Belgium

Belgium

Viktor Orban courts controversy with European Commission nominee

László Trócsányi was the architect of many of Hungary's most controversial policies towards migration.

10/09/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Let's Make a Deal

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

09/09/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Do-or-Die Derailed

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

05/09/2019

Economy

Lagarde grilled by politicians over new ECB nomination

She warned European countries may need to loosen the purse strings to help fight a recession.

05/09/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Boris Johnson's Night of Reckoning

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

04/09/2019

Europe News

Brussels marks 75th anniversary of liberation from German occupation

The liberation of Brussels took only a few hours and saw only a little combat. Freeing the city was symbolic, but its historic importance lives on in the Belgian capital.

04/09/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Boris Johnson's Brexit ultimatum

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

03/09/2019

Belgium

Brussels celebrates 75th anniversary of its WWII liberation

British troops reached the Belgian capital on September 3, 1944.

03/09/2019

World

Belgian region bans Halal and Kosher slaughter of animals

Wallonia moved against the religious slaughter of animals

03/09/2019

Belgium

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed in race crash

31/08/2019

Belgium

A flipper and a plastic bottle float: an Iraqi man's deadly asylum bid

'We don’t know where he started. We don’t know what his intentions were. We don’t know where he drowned.'

28/08/2019

Belgium

Watch: Parade puts blackface in Belgium back in spotlight

Anti-racism campaigners have criticised a folk festival featuring a character called "the savage". The character, played by a white actor in blackface makeup, is paraded through the town in chains.

26/08/2019

Europe News

Belgian festival faces pressure over blackface 'Savage' character

Pressure is mounting for UNESCO to remove a Belgian festival from its cultural heritage list. The a blackface character known as 'the savage' in a parade in the town of Ath has drawn strong criticism from anti-racist campaigners.

26/08/2019

World

Best of Raw Politics Your Call

Take a look back at the highlights from the first season of Raw Politics Your Call.

26/08/2019

Europe News

MEPs call to block Mercosur deal over Amazon deforestation

Pressure mounts on EU leaders to act against the deforestation in Brasil. One Hungarian MEP called on the European Parliament to block EU-Mercosur agreement unless Brasil gives guarantees to stop deforestation.

23/08/2019

Belgium

Flemish nationalists tell Donald Trump he can have Wallonia for €1

In a tweet, the youth wing of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), Jong N-VA, said Trump could have the French-speaking region of southern Belgium for one euro.

22/08/2019

No Comment

Brussels blooming as city hosts international flower festival

Even the Belgian capital's famous Manneken Pis sculpture is decked out in flowers.

15/08/2019

Belgium

Watch: 'World's biggest sculpture' installed in Belgium

The sculpture is made from 200 tonnes of steel and was set in 2,800 tonnes of concrete.

14/08/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Google's jobs search draws antitrust complaints from rivals

Google appears to be in the firing line again for anti-competitive behaviour in Europe. The European Union is being urged to investigate the US tech giant's jobs search tool.

13/08/2019

Belgium

Party in Belgium criticised after guest pictured wearing 'blackface'

A party held in the grounds of Belgium's controversial Africa Museum has drawn criticism after attendees were pictured dressing up in colonial-style clothing, with one wearing "blackface".

09/08/2019

No Comment

Activists all abuzz over use of pesticides in Europe

Environmental campaigners gathered outside the European Commission on Wednesday asking for an end to the usage of bee-killing pesticides.

01/08/2019

Living

Watch | The zero-waste van teaching people to make their own cosmetics

The Alma Sana van is touring Belgium with expertise on DIY cosmetics and detergents.

24/07/2019

Europe News

Brussels unveils new measures to fight rule of law backsliding

Over the past two years, the EU has threatened legal steps against Romania and launched Article 7 procedures — dubbed the "nuclear option" — against Poland and Hungary over reforms to their judiciary systems.

18/07/2019

Business

EU Probes Amazon

The EU has launched a formal investigation into how Amazon uses data from other merchants selling goods on its websites.

17/07/2019

World

Spitzenkandidaten: Is this the end of the political experiment?

The race for the EU's top job was supposed to be clear cut.

17/07/2019

Europe News

'Very relieved': Ursula von der Leyen scrapes Europe's top job

But the first woman to hold Europe’s top job told Euronews that she was simply pleased to win after having only 13 days to convince MEPs.

17/07/2019