BRUSSELS — A man armed with a knife was arrested by the Belgian police outside the Belgian prime minister’s office in Brussels on Monday morning. “A man with a knife has been overpowered by the military police,” a spokesperson for Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Monday. “The man has been transferred to the … Read more
The European Commission president cancels engagements in Lisbon and Gdańsk after falling ill. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all … Read more
“We see year after year that there are casualties, that people are injured in their legs and arms,” Nathalie Debast, spokesperson for the advocacy group, told POLITICO. “We also see some people using fireworks to attack emergency workers and police officers. This has escalated quite a bit.” Even in Brussels, where a local ban on … Read more
“It was really crazy,” Brussels Fire Department Spokesperson Walter Derieuw told POLITICO. “We were there to help, and we were getting Molotov cocktails thrown at us.” At the stroke of midnight, fireworks crackled in the night sky despite a ban on pyrotechnics in the city. Flares and firecrackers continued to be let off in the … Read more
Im Parlament stellt der Kanzler heute die Vertrauensfrage, über die dann am kommenden Montag abgestimmt wird. In den Parteizentralen laufen währenddessen die Wahlkampfvorbereitungen weiter. Die Kampagne der Grünen setzt bisher auf Robert Habeck und Emotionalität. Aber mit welchen Inhalten will die Partei punkten, und wie will sie gegen das Image ankämpfen, dass sie einen maßgeblichen … Read more
Speaking Dutch is central to this, van den Broeck believes. “Dutch is part of our DNA” as Flemish people, he said. Migration drives shifts “Brussels has always been a multilingual city because it’s centered at the border between the Roman- and the German-speaking territories,” explained VUB researcher Saeys. Waves of migration after World War II … Read more
We tried the Spaghettone alla Vittorio, spaghetti with incredibly tasty tomato sauce, and their signature Pâtes à la truffe, a type of ribbon-shaped pasta with mascarpone cheese and freshly grated truffle on top. From the fresh bread to dip in olive oil to the creamy tiramisu at the end of the meal, everything was to … Read more
Bernd Lange, the German MEP who heads the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), “will summarize” Tuesday’s discussion “and bring both proposals to CoP, highlighting a clear majority in CCC for November,” said two parliamentary officials with knowledge of the process, granted anonymity to speak freely. The only faction pushing for a mid-October start date is … Read more
The European Parliament has around 5,300 permanent staffers and 2,411 of them are in line for a pay rise, according to a document seen by Brussels Playbook. The list of names is so long that the document, dated September, runs to 70 pages. Not all of the 2,411 people on the list will necessarily get a … Read more
1. Farewell to friendship groups Back in the day (read: 2022), you could show your enthusiasm for a country without having to deal with the hassle of sitting on the foreign affairs committee or joining a formal delegation — by becoming a member of a “friendship group.” That provided all the fancy embassy dinners without any … Read more
