Busy week ahead for EU parliament
By Martin Banks European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and political group leaders will next week visit Dublin to prepare for the upcoming Irish presidency of the Council of the EU.
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June 18, 2026 Ixelles speeds up the expansion of car sharing
By Martin Banks The Brussels municipality of Ixelles is giving a new boost to station-based car sharing, which guarantees users a dedicated parking space.
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June 18, 2026 Act of Remembrance honours war dead buried in Belgium
It isn’t for nothing that Belgium is, historically, known as the “battlefield of Europe” and a solemn and moving event this weekend highlights the shared sacrifices of the tens of thousands of war dead buried in Belgian soil.
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June 17, 2026 Going down a treat – that’s Belgian wine
By Martin Banks Belgium’s wine growing sector is blooming, says Marc Declerck, of the leading wine and restaurant guide Gault & Millau. He was speaking to this site at the launch of the fourth edition of the highly respected Gault & Millau Belgian wine guide. Awards were also presented to those Belgian wine growers who […]
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June 15, 2026 EU welcomes US-Iran peace deal
By Martin Banks The EU has warmly welcomed the agreement reached between the US and Iran.
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June 13, 2026 Awards honour women innovators in EU
By Martin Banks The European Commission revealed the winners of the 12th edition of the prize for women innovators.
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June 13, 2026 EU undertakes cyber exercise
By Martin Banks Some 5,000 experts have taken part in an EU-wide cyber exercise to test how Europe would respond to attacks on critical transport infrastructure.
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June 12, 2026 Bach…. in Brussels
By Martin Banks Brussels is set to play host to a series of much-awaited concerts dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. They start this Saturday (June 13) and continue on June 20 and 27, and July 4, at the city’s Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula. The initiative has been organised by the Ars in […]
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June 10, 2026 “Growing sense” that Europe cannot rely on the U.S. for security – survey
By Martin Banks Public support for expanding the EU eastwards is “slipping,” says a major new survey.
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June 10, 2026 CPMR welcomes EU’s ambitious new islands strategy
By Martin Banks The EU’s newly announced islands strategy has been hailed as a “welcome and historic step.”
