投稿者: Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Japanese national Satoko Kishimoto won ward of 500,000 people 5,800 miles away with online campaigningA Japanese woman living in Belgium has been elected as mayor of a district in Tokyo after coming to prominence through her online campaigning during t…
Study finds ‘widespread’ ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions during 1945-9 war of independenceMark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, has apologised after an inquiry revealed that the Dutch state condoned the systematic use of extraju…
Gang leader Vo Van Hong sentenced by Belgian court over deaths in sealed lorry container in EssexThe Vietnamese leader of a people smuggling gang has been sentenced to 15 years in a Belgian jail over the death by suffocation of 39 men, women and childr…
Josep Borrell believes moment has come for expeditionary force but idea faces opposition from EU membersThe US withdrawal from Afghanistan will “catalyse” the EU to establish its own permanent military force, the union’s foreign policy chief has said, …
Delhi seeking geographical indication status for its basmati rice, angering IslamabadA new ingredient has been added to the boiling pot that is the relationship between India and Pakistan: basmati rice. Pakistan’s government has vowed to “vehemently” o…
Agreed shortlist of permitted countries also excludes Russia, Brazil and IndiaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMost visitors from the US are set to remain banned from entering the European Union because of the country’s risin…
Investigation centres on claims Beijing has spied on EU from Malta’s embassy in Brussels Malta’s ties to China have come under the spotlight after Belgium’s intelligence services confirmed they have been investigating suspicions that Beijing has been s…
Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensationAn Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The …
Discovery of secret memos led to two-year search for 19th-century cultural treasureForty-five years after the Netherlands promised its return, a gold-inlaid dagger surrendered by a “rebel prince” after his failed 1830 uprising against Dutch rule in Ind…
Brussels and Berlin buildings reportedly raided amid inquiry into former German diplomatA former German diplomat who worked in the EU’s institutions is under investigation along with two lobbyists on suspicion of spying for the Chinese government.Nine …