Former EU heavyweight admits 'we got it wrong' as he warns 'silence on Iran is complicity'

Michel, who was President of the European Council from 2019 until last year, toed the European Union line throughout his EU career. Over the year, Brussels has juxtaposed condemnation of some elements of Tehran’s hardline Islamic regime while...

Tai Shani: ‘When you get older, art becomes more solitary’

Tai Shani, 49, is a Turner prize-winning British artist who has lived in London, Goa, Brussels and Tel Aviv. Self-trained, and celebrated for her vivid, otherworldly explorations of feminism, myth and politics, she fuses storytelling, sculpture...

Irish delegation call for public support of third flotilla to Gaza bringing aid and baby formula

The Irish delegation who previously participated in pro-Palestine demonstrations in Cairo and Brussels are asking members of the public to join them on a flotilla set to leave Ireland for Gaza in the coming weeks bringing essential medical and...

Blackburn Rovers face battle to retain Makhtar Gueye as transfer interest emerges

Blackburn’s Makhtar Gueye is a target for Al-Wahda SC, with the UAE club ready to offer the striker a three-year deal to leave Ewood Park. The 27-year-old only joined Rovers from RWDM Brussels last season, and he had a mixed first season in...

Toto Wolff clears the air over 'emergency meeting' as Mercedes write-off major suspension upgrade in Hungarian GP

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has set the record straight on reports of an 'emergency meeting' for the team post-Spa and claimed that there was no such crisis. Soon after the race in Belgium, driver George Russell said that the team needed to reassess...

Brussels says EU-US deal 'better than trade war' with Trump

The EU's top negotiator on Monday defended a trade agreement with the United States to avert steeper tariffs as "the best deal we could get under very difficult circumstances". "I'm 100 percent sure that this deal is better than a trade war with...

Belgium dismantles three drug labs monthly as synthetic cathinones gain ground

Belgian authorities are dismantling around three illegal drug laboratories each month, according to figures cited by De Morgen from Interior minister Bernard Quintin. In the first half of 2025, 19 laboratories were uncovered, following 33 in total...

Brussels rents surge as city centre prices soar across Europe

Over the past five years, rental prices in Brussels have risen sharply, with the average rent for a three-bedroom apartment in the city centre increasing by 38 per cent - from 1,522 euros in 2020 to 2,103 euros in 2025. One-bedroom apartments have...

How Brussels got tough on China to secure trade deal with Donald Trump

EU officials have started referring to China’s negotiation tactics as “the stinking fish strategy” — in which Beijing manufactures new frictions (aka stinking fish) that the EU then has to remove through negotiation. The enemy of my enemy is my...

Cinema Palace area in Brussels evacuated due to bomb threat

The area surrounding Cinema Palace on Boulevard Anspach in Brussels was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon following a bomb threat, Het Laatste Nieuws reported. The Brussels local police later confirmed the evacuation. Metro lines 1 and 5 were...

1.5 million people attended the Gentse Feesten in Belgium

Dhont and the Hitmen Bam were present at the Gesent Feesten in Ghent | Credit: Gesent Feesten/Instagram The Gentse Feesten is a ten-day cultural celebration featuring music, theatre, street performances and many other fascinating side-events that...

New WEC service links Ireland, Belgium and France

WEC Lines has announced the immediate launch of a direct, weekly service between Ireland, Belgium and France in one, fully controlled operation. The new weekly service will be performed by an 868-TEU owned vessel in a fixed 7-day rotation,...

Normal service resumes on Brussels metro after bomb threat

News Politics Three stations were briefly closed in the city center. The Brussels metro was partially closed Tuesday afternoon as police investigated a bomb threat in the city center. A spokesperson from metro operator STIB said that all stations...

If China no longer takes Europe seriously, Brussels has itself to blame

Global Graphics Software Joins the Ghent Workgroup

The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) is pleased to announce that Global Graphics Software has joined the GWG as a vendor member. In addition, Global Graphics Software has gone through the certification process for its Mako Core SDK; both JAWS and the new...

Belgium, France and UK Conduct Air Surveillance Mission Over Black Sea

Belgium, France and the UK conducted a surveillance mission over the Black Sea on Jul. 23, 2025. The Belgian Defence and the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace/FASF) shared images on social media which showed the involvement...

MNC Software Secures Transmitter With Studiotech Belgium

MNC Software, a global provider of network management and operational support systems tailored to the broadcast and media industry, has won a major monitoring and control contract from Studiotech, a leading Belgian systems integrator. The ONAMA...

Brussels weighs options for future of Metro 3

Brussels public transport operator Stib has presented the region's caretaker government with six possible scenarios for the future of metro line 3 - from completely realising the works as planned, to pausing them or scrapping them altogether. The...

Bayern Munich Vs Lyon Live Streaming, Pre-Season Club Friendly: When, Where To Watch Football Match

As for Lyon, this is their fourth pre-season friendly, having beaten FC Villefranche Beaujolais 1-0, played a goalless draw with Daring Brussels and then thrashed Mallorca 4-0 post that. The French club will next host Getafe on Aug. 9 before...

Belgium returns 2,500-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt

Following a long and complex legal procedure, two artefacts including a wooden sarcophagus found in Brussels a decade ago have been returned to Egypt. The elaborately carved coffin is about 2,500 years old, the capital’s public prosecutor’s office...