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Piano rock from the UK, Balkans from Belgium and Blue Monday in Norway – October’s best music picks kick off a European autumn
A babelblog where satire is a speciality. Italian and Belgian cartoonists
Meet people, get great bargains and put familiar objects which you have grown tired of back into circulation
Neither Flemish nor Walloon, Brussels is the battlefield of choice for the divisive struggle that is plaguing Belgium. Faced with a situation that does not seem to be getting any better, some residents of Brussels have decided to form a new political party. We meet one of them
Resignations, calls for a split - since legislative elections in June 2007, the Belgian kingdom seems to be screeching to a Czechoslovakia-style halt. Will the poorer, southern region of Wallonia soon belong to France, as 49% of the French-speaking Belgians voted for in a recent Ipsos report?
After Belgian king Albert II rejected the prime minister’s offer of resignation on 17 July, Yves Leterme will have to find new ways to guide Belgium through its identity crisis. The latest news from the EU in Brussels
Add a dose of alcohol abuse and hail Europe’s volunteers and globalisation - it’s your latest news from Brussels
Flemish only on the telephone, the US and the EU fight it out over growth hormones and unhappy times for EU lobbyists - your latest news from Brussels
A space without appeal next to Brussels South railway station is far from what we expect from the capital of Europe
162 protestors have came to a provisional deal with the government - but they haven't eaten for 50 days
The Dutch compared her to Tori Amos. In fact, the 33-year-old Belgian connoisseur of ‘kitsch’ French songs and pop is a theatrical musician who plays the piano sat on a big transparent ball, jumping about whilst tightly clutching her accordion
Controversy surrounding the European parliament’s use of two seats (Brussels and Strasbourg) has given new life to the debate on federalism. There are good reasons for the parliament to remain permanently in Brussels, and plenty of other options for the capital of Alsace
The story of the EU through the real life stories of its inhabitants; an event organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 2007
Does art have to be beautiful? Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Five portraits of artists who dabble along the limits of aesthetics, morality and comfort zone to constantly try and provoke society
The historical memory of the European commission is pleasantly transformed in the hands of an Italian, 64, who has seen so much and met so many, including Aldo Moro and Jacques Delors
At 28, the author of comic series 'Marzi' – about a little girl living in the Polish People’s Republic - on her own story as a Pole between France and Belgium
After Eurobarometer and the ‘Index of Happiness’, a new index launched by a British think tank on 31 January aims to ‘measure’ democracy in 25 European countries – and get Europe's citizens to customise their own indices online. Interview
Plus answers to the question 'how much do you get charged for making a bank transfer?' and more in our weekly newsbites from Brussels
Rue de Seine, Paris 1952. ‘Never work’ is chalked on a wall. Two words about the philosophy of the 'Situationists' who transformed May 1968 and who still inspire activists today
Only 55% of Europeans state that they have any confidence in their parliament. On the benches of the French National Assembly, few young MPs are debating. How can the EU attract a new generation?
The Portuguese and current president of the European Commission could be re-elected after his mandate expires in June 2009
TCK. Three letters that stand for a phenomenon: tecktonik. Similar in style to electro, it has been a sensation amongst teenagers in France, Belgium and Holland over the last six months - and is also a registered trademark
Brussels goes far east, caps the CAP and ideologises nuclear energy in the first EU forum - take a bite of the latest news from Brussels
The crisis between the Flemish and francophone Belgians continues. After 172 days without a government and big provocations by the Flemish political class, has Belgium come to a point of no return?
plus the never-ending story of Kosovo
Call a plumber for leaking Balkan and Turkey progress reports, bye-bye Bosnians! aka Lidija Topic's 'total recall' and EU Wining and Dining Day
Controversy brews because competition announcements for the European Personnel Selection Office were published in only three languages. Officials blow the whistle on the apparently chaotic management of translations
GMOs, operator-controlled e-mail, training against terrorism, inoperative Romania: four bites of the latest EU news
In her new novel 'Sulphuric Acid' the Belgian author takes a popular TV craze to new heights by reducing the hell of a World War II concentration camp to the banality of a docu-soap
Almost three months after the Belgian legislative elections, negotiations with a view to forming a government are still in deadlock. The country hopes for better days
Pets are now an integral part of society. Even the competitive European markets are being flooded with dog and cat accessories
The newly elected French president exemplifies perfectly the new style of European politics, which gets results, at all costs
The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November
945, 000 small and medium-sized exporting businesses - 11% of those in the EU - missed out on commercial contracts because of poor language skill bases
The fifth and last in our ‘taxi’ series. In Brussels, you catch them from taxi locations specifically created to this end, at different spots in town
Over the last 50 years, the 77-year-old has witnessed the initial stages of the evolution of a Union undergoing total transformation. Editor and columnist for daily bulletin Agence Europe, the EU's press agency, this Italian in love with Brussels is still an unwavering federalist
Belgian politician offers one blowjob for every vote in her favour
What do you Europeans really think of rising prices and inflation in the Eurozone?
Restrictive adoption law drives French lesbian couples across Belgian and Dutch borders to be artificially inseminated
Between Italian jazz and Nordic tango, Slovenian saxophone and Scottish rock, Spanish bull running and German contemporary art – check out the July issue of our Vultures for Culture calendar
The May 2007 creation of a French ministry of immigration and national identity led by Brice Hortefeux ponders paying immigrants to go back to where they came from. Multiculturalism – a European asset?
It's billed as a unique opera project which will occur simultaneously in five EU countries - but during the performance of ‘St Kilda – Island of the Bird People’ in Valenciennes, Europe made itself scarce
There is an urgent need to reform the Union's economic and institutional plans. Claude Fischer, leader of European think tank 'Confrontations Europe’, proposes a simplified treaty
The vice-president of the European Parliament, 46, suggests reducing the four parts of the constitutional treaty and putting it to a transnational referendum
On 1 June, Enel and Acciona are due to discuss their Endesa bid with the European Commission. The latter then has 25 days to resolve the situation
The prestigious Queen Elisabeth Music Competition also acts as an international assembly, uniting the best piano soloists in the European capital in May and June 2007
The Congolese writer and storyteller, 55, in exile in Belgium, feels that Europeans 'don’t want to take a long hard look at themselves'
A journey through Belgium, Germany and their citizens image of Europe
May 22 marks the 100th birthday of Hergé, ‘father’ and creator of comic boy-hero Tintin. Events have been organised around the globe to celebrate a man who has been somewhat eclipsed by his creation
Name: Erasmus. Date of birth : 1987. Birthplace: Brussels - the European institutions are rather proud of their baby, which celebrates 20 years in 2007
On May 25, Brussels’ largest contemporary art centre will open its doors in what was once the Wielemans-Ceuppen Brewery, close to Midi Station
A veteran Christian Democrat from Germany. Just who is the new president of the European Parliament, who comes in hot on the heels of Josep Borell?
Connoisseurs from all over the world visit Brussels to stock up on pralines, the famous traditional Belgian chocolates
Take an alternative trip around Brussels with our private guide, Stephane Lambert. Together we discover the hidden corners of the European capital.
Francophone and Flemish, North African and Eurocrat… The European Capital mirrors the contradictions and cultural diversity of Europe
There are 15,000 of them seeking to influence the decisions taken daily in Brussels. We head for the European Quarter, home to the lobbyists and pressure groups
Young Europeans court EU parliamentarians for internships, an ritual of initiation in the world of diplomacy. But these golden opportunities come at a cost
As the former Zaïre prepares to have its first democratic elections in 45 years, Congolese-born comedian Dieudonné Kabongo talks about Africa and the disillusionment of young immigrants who try their luck in Europe
Is being single a flaw? It is becoming less so if you consider Europeans’ new demands for their love lives.
Many Poles have been forced into exile over the centuries, often because of the sufferings endured by their motherland. This has created a veritable diaspora - both multifaceted and influential.
Belgium's autonomous regions aren't speaking the same language.
Frieda Brepoels, vice-president of the New Flemish Alliance, the party fighting for the political autonomy of Flanders from Belgium, explains why regional governments must be given a European platform.
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Here we go again. Last night the Belgian government collapsed, just four months after it was formed in March. Before then, the nation had been without a government for nine months while the French- and Dutch-speaking parties were unable to form a unity government.Belgium’s King Albert II is ...
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