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The push to approve the reparations loan for Ukraine has entered the final stretch ahead of an EU leaders' summit on 18 December. Belgium continues to oppose the proposal, while Hungary rejects the Plan B of joint debt. Ursula von der Leyen has warned there are "no easy options".

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Euroclear, the custodian of the immobilised Russian assets, has criticised the reparations loan for Ukraine as fragile, unpredictable and risky. In Brussels, the German chancellor holds a crisis meeting with the Belgian prime minister to find a compromise and break the deadlock on the proposal.

Belgium’s first-ever National Drug Commissioner, Ine Van Wymersch, tells Euronews that the European Union needs to crack down on encrypted messaging platforms that allow drug traffickers to coordinate their criminal operations.

The majority of illegal refillable vape capsules seized in Belgium are laced with synthetic cannabinoids, Belgium's drug commissioner warned. This risks addiction from a young age.

Disagreements within the bloc prevented a deal being struck to use the assets

Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts, set to portray the villain in the next 'Supergirl' film, has been sentenced in absentia to six months in prison, fined €4,000, and banned from driving for one year following repeated driving-offence convictions. The ruling threatens to overshadow his high-profile DC debut, raising questions about his…

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Belgium and Iceland’s broadcasters are now reviewing their position and will make a decision in the coming days, it is understood

The crisis meeting between the German chancellor and the Belgian premier is aimed at unblocking the reparations loan to Ukraine. It comes as Ursula von der Leyen offered sweeping guarantees to protect Belgium.