022

World

EU unity on Ukraine is the fruit of "listening" says Belgian PM

Belgian PM Alexander De Croo says he is "convinced" that European Union members will remain united in their approach to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, because their strategy was the fruit of careful coordination.

27/05/2022

Earth News

2 tonnes of vegetables are grown on a supermarket roof in Brussels

The Lagum Project experiments with the idea of an urban garden and tries to determine whether they are sustainable or not.

25/05/2022

Europe News

Brussels exhibition retraces Europe's past 100 years in posters

The more than 100 posters range from World War recruitment ads to posters created to comment on the various crises Europe has gone through in recent years — including terror attacks as well the euro and migrant crises.

24/05/2022

Belgium

Sweet sixteen: Belgium lowers voting age for European elections

It is the fourth EU member state to reduce voting ages for European Parliament elections after Austria, Greece, and Malta.

20/05/2022