Tag: Brussels

23 March 2022, 8:10 AM

US President Joe Biden departs for Brussels on Wednesday for talks with European leaders about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, carrying ...

A worker walks past a pump jack on an oil field owned by Bashneft company near the village of Nikolo-Berezovka, northwest from Ufa, Bashkortostan, January 28, 2015.

EU rolls out plan to cut Russia gas dependency this year

8 March 2022, 6:38 PM

16 February 2022, 10:28 AM

The European Commission published plans on Tuesday to cut EU dependence on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and end ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa attending the AU Summit this month.

Ramaphosa to attend EU-AU Summit

by Lebo Tshangela

African leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, are expected in Brussels, Belgium to attend the sixth European Union - African Union ...

EU, US sow seeds for climate cooperation, dodge coal’s end date

15 June 2021, 6:43 AM

5 February 2021, 10:26 AM

The United States and European Union will pledge closer cooperation on fighting climate change at a summit on Tuesday, but ...

FILE PHOTO: EU Commission officials and diplomats involved met in the Europa Building’s S7 Room, a windowless chamber where delegates assembled at a round table beneath a ceiling decorated with dozens of squares in pastel colours.

Countdown to ‘catastrophe:’ Inside Europe’s fight for COVID shots

by Lebo Tshangela

In a meeting last week in the Europa building in Brussels, home of the European Union’s political leadership, diplomats for ...

Britain's Mo Farah poses next to the screen after setting a new world record in the Men's One Hour Final.

Farah returns to track in style by breaking one-hour record

5 September 2020, 5:22 PM

Britain's Mo Farah broke the world record for a one-hour run by completing a distance of 21 330 metres at ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves after a meeting with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in Luxembourg.

EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December election

by Reuters

29 October 2019, 7:07 AM

With the United Kingdom’s scheduled October 31 departure from the EU now virtually certain to be postponed, Brexit hangs in ...

Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists protest in Brussels

by Yolanda Mhlathi

12 October 2019, 8:04 PM

Extinction Rebellion activists staged a protest next to the gardens of the Royal Palace in Brussels on Saturday calling on ...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen ahead of the meeting with European Parliament President David Sassoli, at Downing Street.

British PM Johnson facing no-deal Brexit cabinet rebellion

9 October 2019, 5:39 AM

An unnamed cabinet minister cited by the newspaper said that a “very large number” of Conservative members of parliament will ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been firm that come October 31, Brexit will be done.

Final proposal: UK PM Johnson to unveil Brexit offer to EU

by Busi Magudulela

2 October 2019, 9:25 AM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that ...

The European Commission report follows pre-election warnings from Brussels to EU countries and social media giants like Facebook and Twitter to guard against possible "fake news" from Moscow.

EU says ‘Russian sources’ tried to undermine European vote

14 June 2019, 2:08 PM

The European Union said on Friday that "Russian sources" had carried out sustained disinformation efforts to suppress turnout and sway ...

After a last-minute delay to a scheduled Wednesday departure, a jet carrying the body arrived from Brussels in Kinshasa airport on Thursday evening.

Revered DR Congo opposition leader’s body arrives in Kinshasa for funeral

30 May 2019, 9:47 PM

The remains of Etienne Tshisekedi, the Democratic Republic of Congo's revered opposition leader, arrived in Kinshasa on Thursday, in an ...

Sean Hepburn Ferrer, poses in front of a picture of his mother Audrey Hepburn and an Oscar statuette awarded posthumously for her humanitarian work at the exhibition "Intimate Audrey" in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2019.

“Intimate Audrey” Hepburn exhibition opens in Brussels

3 May 2019, 3:25 PM

From personal pictures and dresses, to film props and awards; an exhibition offering an intimate look at the life of ...

Indica rice from the two countries is subject to a duty of 175 euros ($197.25) per ton in the first year, dropping to 150 euros in the second and 125 euros in the third year.

Cambodia appeals EU rice tariff at European court

11 April 2019, 4:41 PM

Cambodia on Thursday said it would take the EU to the European court after Brussels slapped the Asian country's rice ...

Brussels increasingly wary of long Brexit delay

2 April 2019, 6:30 PM

EU leaders still want to avoid the chaos of a "no deal" Brexit, but concern is rising that giving Britain ...

May's deal was defeated in parliament by 149 votes on March 12 and by 230 votes on Jan. 15.

May makes fresh push for Brexit deal with new timetable

22 March 2019, 6:10 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May huddled with her ministers on Friday as she plotted a renewed bid to convince MPs ...

Brussels Jewish museum killer sentenced to life in prison

by Celestine Hendricks

12 March 2019, 6:12 AM

The French jihadist who shot dead four people in a terrorist attack at a Jewish museum was on Tuesday sentenced ...

Alleged Brussels museum killer was ‘sadistic’ Syria jailer

7 February 2019, 4:43 PM

Two French journalists on Thursday told a terrorism trial in Brussels that they had "no doubt" the accused Jewish museum ...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May smiling

PM May tries to tweak defeated Brexit plan, refuses to rule out no-deal

22 January 2019, 6:56 AM