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Explaining the Belgian government crisis...in under 3 minutes

The country remains without a government, and critical decisions on the climate crisis, budget and migration are on hold. The question is - will they beat their own score? From 2010-2011 Belgium got the Guinness World record for longest time without a government in peacetime.

27/01/2020

Europe News

'I didn't even get to kiss my mum': Auschwitz prisoner tells his harrowing story of survival

Stories of survivors are the most powerful part of the Auschwitz commemorations. Some have told their stories for years and others are only just beginning to share. One survivor recounts how love might have kept him alive.

27/01/2020

World News

Europe's weather mix: Record high pressure, cold and Storm Gloria

Extreme weather has come to western Europe. A powerful anticyclone is breaking records in high pressure across Belgium, France and the UK, while Storm Gloria, pushing the anti-cyclone south, is causing heavy rain, winds and even rare snowfall in Spain.

21/01/2020

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

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

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

Europe News

The Brief: Catalan question and European Parliament immunity

This week could be a crucial one for legal proceedings in the case of jailed and exiled Catalan politicians.

16/12/2019

World News

World War Two Battle of the Bulge re-enacted 75 years later

Hundreds of people took part in a re-enactment of the famous Battle of the Bulge to mark the 75th anniversary of the event that represented a turning point in World War Two.

15/12/2019

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

Europe News

The Battle for Brussels roads

It is one of the most congested capitals in Europe, and a new transport minister hopes to strike a balance between helping people get around and cutting carbon emissions.

11/12/2019

Ivory Coast

EU's most wanted criminals on run for over 20 years arrested

Lacote was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud in an organised gang, death threats and participation in an association of criminals. Van Acker was given two years as an accomplice.

22/11/2019

Europe News

The Brief: a time-travel trip in a Trabant - 'Ostalgia' in Brussels

In Germany, Ostalgia is a nostalgic feeling for certain aspects of life in Communist East Germany. But beyond memories, some in Brussels think that there were a few aspects of socialism that should make a comeback.

12/11/2019

Europe News

Fabien Neretsé stands trial on genocide charges in Belgium

Fabien Neretsé is accused of taking part in the murder of thirteen people, as well as war crimes and genocide in 1994. He denies the accusations.

07/11/2019

Europe News

'It’s better to sleep in a container and leave than to stay here and die'

It’s hard to know how many migrants pass through Zeebrugge. Belgian authorities refuse to give any information at the moment, but the Ministry of interior previously indicated that close to 1800 migrants have been arrested in the port city this year alone.

05/11/2019

World

'Waiting for justice': Families await start of Rwanda genocide trial

Martine Beckers lost her sister, brother-in-law, and niece in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She says despite UN troops being stationed only 500 metres from their home, they didn't help stop their murders.

04/11/2019

Europe News

Families seek justice as Rwandan genocide trial begins

As the trial of a former high-ranking Rwandan official is set to begin, families of the victims of the 1994 genocide await justice.

04/11/2019

Belgium

Migrants found alive in Belgium truck a week on from Essex tragedy

A dozen migrants were found alive in a truck in Belgium on Wednesday — a week after 39 were found dead near London.

30/10/2019

Belgium

Belgian's grandchildren 'missing' after Syria camp evacuated

Sayfoellah, Shahied, Muthanna and Mujahied – seen in the video above – are missing after the detention camp in which they were being held in north-east Syria was forcibly evacuated, their grandmother has told Euronews.

30/10/2019

Belgium

Meet Sophie Wilmès, Belgium's first woman prime minister

Sophie Wilmès has been named Belgium’s first female prime minister, replacing Charles Michel, who is set to take over as European Council president.

29/10/2019