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EU leaders give ‘green light’ to prepare for post Brexit trade talks

EU leaders have paved the way for future trade talks with Britain at a summit in Brussels

World News

Merkel 'pushes for cut in pre-accession funds' to Turkey

Angela Merkel is said to have pushed for the cuts and called for a common EU position on membership talks.

Belgium

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn takes a different message to Brussels

May way or my way Corbyn tells Brussels officials and Europe's Socialist parties as the UK Labour leader warns no deal would be "dangerous".

United Kingdom

Theresa May vows to make it as easy as possible for EU citizens to stay in the UK after Brexit

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has taken to Facebook to reassure EU citizens living in the UK that the application process for settled status would be as hassle-free as possible.

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United Kingdom

'No deal' Brexit would hit poorest families hardest

Report modelling the impact of UK crashing out of EU and reverting to WTO tariffs shows poorest families would be hardest hit

Belgium

Ale Mary! Church turns to beer brewing to raise funds

Saint Catherine's church in Brussels is turning to Belgium's brewing tradition to raise funds for renovation work

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Climbers clean-up Brussel's Atomium

A team of climber's begin their annual clean up of Brussel's iconic Atomium. Climbers will polish the nine steel globes that was originally built for the World's Fair of 1958.

Spain

Catalonia to declare independence on Monday - official

Pro-independence parties which control the regional parliament have asked for a debate and vote on declaring independence.

Europe News

Crisis in Catalonia: could the EU mediate?

The Brief: a roundup of the events driving the discussion at the heart of the European Union

Belgium

Dating website ad banned in Brussels

Cult

Magritte in 3D at the Atomium: surrealist!

This exhibition specifically designed for the 60th anniversary of the Atomium launches the visitor into the magical world of René Magritte and the surrealism. Two Belgian icons meet!

Musica

Pinocchio reopens Brussels opera house after facelift

Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans and French playwright Joël Pommerat offer a captivating and dark adaptation of Carlo Collodi's legendary tale.

Belgium

Suspect in Jewish Museum attack 'too ill' to attend trial -lawyer

French national Mehdi Nemmouche, placed in solitary confinement in a Belgian prison cell, is currently "losing sight, losing hearing, and suffers from unbearable headaches," one of his lawyers told reporters in Brussels.

Belgium

Brussels terror suspect to break silence in court

Terror suspect Mehdi Nemmouche to break his silence at court appearance linked to 2014 Jewish museum shooting

Belgium

Once Europe's grandest building, Belgium's Palais de Justice is crumbling

The state of the Brussels landmark is so bad locals joke that even the scaffolding has its own scaffolding

World News

Defence and trade not linked in Brexit talks

Spokesmen for both the UK and the European Parliament have said that continued security cooperation will not be made contingent on a good trade deal

Belgium

Tell us what you think of the European Union

#AskJuncker: Tell us what you think of the European Union ahead of Juncker's live YouTube interview on Thursday.

Belgium

Man shot in Brussels after attacking soldiers - prosecutors

United Kingdom

UK ups pressure on EU to move Brexit talks onto trade

The British government repeats calls for talks with Brussels to move onto trade, as new position papers include a proposal for goods and services to be treated together.

Belgium

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase