Brussels: new home of top tennis event
By Martin Banks The European tennis Open – being held in Brussels for the first time – reaches an exciting climax this weekend.
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October 11, 2025 Brussels unaware of move to stop organic farm funds
The European Commission appears to have been unaware of the Greek Agriculture Ministry’s decision to pull the plug on the 2024 subsidy program for organic farming. Sources in Brussels, in fact, told Kathimerini that officials learned about it from the Greek press, saying they should have been officially informed.
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August 21, 2025 World champions set to converge on Brussels
By Martin Banks World champions from the world of athletics will descend on Brussels later this week.
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July 28, 2025 ‘Best we could get’: Brussels defends EU-US trade deal amid mounting criticism
“This is clearly the best deal we could get under very difficult circumstances,” said Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commissioner for Trade.
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July 2, 2025 Calling all fans of organ music.
By Martin Banks This summer, every Tuesday evening at 8 p.m., from July 29 to August 26, the “Ars in Cathedrali” Festival celebrates the 25th anniversary of the great Grenzing organ of the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula in Brussels.
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May 14, 2025 Serbian students participating in ultramarathon arrive in Brussels
A group of 21 students who started an almost 2,000 kilometre ultramarathon from Novi Sad in Serbia on Friday have arrived at their final destination – Brussels.
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May 13, 2025 Bach and baroque come to Brussels
By Martin Banks For the second consecutive year, the association Ars in Cathedrali is offering a series of four organ concerts dedicated exclusively to Johann Sebastian Bach.
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May 10, 2025 Merz in Brussels: 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine possible within days, decision lies with Moscow
Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposed by US mediators in Saudi Arabia in March, but so far Russia has refused to sign, instead presenting counter demands.
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May 3, 2025 Brussels sticks to €650bn defence spending estimate despite slow uptake of offered fiscal leeway
The €650 billion estimate it put forward in March, the Commission’s spokesperson said on Friday, “is a ballpark figure, it’s based on a set of assumptions”.
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April 23, 2025 Spring art comes to Brussels
By Martin Banks Imagined landscapes and dreamlike maps, heart warming painting, detours into design and architecture… it’s hard to know where to look this spring.
