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Meet the artist behind the design of Brussels' Flower Carpet

The 1680 square metres flower puzzle will for the first time be made up of more than 80% fresh dahlias, rather than the traditional begonias.

Belgium

Classic postcards are making a comeback in Belgium

The Belgian Post service Bpost is seeing a steady decline in physical mail, but postcards are enjoying a revival.

Europe News

Commissioner nominees mostly male as leaders flout von der Leyen order

Of the 17 EU capitals that have named their Commissioner picks so far, only five have put forward a female candidate.

Belgium

Brussels police search 14 houses as part of terrorism investigation

The searches were conducted in Antwerp, Liege and Ghent, and the Brussels region.

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Videos capture chaos of Brussels storm

After the violent storm that hit Brussels on 9 July, impressive videos were posted on social media, showing chaos and considerable damage.

Europe News

Brussels this week, Strasbourg next, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by policy reporters Paula Soler and Marta Iraola Iribarren

Europe News

Ylva Johansson: 'Impunity is over' for human trafficking

The outgoing European Commissioner for Home Affairs said that human trafficking should be a crime in the whole of the European Union.

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Protesters in Brussels march against right-wing ideology

It's the second major march in the Belgian capital denouncing the far-right since the EU elections on June 9th which saw right, far-right and populist parties winning big at the polls.

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Warehouse fire breaks out near Brussels airport

The fire at Brucargo, the freight area of Brussels Airport, collapsed a warehouse roof on June 13.

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NATO agrees on long-term support plan for Ukraine

Ministers gathered over two days at NATO headquarters in Brussels for final high-level talks before an upcoming summit hosted by US President Joe Biden in Washington in July.

Belgium

Business and labour representatives expect a reformist coalition

Business and labour representatives expect a reformist coalition in the EP, in order to make a revision of the Green Deal that will cut red tape and be fairer to workers.

Design

8 European architectural wonders for World Art Nouveau Day

World Art Nouveau Day is marked every year on 10 June, the anniversary of the deaths of two greats of the movement: Catalan Antoni Gaudí and Hungarian Ödön Lechner.

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Protests in Paris and Brussels against far right gains in EU elections

The results of recent EU parliamentary elections have sparked protests and political upheaval across the bloc.

Europe News

Austrian parties hold final campaign events for EU elections

Four main parties are in the running this year and Austria elects 20 MEPs to the parliament, up from the 19 seats it had in the last election in 2019, due in part to the UK’s 73 seats being partially redistributed following its withdrawal from the union.

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Dutch far-right, centre-left bloc neck and neck in EU elections

The PVV’s Geert Wilders has in the past called for the Netherlands to leave the EU as Britain did, but his party’s manifesto makes no mention of a so-called Nexit and instead urges voters to back the PVV so it can change the EU from within.

Radio Schuman

Hungarian TV election debate and euro-satire

Radio Schuman is your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes stories from Brussels and beyond

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With Charles Michel on his post-election future, Palestine, far-right

Radio Schuman is your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news, insights, and behind-the-scenes stories from Brussels and beyond.

Europe News

Dairy farmers protest in Brussels over low price of milk

About a hundred farmers protested in front of European Union institutions, calling for a law on the price of dairy products

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Palestinian prime minister in Brussels for more support from EU

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa says the Palestinian Authority is making reforms that would allow it to govern Gaza after the war.

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Germany's far-right AfD party expelled from European Parliament group

The move comes as a Greens politician told reporters in Brussels that the EU's far-right parties are a "major risk" to the continent.