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Can the EU keep up with the US on green subsidies?

The huge incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are provoking a debate in Europe with ramifications for the entire single market

Financial Times

Who benefits? Spain, Catalan separatists dispute EU ruling

The European Union's top court has issued a ruling that allows Spain to make another attempt to seek the extradition of a former Catalan separatist politician living in Brussels

The Independent UK

EU committee votes to lift immunity from two MEPs amid ‘Qatargate’ inquiry

European parliament expected to back committee and strip Marc Tarabella and Andrea Cozzolino of immunity from prosecution

The Guardian - UK

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EU urged to ‘stand up’ to UK on Troubles legacy laws

Victims’ campaigners showed a film about the killings of their loved ones to a group of MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Belgian prosecutors see no 'terror motive' in knife attack

Belgian prosecutors say three people wounded by a knife-wielding man at a major underground railway station in the capital Brussels have been discharged from the hospital and the attack isn't considered to be terrorism

The Independent UK

Watch: Thousands of Belgian public sector workers protest against staff shortages

Thousands of public sector workers protested in Brussels today, 31 January, to call for a strike over staff shortages.

The Independent UK

Belgium: family say death of Belgian-Tunisian woman in custody not suicide

Death of Sourour Abouda casts spotlight on treatment of minority ethnic citizens by Belgium’s police

The Guardian - UK

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The 60-year, 4,000-mile journey home of Lumumba’s tooth

Decades after his murder, the tooth of the former Congolese leader turned up in Belgium. This is the story of its return

Financial Times

Israel Urges NATO to Confront Iran’s Threat

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday urged the NATO military alliance to toughen its approach to Iran, as Tehran supplies drones to Russia for its war on Ukraine. "The crisis there goes beyond the boundaries of Ukraine, with the Iranian threat now at Europe's doorstep," Herzog said on a visit…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hungary will amend law to ensure EU university funding - minister

Hungary will amend legislation in March to address Brussels' concerns about government-linked politicians holding seats on university boards in order to restore European Union funding for students and teachers, a Hungarian minister said on Thursday.

Reuters

Belgium no longer wants Italy to transfer two suspects in EU scandal - sources

Belgium no longer wants Italy to hand over two women suspected of involvement in a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

New Israeli government wants to destroy two-state solution, Palestinian PM warns

FRANCE 24 spoke to the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mohammad Shtayyeh in Brussels where he unreservedly criticised the new Israeli government, claiming its goal is "annexation", and adding that "the whole settlement programme was designed to destroy the two-state solution". The prime minister also expressed "big disappointment"…

France 24

Eurostar unveils new rebrand as part of Thalys merger

Train Talk: ‘The need for mobility in Europe is stronger than ever,’ says new Eurostar CEO

The Independent UK

Türkiye Cancels Trilateral Sweden-Finland Meet after Protest

Türkiye has cancelled indefinitely a trilateral mechanism meeting with Sweden and Finland scheduled for February after a weekend protest in Stockholm that drew condemnation from Ankara, state broadcaster TRT reported on Tuesday. The meeting that was to take place in Brussels in February was postponed at Ankara's request, TRT said…

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Eurostar trains forced to run with empty seats due to Brexit passport rules

About 350 out of 900 seats normally left unsold on the first services between London, Paris and Brussels

Bangkok Post

Thai-EU deal edges closer as Jurin flies in

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit will lead Thailand's trade negotiating team to Brussels on Wednesday to rev up negotiations on a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, with the joint political will likely to be agreed upon and announced during the two-day official visit.

The Independent UK

EU and UK negotiators must be given ‘space’ to reach NI Protocol deal

Ireland’s deputy premier Micheal Martin said both sides had to overcome challenges if an agreement was to be stuck.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands Protest in Brussels Demanding Release of Belgian Aid Worker in Iran

Thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels on Sunday to protest against the detention in Iran of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges including spying. The Belgian government has said the charges are fake. "His life is in danger,…

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Thousands protest in Brussels demanding release of Belgian aid worker in Iran

France 24

Corruption, cash and confessions: Who are the key suspects in the Qatargate scandal ?

Investigations into Qatargate – the corruption scandal currently engulfing the European Parliament – took a spectacular turn this week when one of the prime suspects said Tuesday that he would cooperate with Belgian authorities. New revelations are expected to accelerate investigations and further implicate other suspects.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU to Expand Sanctions on Iran Next Week

The European Union will add 37 individual entries to its sanctions against Iran on Monday, two European diplomats told Reuters, as the bloc works on listing Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. Foreign ministers from the bloc are to agree to adopt the fourth package of sanctions on…

Reuters

Germany expects further Iran sanctions at EU foreign ministers meeting

European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree further sanctions targeting members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said on Friday.

Reuters

Russia to stay a threat even if it loses war, says top NATO officer

Russia will remain a threat to NATO even if its forces are defeated in Ukraine, a top military official in the Western alliance said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Cash for influence inquiry homes in on Brussels meeting days before World Cup

Ex-MEP allegedly called on friends to ask questions at meeting to lead Qatari minister ‘on a known path’

Wales Online

Eurostar selling tickets to Paris, Brussels and Lille from £39

Winter sale has huge offers for rail travel from London to France and Belgium

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