• Belgian crisis consultation after shooting Liège

    Belgian crisis consultation after shooting Liège

    brussels May 29, 2018 14:33 Hot Recent News

    Because of the deadly shooting in Liège, the National Security Council of Belgium meets Tuesday afternoon, the body that determines and coordinates the intelligence and security policy. The federal crisis center indicated earlier that the threat level remains at 2, on a scale of 4.

  • Brussels prohibits disposable plastic

    Brussels prohibits disposable plastic

    brussels May 28, 2018 11:24 Hot Recent News

    Cotton buds, straws, disposable cutlery and plates, balloon sticks, stirrers and other plastic disposable items for which there are sustainable and affordable alternatives should be banned if it is up to the European Commission. Vice-chairman Frans Timmermans presented proposals on Monday to counter the accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans.

  • Many questions to Zuckerberg unanswered

    Many questions to Zuckerberg unanswered

    brussels (anp) May 22, 2018 19:30 Hot Recent News

    Many questions that political groups in the European Parliament put to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained unanswered on Tuesday. Because of the conversation design and the limited time, dozens of questions did not receive a reaction, as some people feared beforehand.

  • 'Facebook has to protect privacy more concretely'

    'Facebook has to protect privacy more concretely'

    May 22, 2018 16:45 Hot Recent News

    Does Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dare to commit more concretely in Brussels to stricter privacy protection for his users than he did in the US Congress? According to privacy experts, this question is crucial if Zuckerberg does not want to run into new investigations by European supervisors.

  • Zuckerberg with private jet arrived in Brussels

    Zuckerberg with private jet arrived in Brussels

    brussels May 22, 2018 16:36 Hot Recent News

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived in Brussels on his private plane on Tuesday afternoon. He will be welcomed in the European Parliament around 6 pm, where the American is expected to answer questions about his company's role in the abuse of private users' data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal for about an hour.

  • Almost 1.5 billion for Gambia on donor head

    Almost 1.5 billion for Gambia on donor head

    brussels May 22, 2018 13:45 Hot Recent News

    At an international conference on Gambia in Brussels donors promised Tuesday 1.45 billion euros. Political and financial support must strengthen democracy in the West African country, stimulate economic growth and increase respect for human rights and the rule of law.

  • Zuckerberg is also in charge of fines in Brussels

    Zuckerberg is also in charge of fines in Brussels

    brussels May 22, 2018 11:33 Hot Recent News

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will once again apologize on Tuesday for the role of his company in the abuse of private data of users in the scandal around Cambridge Analytica. Facebook has taken insufficient responsibility for user data, fake news and foreign influencing of elections, Zuckerberg will explain later in the day in the European Parliament, where there is a lot of outrage about the issue.

  • How hard does Italy play the euro game?

    How hard does Italy play the euro game?

    brussels May 21, 2018 18:03 Hot Recent News

    The new Italian government is in the starting blocks, but makes all alarm bells go off in Brussels. The fear is that Italy will have a clear financial policy, especially now that there was a little peace in the EU tent again.

  • Italian voters may vote again

    Italian voters may vote again

    rome May 18, 2018 21:27 Hot Recent News

    This weekend, the Five Star Movement and the Lega on squares throughout Italy will announce the content of the coalition agreement that they have established together. The people can then let them know by means of a vote whether or not they agree with the agreement.

  • 18 suspects acquitted diamond robbery

    18 suspects acquitted diamond robbery

    brussels May 17, 2018 13:54 Hot Recent News

    The Brussels District Court acquitted eighteen of the nineteen suspects of the diamond robbery at Zaventem airport in early 2013 because of lack of evidence. In the robbery, the perpetrators took out 37 million euros worth of diamonds from a plane belonging to a Swiss airline.

  • Six countries before EU court to dirty air

    Six countries before EU court to dirty air

    brussels May 17, 2018 11:30 Hot Recent News

    The European Commission is dragging six EU governments before the European Court of Justice because of the substandard air quality in their country. According to Brussels, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Romania and Great Britain have for years done too little to reduce the emission of life-threatening substances such as nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter to legal limits. Spain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are currently escaping a lawsuit.

  • Zuckerberg Tuesday for discussion in Brussels

    Zuckerberg Tuesday for discussion in Brussels

    brussels May 17, 2018 11:09 Hot Recent News

    The talk between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and parliamentary leaders of the European Parliament will take place on Tuesday at 5.45 pm. The subject is the abuse of personal data from millions of users collected by the British company Cambridge Analytica to be used in election campaigns.

  • Zuckerberg shielded in European Parliament

    Zuckerberg shielded in European Parliament

    brussels May 16, 2018 16:39 Hot Recent News

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accepted the invitation from the European Parliament to explain the abuse of personal data from tens of millions of users. He does not, however, tell his story in public; only the party leaders and the rapporteur of the Civil Liberties Committee are present.

  • Catalan ministers are not expelled

    Catalan ministers are not expelled

    brussels May 16, 2018 10:24 Hot Recent News

    The European arrest warrant against three ministers of the deposed Catalan government is 'not feasible'. This has been determined by the Brussels Council Chamber. The Spanish justice has asked Belgium to deliver Meritxell Serret, Lluís Maria Puig and Antoni Comín after they fled to Belgium in October with their premier Carles Puigdemont.

  • Belgian Prime Minister wants to investigate Gaza violence

    Belgian Prime Minister wants to investigate Gaza violence

    brussels May 15, 2018 14:00 Hot Recent News

    Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel wants an independent international investigation into the violence in Gaza. He is going to plead there on Tuesday evening during a meeting in Brussels with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, he said on the radio. Guterres also speaks EU President Donald Tusk.

  • EU and Iran consult on nuclear agreement

    EU and Iran consult on nuclear agreement

    brussels May 15, 2018 11:24 Hot Recent News

    The EU is doing everything it can to save the nuclear deal with Iran. EU foreign chief Federica Mogherini received the Iranian minister Mohammad Zarif (Foreign Affairs) in Brussels on Tuesday morning for an initial interview since the United States of America signed the agreement. Zarif called it 'a constructive' consultation. He later meets his French, German and British colleagues.

  • Abdeslam is based on Belgian judgment

    Abdeslam is based on Belgian judgment

    brussels May 14, 2018 15:57 Hot Recent News

    Salah Abdeslam does not appeal against his conviction to twenty years in prison for a terrorist murder attempt and forbidden possession of weapons. The Brussels court sanctioned the 28-year-old Frenchman last month for his involvement in a shooting in the Brussels municipality of Vorst in March 2016 in which several officers were injured.

  • May wants to keep deal with Iran afloat

    May wants to keep deal with Iran afloat

    london May 13, 2018 20:51 Hot Recent News

    Great Britain wants to ensure that the nuclear deal with Iran stays with its European partners. Tehran must therefore continue to fulfill the obligations arising from the treaty. That is what Prime Minister Theresa May told the Iranian President Hassan Rohani on Sunday.

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