EU official demands more action on gender inequality
By Martin Banks Belgium’s EU commissioner Hadja Lahbib has called for more to be done to close the gender gap.
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March 11, 2026 German lawyer to head fight against EU fraud
By Martin Banks Andrés Ritter (pictured) has been named at the new head of a body that spearheads the fight against EU fraud.
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March 11, 2026 Blooming marvellous – that’s Brussels’ Floralia festival
By Martin Banks It’s back: a glorious floral adventure in the private park of a Belgian castle.
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March 10, 2026 The Greens party believes that their electoral victory in a key German state signals a growing “European momentum”.
By Martin Banks The assertion comes after the German Greens have won the key election in industrial Baden‑Württemberg, Germany’s third most populous state, beating the CDU party of Chancellor Merz.
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March 10, 2026 Europe shouldn’t fear trade war with China, EU agency says
The European Union Institute for Security Studies has said the bloc should adopt an “escalate to de-escalate” strategy toward China, recommending faster deployment of the bloc’s so-called “trade bazooka”.
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March 9, 2026 European Union thanks Gulf states for repatriating EU citizens from war zone
By Martin Banks The EU has joined some Gulf states in condemning what they call “unacceptable attacks” on countries in the region.
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March 6, 2026 Exposure to global price swings has “increased sharply” – report
By Martin Banks The EU is falling behind its key competitors in Research and Development (R&D), a new report claims.
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March 6, 2026 The story of how one brave Belgian survived horrors of WW2 forced labour
By Martin Banks A new e-book tells the harrowing story of what is, arguably, one of the lesser known stories of WW2. ‘Survival, Memoir of a Forced Labourer in the Third Reich’, by Belgian author George Beeston, tells the moving story of the cruel deportation of Belgians to Germany to serve as labourers. Compulsory deportation […]
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March 4, 2026 EU and UK urged to step up “re-set” efforts
By Martin Banks MEPs from across the political divide have called for the proclaimed EU–UK “reset” to be “decisively accelerated”.
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March 4, 2026 New chocolate trail will “go down a treat”
By Martin Banks It is a brand-new concept in Brussels ….and one that promises to “go down a treat” with chocolate lovers.
