The Latest Breaking News from Brussels

Armenia says Pashinyan-Aliyev talks cancelled

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had been due to meet in Brussels.

Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2023

Robert Fico formally appointed as Slovakia’s prime minister – as it happened

Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Čaputová, officially announces the leader of the populist Smer party as PM

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Montenegro’s president urges EU to grant country membership

In an interview with the Guardian, Jacov Milatović says Brussels has an opportunity to renew its commitment to enlargement

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Swedish and Belgian PMs lay wreaths for Brussels terror victims

Questions raised about how attacker slipped through net to kill two football fans heading to Euro 2024 qualifier

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Deadly attack in Belgium ignites fierce debate on failures of deportation policy

The suspected attacker who killed two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels this week before he was shot dead by police resided in Belgium illegally and had been ordered to leave Belgium years ago

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

Europe and the US should work with China. Joint climate action could be a win-win

From deals on electric cars to solar panels, all sides could benefit from the global green energy transition, says Simone Tagliapietra of the Brussels-based thinktank Bruegel

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Italy's far-right Premier Meloni defies fears of harming democracy and clashing with the EU

When Giorgia Meloni took office a year ago as the first far-right premier in Italy’s post-war history, many in Europe worried about the prospect of the country’s democratic backsliding and resistance to European Union rules

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

EU leaders vow unified effort to mitigate humanitarian crisis in Gaza

After week of mixed messages in Brussels, Charles Michel stresses need for ‘clear unified course of action’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Train accidentally takes EU politicians to Disneyland because of signalling error

Train chartered once a month to take European officials between Brussels and Strasbourg

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Killing of two Swedish football fans in Brussels ‘probably lone wolf’ attack

Sweden and Italy called for tighter security at Europe’s borders after shooting by man identified in reports as Abdesalem Lassoued

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023