Belgium

France’s Serge Hercberg warns that disinformation is shortening the lives of consumers.

Ilyass Alba welcomed passengers onboard a rush-hour train in Dutch and French – flouting strict language rulesA ticket inspector’s bilingual greeting to a Flemish train passenger has created a political war of words – and an official complaint – in language-divided Belgium.The country’s language watchdog is investigating after a Dutch-speaking […]

A major donor and surrogate to Trump’s 2024 campaign, White previously backed President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats.

For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.

The foreign office in Berlin has scripted an eight-point plan for a free and democratic Syria.

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the U.K. said they will halt Syrian asylum applications one day after rebel forces ousted the country's dictator.

The EU has not launched its own investigation into money laundering allegations against the former justice commissioner.

The next few months will be pivotal for the Atlantic alliance. A fragmented Continent will struggle to meet the moment.

It's alleged Reynders laundered money for years through the Belgian national lottery.

But Hungary's minister reminded countries that the move was nonbinding, as Germany and Greece abstained.

EU trade chief is taking up the last sensitive items with his Mercosur counterparts to achieve a pact in the coming days. 

Frédéric Bernard had helped to run meetings of national leaders.

Warsaw wants to use its turn in the EU's rotating chair to take on Russian imports.

Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small childrenThe Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo.In a long-awaited ruling issued on Monday, Belgium’s court of appeal said […]

Five mixed-race women sued the Belgian state for taking them away from their families in racially motivated abductions.

Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workersBelgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.Lawmakers voted in May to give sex workers the same employment protections as any other employee, in an attempt to clamp down […]

Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanityMonique was three years old when a white man from the government came to her village and changed everything. Everyone came out to see him, including Monique, who, […]

Frustrated with mainstream parties and unable to return home, Romanians abroad are emerging as staunch supporters of ultranationalist presidential hopeful Călin Georgescu.

Why Europe's diamond control node undermines African sovereignty and the Kimberley Process

Ride-hailing app Uber is among those calling to "accelerate electrification efforts."

Here are the countries that would handcuff the Israeli prime minister over the Gaza war.

Italy’s highest court rejects musician’s appeal after she was arrested in Rome in June over child custody disputeMalian musician Rokia Traoré, who was arrested in Rome last June over an international child custody dispute, will be handed over to Belgium in the coming days after Italy’s highest court rejected her appeal, her lawyer said on […]

The tooth was kept in Belgium until it was returned to Congo in 2022.

Der Kanzler ist beim G20-Gipfel in Rio de Janeiro, während in Berlin die Diskussionen in der SPD weitergehen, ob Scholz noch der richtige Kanzlerkandidat ist. Die Zustimmung für ihn sinkt, für Pistorius hingegen steigt sie weiter. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie sich der leise Abschied von Scholz möglicherweise bereits abzeichnet.   Im […]

The EU’s trade deal with South America is small potatoes for agriculture.