US President Donald Trump wants businessman Gordon Sondland to represent his country in Brussels. The Senate must still approve the appointment of the new ambassador, message news website Politico.
The Hungarian parliament has formally re-elected Viktor Orbán as prime minister. The 54-year-old politician can therefore start his third consecutive term as leader of the Central European country.
The shooting incident at the South Station of Brussels on Wednesday is probably due to years of family feud. The identity of the archer is known according to the Brussels public prosecutor's office but he has not yet been arrested.
The man who unloaded a shot at Brussels-South train station on Wednesday afternoon has been identified, but has not yet been arrested. This is what Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon (N-VA) said in Terzake, writes the Belgian VTM.
The Belgian Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt is 'proud' of the proposed takeover of the Hema by the Brussels investment company Core Equity Holdings.
The Belgian Brussels-South train station was evacuated on Wednesday evening. French-speaking media report a 'loud bang'. Further information is missing.
The Belgian singer Maurane died at the age of 57. She was found in her bed in her house in Schaerbeek on Monday evening.
The American internet platform Snapchat adheres to the voluntary European code of conduct against hate messages, terror propaganda and other illegal messages.
The European Commission is open to a discussion with the member states that risk losing their annual EU discount after 2020, such as the Netherlands. According to President Jean-Claude Juncker, the leaders of these countries are 'unwilling to accept that with the departure of the British also the discounts will disappear. I know this gives some frustration, but that's how it goes. '
Albert II, the father of King Filip, has a new heart valve. After an operation, the 83-year-old previous king of the Belgians returned to his home in Brussels, according to a notice from the royal palace. He will recover further at Castle Belvédère.
The EU 'takes note' of President Donald Trump's decision to exempt EU member states from US import duties on steel and aluminum until 1 June. The EU ought to 'be excluded from these measures fully and permanently', the European Commission says and warns that it is 'not under threat'.
The government of British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered a sensitive defeat in the Upper House. That House of Lords decided that the parliament has the final say on the conditions under which the United Kingdom departs from the European Union.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a flying start as a minister. After not reporting twelve hours after his appointment at NATO in Brussels on Friday, he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, at the beginning of a short journey through the Middle East.
NATO said goodbye to the place where the policy of the Western Alliance was formed for over fifty years and many historical decisions were taken during and after the Cold War. For the very last time, the NATO Council of Foreign Ministers- the highest body of the alliance- met in Hall 1 of the headquarters on the outskirts of Brussels.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok (VVD) is impressed by the first performance of his new American colleague Mike Pompeo on the international stage. He calls it 'an illustration of the importance that the US attaches to NATO', that Pompeo did not visit the Foreign Ministers of the Alliance in Brussels until about twelve hours after his appointment. 'Impressive', says Blok.
The summit between the Korean leaders is 'a special and hopeful event.' That is what Foreign Minister Stef Blok said in Brussels in a first reaction to the meeting between the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The newly appointed US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is immediately ready to work with a trip to NATO headquarters in Brussels. Pompeo was welcomed in the Belgian capital by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday and later spoke to his NATO colleagues.
At the international Syria conference in Brussels, a total of 4.4 billion dollars (3.6 billion euros) was pledged for humanitarian aid to Syrians, both in their own country and for relief in surrounding countries. That estimate was made by UN emergency aid coordinator Mark Lowcock. He had hoped for a higher amount.
Europe sees a future in robots, but wants a code of conduct to prevent devices and other 'smart' technologies from causing damage. In order not to miss the boat, 20 billion euros have to be invested in the coming 2.5 years.
The agreements on the cessation of the Iranian nuclear weapons program that Tehran made in 2015 with global superpowers are working and the EU is adhering to it. Implementation is essential for security in Europe and beyond, EU foreign delegation Federica Mogherini said Wednesday in Brussels.
The police in Brussels have already issued two hundred official reports this month for dangerous and inappropriate behavior during wedding ceremonies. After a lot of complaining of residents, measures have come into force since April 1 to counteract the inconvenience of the festive parades.
Britain is considering setting up its own satellite navigation system and stepping out of the European Galileo project. Brussels wants to deny London access to sensitive safety information after the departure of Great Britain from the EU. London is angry and does not pick it up.
Germany donates one billion euros for aid to the ailing population in Syria and Syrian refugees in neighboring countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas announced that on Wednesday.
The European Commission has started an investigation into the financial aid that Alitalia has received.
Greece last year achieved its main objectives for capital support from the European Union. There is no reason to borrow more money from Athens.
Whistleblowers and sources of investigative journalists receive more protection in the EU. The European Commission is proposing a series of rules so that employees who make a call about illegal cases such as corruption, tax avoidance or violation of EU environmental regulations receive legal protection against retaliatory measures such as dismissal, demotion or prosecution. This also applies to people who help journalists to get illegal practices.
The court in Brussels pronounces Monday in the trial against terror suspect Salah Abdeslam about a shooting in the Brussels municipality of Vorst in March 2016. Abdeslam (28) is the only surviving terrorist of the Paris attacks, killing 130 people in November 2015. His bomb belt would not have gone off. The Frenchman, who grew up in Brussels, fled to Belgium and went into hiding.
King Filip hopes to reach New York this week, which King Willem-Alexander achieved only three years earlier; the Belgian king is going to try to win enough souls to give Belgium a seat in the Security Council of the United Nations for two years from 2019 onwards.
The court of appeal has a Belgian who in 2016 attacked two agents in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek with a knife and sentenced to a prison sentence of fifteen years. Earlier, Hicham D. had been sentenced to nine years by the court in Brussels, but the Public Prosecution Service appealed against it.
