Leo Cendrowicz
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Brussels correspondent, i newspaper Editor of The Brussels Times Magazine Waterslide tester
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Opening tomorrow in Ghent: Unforgettable, a major exhibition at the MSK on women artists of the 17th-century Low Countries. More than 150 works reveal how painters, sculptors and lace-makers helped shape the Golden Age - even if art history later forgot them.
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The overbearing fortress built by the Spanish overlords in Antwerp was hated by locals, and it was torn down with glee, as an exhibition at KMSKA reveals. Its legacy includes its footprint under the museum itself.
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Have just been disinvited to a briefing with the Iranian ambassador to Belgium, due to inappropriate references (my use of the term 'regime') which "raise serious concerns about your commitment to impartiality and objective reporting." Is that a compliment?
6 days ago
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The UK never joined in the Vietnam war. It wasn't anything to do with the US winning (or not...). It was because Britain saw it as wrong.
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Opening tomorrow in Ghent: Unforgettable, a major exhibition at the MSK on women artists of the 17th-century Low Countries. More than 150 works reveal how painters, sculptors and lace-makers helped shape the Golden Age - even if art history later forgot them.
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"It was a purely defensive move to hit him in the face. Because I knew that he would react when I hit him in the face."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US strikes on Iran triggered by Israelās plan to launch attack, Rubio says
Democrats disturbed by rationale that Trump ordered pre-emptive strikes out of concern about Tehran retaliation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/rubio-us-attack-israel-iran
13 days ago
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Was thrilled to meet Robert Cailliau, the unsung internet pioneer, who was instrumental in the development of the web. Yes, he's Belgian - and he still keeps a model Tintin rocket in his office:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983...
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The Belgian who helped give the web to the world
From its quiet birth in a European physics lab to its uneasy dominance by Big Tech, the genial Belgian engineer says the web outgrew its creators.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983034/the-belgian-who-helped-give-the-web-to-the-world
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Bill White, the US Ambassador to Belgium, is doubling down on his bid to ensure that local investigators - and politicians - drop oversight of religious circumcision rituals:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983...
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'Drop the damn case': US Ambassador Bill White doubles down in circumcision row
White's remarks are likely to deepen concerns in Brussels about an American envoy wading forcefully into domestic legal matters.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983667/exclusive-us-ambassador-bill-white-doubles-down-in-circumcision-row
23 days ago
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⨠The new issue of The Brussels Times Magazine is out! From royal academies to road tunnels, wartime landscapes to distant galaxies, quiet tech pioneers to stubborn institutions ā this issue explores how Belgians make sense of a complicated world.
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Robert Duvall as Boo Radley, in To Kill A Mockingbird
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27 days ago
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In these troubled times, it is hard to find fun. So I invite everyone to check out the trailer for Melania. It is, of course, as ludicrous as we might imagine, but the real joy begins in the comments, inexplicably left open:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxXJ...
about 1 month ago
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Bruce Springsteen
about 2 months ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itās dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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This year marks ten years since Brexit, a calamity without parallel. There are no benefits to speak of whatsoever. Alas, reversing this disaster will not be easy:
inews.co.uk/opinion/you-...
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You want proof that Brexit was a disaster? Go to an airport
The most visible consequences of Brexit are also the most banal
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/you-want-proof-that-brexit-was-a-disaster-go-to-an-airport-4171000
about 2 months ago
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Since Trump returned to the White House, Europe has tried to manage him with patience, flattery and quiet diplomacy. His Greenland threats could be the tipping point. It's not just a crisis for the continent but a seismic shift. Me on the challenges ahead:
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
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The 'unflinching' plan to hit back at Trump from inside the US
The UK and Europe have so far failed to manage the US President ā but this is how the EU is plotting to hit him where it hurts
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/unflinching-plan-hit-back-trump-inside-us-4181370
about 2 months ago
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Europe's far-right keeps rising, using Trump's populist playbook:
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Make Europe great again: How the populist right is using Trump's playbook
Trumpās return to the centre of US politics has provided both inspiration and validation for Europeās populists
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/make-europe-great-again-populist-right-trumps-playbook-4142727
2 months ago
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Dunno about you, but I'm starting to have doubts about the FIFA Peace Prize
2 months ago
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This is Saint Jerome with a lion, from whose paw he removed a thorn. It is also me when I work from home with the cat.
3 months ago
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Momentum is building within the Labour Party for the UK to rejoin the EUās customs union. However, it is likely to be much harder than they think:
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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The seven reasons why reversing Brexit won't happen
Wes Streeting has revealed the level of debate about rejoining the customs union within Labour
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/seven-reasons-reversing-brexit-happen-4130551
3 months ago
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What's at stake today as EU leaders meet to figure out how to keep Ukraine going in its grinding war - and whether they can use Russia's frozen assets:
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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'Money today or blood tomorrow': The stark choice Europe faces over Russian assets
EU leaders are meeting to decide whether to tap frozen assets to aid Ukraine. The outcome could shape the course of the war - and their own futures
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/money-today-blood-tomorrow-stark-choice-europe-faces-russian-assets-4119417
3 months ago
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EU leaders are meeting today in Brussels for one of the most important summits in years as they try to find billions to fund Ukraineā¦. ā¦but angry farmers are laying siege to the summit neighbourhood, literally setting up fires and bellyaching about trade deals
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UK set to announce return to Erasmus for 2027:
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Brexit reset Erasmus deal to allow Britons to study in EU is imminent
Student exchange scheme deal could be signed as soon as Wednesday
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-reset-erasmus-deal-britons-study-eu-imminent-4114422
3 months ago
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Revealed: Belgium's controversial Congo sculpture is hiding in plain sight on Jeffrey Epsteinās island ā and no one noticed until now.
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1869...
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Revealed: Belgium's controversial Congo statue spotted on Epstein's island
āIn a way, itās fitting to see the statue on his property. Epstein was, after all, someone who saw people as objects.ā
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1869180/revealed-belgiums-controversial-congo-statue-spotted-on-epsteins-island
3 months ago
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There are only a few of us with both š¬š§ and š§šŖ citizenshipā¦.but one, Lando Norris, just won the Formula 1 title today:
www.bbc.com/sport/formul...
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Lando Norris wins F1 drivers' title in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix won by Max Verstappen
McLaren's Lando Norris wins his first Formula 1 drivers' championship by finishing third in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/czrk61y2nyjo
3 months ago
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How long can a city function without a government? The Brussels Capital Region has been unable to form an administration since elections in June 2024, a record-breaking 542 days. Bruzz interviewed me on how expats see the impasse:
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
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āExpats liggen meer wakker van het opengebroken Schumanplein dan van de onveiligheidā
Hoe kijken de expats naar de eindeloze Brusselse formatie? BRUZZ vroeg het aan Leo Cendrowicz, hoofdredacteur van The Brussels Times Magazine.
https://www.bruzz.be/actua/samenleving/expats-liggen-meer-wakker-van-het-opengebroken-schumanplein-dan-van-de
3 months ago
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Huge congrats to our brilliant beer writer, BreandƔn Kearney, who has won yet more prizes for his epic features:
www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/186...
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The Brussels Times writer BreandƔn Kearney wins top prizes
The Brussels Times Magazine has scored a double triumph on the international beer-writing circuit.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/1864337/the-brussels-times-writer-breandan-kearney-wins-top-prizes
3 months ago
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This is why I don't use title case for headlines
3 months ago
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The gargantuan Congo Panorama, unveiled at the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition, might be the biggest painting ever made. But it was a lie, meant to show visitors that the Belgian colonisers were friendly and peaceful - as a new AfricaMuseum exhibition reveals:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855...
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The Congo painting that Belgium can never show again
āIt looks amazing, but the message is horrific."
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1855864/the-congo-painting-that-belgium-can-never-show-again
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⨠The new issue of
@brusselstimes.com
Magazine is out! From football revolutions to foreign-policy, surreal whodunnits to cemeteries, spies to wine, ultrarunners to Art Nouveau heroes, this small country contains big dramas. Read, roam and stay curious.
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Where does Belgium fit in todayās chaotic world ā and can it be heard amid the global cacophony? Foreign Minister Maxime PrĆ©vot tells me why Belgium still has a voice on Gaza, Trump, Ukraine and the EU. And reveals his go-to karaoke song:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1851...
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How Maxime PrĆ©vot is changing Belgiumās tune on the world stage
In an in-depth interview with The Brussels Times, Belgium's Foreign Minister tells us he is championing a lucid yet values-driven European foreign policy.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1851921/how-maxime-prevot-is-changing-belgiums-tune-on-the-world-stage
4 months ago
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Jimmy Cliff, 1944-2025:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHx...
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Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now
YouTube video by JimmyCliffVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c
4 months ago
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Happy Halloween! šš¦šŖ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwQ...
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Nike Horror Suzy Favor Hamilton 2000 30 min
YouTube video by Redgy Calas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwQnqQTFxI
5 months ago
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The i Paper
5 months ago
Huge Home Office backlogs, seriously overcrowded accommodation, and increasingly polarised political debate has led to nationwide protests Hugo Gye,
@leocendro.bsky.social
,
@dannyshaw.bsky.social
and Ben Witham give their verdicts on how to fix the asylum crisis:
trib.al/oNRdtBZ
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We need more of these pics
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The latest
@BrusselsTimes.com
Magazine is out now š§šŖš¾ Animals ā wild, domestic, mythical ā have always been part of the Belgian story. For this issue, we hear them bark, purr, moo and tweet. Cover art by
@lectrr.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Robert Redford, 1936-2025
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
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In this chaotic and scary world, we need good news stories. Today, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was at the Port of Antwerp, with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Noem was introduced to one of the port's Malinois dogs. The good news? The dog still lives.
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The French Revolution perfected the art of swift political justice with the guillotine. The blade is parliamentary rather than steel, but Franceās embattled PM Bayrou will feel it on Monday when he face a confidence vote in the National Assembly:
inews.co.uk/news/world/f...
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Franceās government is about to collapse - and the UK will pay a price
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is a 'dead man walking' in confidence vote, and President Emmanuel Macron is imperilled
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/frances-government-collapse-uk-pay-price-3902075
6 months ago
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Until the next time,
#Tirana
7 months ago
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Rock on Ksamil beach in Albania looks like a face
7 months ago
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Smoke from wildfire in Delvina, Albania rising behind Saranda. Corfu is on the left.
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Smoke from wildfire in Delvina, Albania rising behind Saranda. Corfu is on the left.
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Fires spread across the mountains near Saranda, Albania
7 months ago
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Fascinated by the relief carvings - attributed to Renaissance sculptor Tullio Lombardo - around Saint Anthonyās tomb in Padua
8 months ago
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Love the paving stones in Rovinj
8 months ago
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Charming Ljubljanaās quirky architecture
8 months ago
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Two years ago, Oppenheimer hit cinemas like an atomic blast. But did you know the man behind the Manhattan Project came to Brussels not once, but three times for the worldās most elite scientific gatherings? (Today is also š§šŖ national day) š§µ
8 months ago
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband was just freed after five years in jail, but Belarusās leader-in-exile is still fighting
inews.co.uk/news/world/p...
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Putinās puppet says he's changing. Belarusās leader-in-exile says we're being fooled
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warns the West not to be taken in by the Belarussian dictator after he freed her husband in a prisoner swap last month
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/putins-puppet-says-changing-belarus-leader-exile-being-fooled-3814264
8 months ago
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Trump has announced 30% tariffs on the EU. It may all be performative - claiming spurious grievances and declaring punishments in hopes of securing concessions - but the repercussions of this disruption could be massive:
inews.co.uk/news/trump-s...
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Trump has set the stage for a colossal trade war - and it could spiral out of control
Trump has also threatened reciprocal tariffs on any counter measures from the EU - the consequences could not be greater
https://inews.co.uk/news/trump-set-stage-colossal-trade-war-could-spiral-out-of-control-3802860
8 months ago
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The new Superman movie is out this week, and this time, the Man of Steel is accompanied by
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8 months ago
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šØ The King Baudouin Stadium in Heysel, home of Belgian football for almost a century, may have hosted its last ever game for the Red Devils It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered Me with
@dennisabbott.bsky.social
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www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
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Exclusive: King Baudouin Stadium could be torn down, insider reveals
Belgiumās dilapidated national football stadium in Heysel is in desperate need of "emergency renovation" and may ultimately have to be demolished.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653195/king-baudouin-stadium-could-be-torn-down-insider-reveals
9 months ago
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