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Clijsters determined to press on with comeback
Clijsters determined to press on with comeback
Kim Clijsters is looking forward to returning to the US Open even though the coronavirus pandemic means that since her second comeback from retirement she has spent more time with her
Read More... Belgium coach Martinez extends contract until 2022
Belgium coach Martinez extends contract until 2022
Roberto Martinez has extended his contract as Belgium coach until 2022 to take him up to the World Cup in Qatar, the Belgian football federation announced Wednesday.
Read More... Belgium coach Martinez extends deal until 2022 World Cup - report
Belgium coach Martinez extends deal until 2022 World Cup - report
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez is close to extending his contract to lead the country until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, local media reported on Sunday.
Read More... Van Avermaet wins 'funny' virtual Tour of Flanders from his attic
Van Avermaet wins 'funny' virtual Tour of Flanders from his attic
Olympic road race champion Greg Van Avermaet said on Sunday winning the virtual edition of the Tour of Flanders, held instead of the real race due to the coronavirus
Read More... Belgian federation in UEFA talks over end to its season
Belgian federation in UEFA talks over end to its season
The Belgian Football Association (URBSFA) announced on Saturday that it is working with UEFA toward a "constructive" solution regarding the premature end to the
Read More... Tour of Flanders rides on, in virtual reality
Tour of Flanders rides on, in virtual reality
The Tour of Flanders, scheduled for Sunday but cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be replaced by a short virtual race, Belgian television Sporza announced
Read More... Fitness, focus, frustration: life in lockdown for Europe's footballers
Fitness, focus, frustration: life in lockdown for Europe's footballers
Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira is learning to play the piano, La Liga clubs are facing off on playstation and Atalanta's Robin Gosens has been revising for exams in
Read More... German Bundesliga suspended over coronavirus
German Bundesliga suspended over coronavirus
The German football league on Friday halted first division Bundesliga games with immediate effect over the coronavirus pandemic, the first such suspension since World War II.
Read More... Budapest to host 2022 Europa League final
Budapest to host 2022 Europa League final
The 2022 Europa League final will be played in Budapest, UEFA announced Monday following an executive committee meeting in Amsterdam.
Read More... Returning Clijsters targets Dubai for eagerly-awaited comeback
Returning Clijsters targets Dubai for eagerly-awaited comeback
Four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters announced Sunday she will return after seven years in retirement at the WTA tournament in Dubai starting on February 17.
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Virus gives Easter a bitter taste for Belgian chocolatiers
In a normal year, Easter is boom time for Belgium's famed chocolatiers, churning out eggs, bunnies and gift boxes for tourists and locals alike.Read More... -
France to use helcopters, drones to enforce virus restrictions
France is calling up helicopters and drones to boost the government's attempts to keep people in their homes, police officials said Saturday.Read More... -
EU wants battery autonomy, but first it needs graphite
As Europe looks to declare its tech independence by becoming a leader in next-generation batteries, it will have to start by making its own graphite. The problem is, nearly all of it now comesRead More... -
Fear of Big Brother guides EU rules on AI
Amid fears of a Big Brother-style society ruled by machines, the EU will urge authorities and companies to think hard before rolling out facial recognition technology.Read More... -
Google vs EU: a decade-long saga goes to court
Google and the EU have a big day in court Wednesday as the search engine giant enters a new phase of a legal saga that began a decade ago.Read More... -
Top EU diplomat to visit Tehran amid nuclear tensions
Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell was Monday due to visit Iran, said officials in Tehran and Brussels, on his first trip there since taking office, aiming to reduce rising tensions over the IslamicRead More... -
EU auto market set for first drop in seven years: carmakers
European new car sales are expected to fall by two percent in 2020, their first decline in seven years, the industry trade association said Wednesday as it urgedRead More... -
EU to relaunch push to regulate WhatsApp, Skype on privacy
The EU will relaunch its deadlocked effort to more closely regulate internet phone and message services such as WhatsApp, Skype and Messenger, a top bloc official said on Tuesday.Read More... -
Belgium reports first death from vaping
An 18-year-old man died in Belgium of respiratory failure that authorities on Thursday (Nov 14) attributed to vaping and a mixture of harmful products in an e-cigarette.Read More... -
Apple slams EU as epic court battle over tax bill begins
Apple went on the offensive against Brussels in an EU court on Tuesday, fighting the European Commission's landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion eurosRead More...
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Europe seeks to save the summer holidays
The EU on Wednesday set out plans for a phased restart of travel this summer, hoping to save millions of tourism jobs threatened by the coronavirus pandemic across Europe, the world's top18 May 2020Read More... -
Lockdown movie strikes eerie note at German virtual film festival
Emptied streets below Frankfurt's towering skyscrapers, people desperate for human contact after endless video calls and lockdown enforcement mark one of the07 May 2020Read More... -
Prince Harry and Meghan now based in California: report
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have permanently relocated to California amid the coronavirus pandemic, media reports said Friday.27 March 2020Read More... -
EU urges online media to ditch HD during virus
The European Union on Wednesday urged online media platforms to stream movies and entertainment in standard rather than high definition to relieve pressure on the internet during the19 March 2020Read More... -
Guatemala civil war film vies for Belgian 'Oscar'
In Belgium's version of the Oscars this weekend, a film about Guatemala's civil war is an unusual nominee -- telling a story set more than two decades ago and 9,000 kilometres (5,000 miles)01 February 2020Read More... -
Virtual Facebook currency faces real-world resistance
If Facebook's new cryptocurrency should resonate anywhere it should be India, where the social media giant has more than 300 million followers.21 June 2019Read More... -
UK opposition calls for election or second referendum on Brexit deal
The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn -- criticised for failing to take a clear position on Brexit -- on Wednesday said the only way out of30 May 2019Read More...
Fashion
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Protesters target Polanski film at cinemas in Brussels
Feminist activists defaced cinemas in Brussels with angry condemnations of director Roman Polanski's latest film overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday.Read More... -
London Latino heartlands struggle for survival
Whenever London's South Americans go looking for a job, a helping hand, the flavours of home or a party with their compatriots, they head to the Latino indoor marketRead More... -
Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry
A 3,000-year-old head sculpture of an eternally-young Tutankhamun — the Egyptian pharaoh known as King Tut — goes under the hammer this week in London despite an outcry from Cairo.Read More... -
Four top British authors in novel anti-Brexit European crusade
Ken Follett, Lee Child, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes, four heavyweights of British literature, are launching a "Friendship Tour" of Europe to represent the 48 percent whoRead More... -
Zombies and women: London Men's Fashion Week wraps up
Models in zombie make-up and a growing number of women on the catwalks were among the eye-catching features of Men's Fashion Week, which wrapped up inRead More... -
'Britain's Notre-Dame' tells fiery tale of restored glory
A bolt of lightning pierced its tower and flames licked across its thick oak roof. Thirty-five years ago it was York Minster in northern England that went up in flames.Read More... -
Elton John joins call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
British pop legend Elton John has joined "friend" George Clooney in calling for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's new death-penalty laws forRead More... -
Ed Sheeran marries girlfriend in 'tiny wedding': report
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has married his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn in a "tiny winter wedding", The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.Read More... -
Death-defying free climb lifts Honnold into Oscars contention
Alex Honnold, a big wall climber who has conquered a series of intimidating rock faces on his own and almost without equipment, could on Sunday add the Oscars to his conquests for hisRead More...
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EU threatens action against Germany over court row
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has raised the spectre of legal action against Germany after the country's highest court issued harsh...12 May 2020Read More... -
EU, Britain restart push on post-Brexit ties amid virus gloom
Britain and Brussels embark on a third round of trade talks Monday with little hope for a breakthrough, amid the far more urgent challenge of dealing...11 May 2020Read More... -
EU-led telethon raises €7.4 billion for vaccine financing – without US
Nonetheless, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the fundraising as a powerful show of "global solidarity".06 May 2020Read More... -
Paris-area mayors call on Macron to delay reopening of schools beyond May 11
French mayors representing the Ile-de-France region, which includes the city of Paris, have called on President Emmanuel Macron to delay the reopening...04 May 2020Read More... -
EU's Barnier deplores no progress in Brexit talks
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier deplored a lack of progress in the latest round of post-Brexit trade talks on Friday, accusing Britain of stalling...24 April 2020Read More... -
Belgium says transparency explains high virus toll
Belgium now has the highest death rate from COVID-19 in the European Union but officials insist it is because they have been totally transparent with...17 April 2020Read More... -
EU announces virus help for Balkans after criticism
The EU on Monday announced nearly 40 million euros to help Western Balkan countries deal with the coronavirus, after Brussels came under fire for not...31 March 2020Read More... -
EU regains 'crediblity' with Balkan move
EU ministers on Tuesday approved starting membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania, a move hailed as restoring "credibility" after months of...26 March 2020Read More... -
Erdogan discusses migrant crisis, Idlib with Macron, Merkel and Johnson
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday discussed mainly the migrant crisis as well as the situation in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib, with the...17 March 2020Read More... -
Erdogan holds Brussels talks as EU mulls taking in child refugees
Migration crisis talks were set to be held between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior EU officials in Brussels on Monday, as Germany said...09 March 2020Read More... -
EU Brexit chief warns of 'serious divergences' with UK
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Thursday warned that major differences remain between Britain and Europe after a first round of trade...06 March 2020Read More... -
MEPs irked by Greta visit despite virus ban
European lawmakers on Tuesday complained that a visit by eco-warrior Greta Thunberg to European Parliament is set to go ahead despite a moratorium on...04 March 2020Read More... -
EU and UK begin talks on post-Brexit relationship
With Brexit "done" as far as London is concerned, UK and EU negotiators on Monday begin talks aimed at forging a future relationship -- while brandishing...02 March 2020Read More... -
Greek islanders block migrant boat from landing
A group of local people on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday stopped around 50 migrants, including children, from landing their boat after several...01 March 2020Read More... -
NATO offers Turkey solidarity but no pledges after Syria troop losses
NATO on Friday offered solidarity and support to Ankara after at least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria -- but no pledges of concrete new measures...28 February 2020Read More...
Economics
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EU air safety agency urges masks, social distancing for flights
The EU's air safety agency EASA is recommending airlines and airports impose measures such as masks and social distancing to limit the risk of coronavirus...21 May 2020Read More...
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EU court says it 'alone' has jurisdiction over ECB
The EU's highest court on Friday said it alone had legal authority over the European Central Bank, firmly rejecting a German Constitutional Court ruling...08 May 2020Read More... -
Eurozone economy suffers 'unprecedented' collapse: survey
The eurozone economy suffered an "unprecedented" collapse according to the latest PMI index put out Thursday by analysis firm IHS Markit.23 April 2020Read More... -
EU finance ministers split on coronavirus rescue plan
EU finance ministers on Tuesday will discuss special crisis measures to help European countries withstand the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak,...25 March 2020Read More... -
EU warns against 'economic disruption' after Trump's Europe travel ban
The European Union will on Thursday (March 12) assess the travel ban on Europe imposed by United States President Donald Trump, European Council President...12 March 2020Read More... -
Out of ammo? ECB on the spot in coronavirus fightback
Dramatic action taken by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks over the coronavirus outbreak has piled pressure on ECB chief Christine Lagarde...05 March 2020Read More... -
EU threatens tougher rules on hate speech after Facebook meeting
A top EU official for digital policy warned Monday that big tech companies could face tougher rules and penalties in Europe if they failed to adequately...18 February 2020Read More... -
EU to sanction two Turks linked to Med gas drilling
The European Union will impose an entry ban and asset freeze on two Turkish citizens involved in their country's disputed search for gas in the eastern...05 February 2020Read More... -
European auto market grew by 1.2% in 2019: ACEA
The European auto market grew by 1.2 percent last year, with a push in December raising the total number of sales to 15.3 million vehicles, sector association...16 January 2020Read More... -
EU trade chief heads to Washington on truce mission
The EU's top trade official heads to Washington on Tuesday on a sensitive mission to mend ties with the United States and end several years of protectionist...15 January 2020Read More... -
US, Japan, EU seek new global rules limiting subsidies
Washington, Tokyo and Brussels on Tuesday joined forces in calling for stronger global rules against government subsidies that distort trade, a practice...14 January 2020Read More... -
Sanctions-hit Huawei plans components plant in Europe
Chinese telecommunications group Huawei is working on a plan to build its own components at a site in Europe, its chairman told AFP,...19 December 2019Read More... -
EU opens subsidies for electric battery push
The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Monday approved billions of euros in subsidies from seven member states as Europe seeks to make up lost ground...10 December 2019Read More... -
EU 2020 budget talks drag on because of disagreement
Talks setting the EU's budget for next year are going down to the wire because of disagreement between member states and the European Parliament, officials...16 November 2019Read More...
Business
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Belgian drinkers' faith rewarded as monks get beer out
Belgium is only cautiously beginning to emerge from its coronavirus lockdown and its bars and restaurants won't open until next month at least.15 May 2020Read More... -
First LNG truck loading operation performed by PGNiG in Lithuania
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo has sold the first two LNG cargoes from the reloading station in Klaipėda. Since April 1st 2020, the Company...13 April 2020Read More... -
EU struggles to bridge bitter split on 'coronabonds'
EU finance ministers struggled Tuesday to bridge differences on how to relaunch their economies after the coronavirus, with Germany refusing Italy's...08 April 2020Read More... -
Stir crazy chef serves up soup for health workers
When Belgium's coronavirus lockdown order forced star chef Isabelle Arpin to shut her fine dining establishment she could have retired to the kitchen...02 April 2020Read More... -
Japan business sentiment negative for first time since 2013: survey
Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has plunged into negative territory for the first time in seven years, a key survey showed Wednesday as...01 April 2020Read More... -
Victory for PGNiG: the Arbitral Tribunal in Stockholm rules to lower the price of the gas sold by Gazprom to PGNiG
The Russian company has for many years been overcharging and will now be required to refund nearly USD 1.5 billion to PGNiG.31 March 2020Read More... -
Epidemic infects Europe with 'germ of division'
The European Union has faced and survived a series of existential threats over the years but the coronavirus epidemic has exposed old wounds that could...30 March 2020Read More...