Belgium says will probe suspected Russian interference in European polls | Politics News

Belgium says will probe suspected Russian interference in European polls | Politics News

Belgian intelligence claims Russia has been paying members of European Parliament to expand its influence network. Prosecutors in Belgium are investigating suspected Russian interference in upcoming European Parliament elections with the goal of affecting Ukraine policy, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has said. Belgian intelligence has confirmed the existence of…

European Parliament passes asylum and migration reforms | European Union News

European Parliament passes asylum and migration reforms | European Union News

Non-governmental organisations (NGO) have criticised the package for undermining human rights. The European Parliament has approved a landmark overhaul of the European Union’s asylum and migration rules. The parliament’s main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact – a sweeping…

Angry farmers block Brussels to protest EU policies, cheap Ukraine imports | Protests News

Angry farmers block Brussels to protest EU policies, cheap Ukraine imports | Protests News

Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc. The farmers on Tuesday protested…

Flag of NATO’s 32nd member, Sweden, raised at alliance’s headquarters | News

Flag of NATO’s 32nd member, Sweden, raised at alliance’s headquarters | News

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson preside over flag-raising ceremony in Brussels. Sweden’s flag has been raised at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, marking the country’s entry into the military alliance two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary-General…

Photos: Farmers clash with police near the European Union headquarters | Agriculture News

Photos: Farmers clash with police near the European Union headquarters | Agriculture News

Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns. Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city of…

Which countries have stopped supplying arms to Israel? | Israel War on Gaza News

Which countries have stopped supplying arms to Israel? | Israel War on Gaza News

EXPLAINER As civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, global calls for countries to halt arms sales to Israel grow. The United States Senate has approved a bill committing $14bn to support Israel’s war on Gaza this week. Even before the start of the war last October, the US firmly…

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Roman Abramovich loses legal attempt to overturn EU sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

The EU imposed punishment on the oligarch in 2022 as part of measures targeting Russia and Putin’s close allies. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has lost a legal challenge aimed at overturning European Union sanctions imposed on him in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich had filed a lawsuit at the EU’s general…

Ireland’s prime minister urges EU leaders to call for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Ireland’s prime minister urges EU leaders to call for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says there is ‘some truth’ to accusations that EU employs a double-standard on Gaza. A growing number of countries in the European Union have expressed support for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war as Israel’s assault on Gaza plunges the Palestinian territory into a…

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO’s chief urges allies to continue supporting Ukraine amid funding hold-ups in the US and Europe. Foreign ministers of NATO countries have assembled in Brussels for security talks as Russia presses ahead in its war against Ukraine and Israel enters the fifth day of a fragile truce with Palestinian group…

Bitcoin and Ether Are Not Securities, Says Belgium’s Financial Regulatory Agency FSMA

Bitcoin and Ether Are Not Securities, Says Belgium’s Financial Regulatory Agency FSMA

Belgium’s financial regulator, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), has clarified its position on the status of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, stating that crypto assets without an issuer are issued solely by computer code, do not constitute securities. The Belgian government’s position is that cryptocurrencies are more similar…