A nightlife crisis symbolic of wider problems in the Belgian capital.

🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...

A group of European leaders want to modify the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to deport migrants who commit a serious crime.

Trying to make sense of this historic week and what it means for the future of Europe.

Allies must act as allies. We must respect each other's sovereignty. Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.

BREAKING: A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.

Monday's meeting of Starmer, Macron and Merz could turn out to be even more important because of the US national security strategy. They need to decide whether to say in public what they are thinking in private: that the threat is no longer just Putin, it's also Trump

🚨 Explosive report by Bloomberg: The US has lobbied “several” EU countries to derail the reparations loan for Ukraine, arguing the Russian assets are needed to achieve a peace deal and shouldn’t be used to “prolong the war”.

The rector of the College of Europe has been charged alongside two others in the suspected fraud case involving EU-funded training for junior diplomats.

BREAKING: Three arrests have been made in an investigation into suspected fraud related to EU-funded training for junior diplomats.

[Explainer] #Tech & #Data - Fewer cookies: Is the EU giving away your personal data for AI? By @ugorealfonzo.bsky.social | Brussels Times www.brusselstimes.com/1847828/fewe...

Is the EU giving away your personal data for AI?

Many Europeans convinced themselves that Trump's public statements of frustration with Putin meant he was committed to 🇺🇦 Today they got a rude awakening. Washington presented a US-Russia peace plan to Kyiv which amounts to a surrender, with an ultimatum to accept it by Thursday or lose all 🇺🇸support

Former UKIP and Brexit Party man Nathan Gill gets 10 and a half years in prison.

The European Commission has announced changes to key EU data protections, alarming NGOs while industry groups say they "do not go far enough."

Wealthy foreign tourists, including Belgians, allegedly paid extortionate amounts to shoot civilians for fun during the siege of Sarajevo.

According to leak documents, the EU is proposing changes which take aim at every element of GDPR that could limit AI usage.

Targeted MEP Daniel Freund told me he was "shocked" that Orbàn's government would allegedly pay over €1 million to spy on him. @danielfreund.bsky.social

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom. East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

Brussels police confiscate tents and sleeping bags Sunday morning from a planned People's Encampment outside @ec.europa.eu aimed at pressuring EU to suspend EU-Israel association agreement.

'We're turning the tide on Gaza starvation crisis' - UN aid chief

🇪🇺💰 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨. What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest. 🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates 👇 www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

Hundreds of ships have been stranded in the North Sea and inside the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge or Ghent for days.

Follow The Brussels Times live blog for the latest news on today's national strike.

It is Tuesday, it is strike time - and right now, protesters are blocking Brussels' Avenue de la Couronne.

Prime Minister De Wever was forced to delay his 'State of the Union' speech after his government failed to agree on its federal budgets in time.

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

The Maison du Peuple would have thrived in the age of le rooftop.

"We elect MEPs, and we do not really know what they do for the next couple of years. And no one seems to really interrogate that."

Through "a deliberate, planned and explicit action," they say the minister is forcing them to live on the streets, "in total poverty, without shelter or food."

New sanctions should target the infrastructure behind Israel’s settlement regime as it continues to violently expand.

🚨 The 🇪🇺 European Investment Fund (EIF), provided venture capital for Israeli #spyware firm Paragon Solutions, confirmed a spokesperson for the European Investment Bank Group, to which the EIF belongs, @apache.be is reporting. apache.be/2025/10/01/e...

Ah yes, nothing says "I'm a European company committed to Europe" like "Cut regulations or we we'll let Europe's economy tank". Such Europeans, brings tears to my eyes.

Interesting: The Nottingham Post/Nottinghamshire Live are using the European Convention on #HumanRights to challenge a council leader's decision not to speak to their journalists👇 🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via BBC News #FreeSpeech #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

I wrote about Underground Brussels, the result of 1,000 years of digging, building, filling-in and forgetting. A hidden second city for which there's no proper map. www.brusselstimes.com/1765462/laye...

A key Brexiteer has pleaded guilty to shilling for a foreign power during his time as an MEP.

Belgium (Flanders), Ipsos poll: VB-PfE: 27% (+4) N VA-ECR: 23% (-3) Vooruit-S&D: 14% (+1) CD&V-EPP: 13% (-2) PVDA-LEFT: 9% (+1) Groen-G/EFA: 7% Open VLD-RE: 6% +/- vs. 27 May - 3 June 2025 Fieldwork: 16-23 September 2025 Sample size: 1,000 ➤ europeelects.eu/belgium-(flanders)

Belgium (Wallonia), Ipsos poll: PS-S&D: 26% (+1) MR-RE: 24% PTB-LEFT: 18% (+1) LE-RE: 18% (-1) Ecolo-G/EFA: 8% (-1) +/- vs. 27 May - 3 June 2025 Fieldwork: 16-23 September 2025 Sample size: 1,000 ➤ europeelects.eu/belgium-(wallonia)

Belgium (Brussels), Ipsos poll: PS/Vooruit-S&D: 23% (-1) PVDA PTB-LEFT: 22% (+3) MR/OVLD-RE: 18% (-5) Ecolo/Groen-G/EFA: 12% (+2) LE/CD&V-: 11% (+1) VB-PfE: 4% DéFI-*: 4% (+1) ... +/- vs. 27 May - 3 June 2025 Fieldwork: 16-23 September 2025 Sample size: 800 ➤ europeelects.eu/belgium-(brussels)

Belgium could need up to eight new nuclear power stations for the cheapest way to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. But this may also create external dependencies.

Latest on 🇪🇺 proposal to sanction far-right members of Netanyahu's cabinet: EU national reps discussed it today. Hungary indicated nothing will persuade it to drop its veto on those sanctions (which need unanimity). 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇦🇹🇨🇿 were quiet - they can hide behind Hungary's veto for now.

Belgium joins other countries in recognising Palestinian statehood, however it is only political and will not become legal until certain conditions are met.

Heritage Days is this weekend in Brussels. Some suggestions for visits.

"The towers are here, and they dominate the landscape. But Place Noord is not a celebration of Brusselization — it’s a response to it"

The latest @BrusselsTimes.com Magazine is out now 🇧🇪🐾 Animals – wild, domestic, mythical – 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

After mounting pressure due to the crisis in Gaza, the European Commission has proposed sanctions and trade tariffs on Israel.

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

I spoke to various MEPs about von der Leyen's back to school speech yesterday 👇

After weeks of pressure, the Belgian Government has found a compromise on recognising Palestine and imposing strong sanctions on Israel.

Belgium's coalition parties are still heavily divided on taking a tougher stance against Israel and for the recognition of Palestine.