False Bomb Threats Halt Brussels Metro Lines 1 and 5; Service Restored

The announcement on Wednesday detailed the Ministry of Defence’s decision to cut several naval assets in a cost-saving effort, including two amphibious assault ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. Additionally, logistics vessels RFA Wave Knight, RFA Wave Ruler, and the frigate HMS Northumberland, which is currently undergoing a refit due to significant structural damage, will also be decommiss

Dendermonde (Eurotoday): Empro, located in Dendermonde’s Hooveld industrial estate, is renovating to address odor complaints. Spokesperson Leen De Jonghe anticipates permit approval for the spring 2025 construction of a new purification building.
Empro, a company in the Hooveld industrial estate in Dendermonde, has faced complaints from residents for years due to unpleasant odors. These smells h

Brussels/Bratislava – The EU will await the initial actions of the new US administration regarding trade policy before taking any steps. This was emphasized by Vladimír Šimoňák, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, following the EU Foreign Affairs Council’s trade segment meeting on Thursday, as reported by TASR.
Šimoňák pointed out that the EU is engaged in ong

The U.S. has been joined by Italy in officially recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the country’s president-elect. This move comes in response to the widely contested July presidential election in Venezuela, which saw current leader Nicolás Maduro claim victory. The disputed election sparked mass protests and a violent government crackdown. Maduro, however, continues to re

Brussels (Eurotoday) – The European Central Bank is demanding urgent action on creating a digital euro, cautioning that the slow progress of a legislative process could leave Europe behind in the race to devise central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
ECB’s digital euro project director, Evelien Witlox, urged faster progress as major players such as the UK and China are actively debating their d

Skopje – Today, Ljupco Kocevski, the Public Prosecutor of North Macedonia, held a meeting with Michalis Rokas, the head of the EU Delegation in Skopje. During their discussion, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that Kocevski provided updates on the proactive measures being taken to address the recommendations outlined in the latest European Commission Progress Report and the forthcom

Eastern European NATO members, including Latvia and Estonia, remain on edge as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold. Meanwhile, Finland, which shares a border with Russia, recently sounded the alarm over the potential sabotage of critical infrastructure, emphasizing vulnerabilities in undersea cables, as noted by its defense minister. Under NATO’s collective defense principl

Baku (Eurotoday) – The EU’s climate envoy condemned a new draft deal that will form the basis of any agreement advanced at United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan as “unworkable”.

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On Thursday, November 21, a delegation of 12 journalists from seven sub-Saharan African countries visited the European Newsroom (ENR) at the Belga News Agency’s offices in Brussels.
The group included media professionals from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo, Senegal, and Niger, representing various media outlets across print, radio, and television.
During the visit, participants

Lithuania’s parliament has approved Gintautas Paluckas, deputy leader of the victorious Social Democrats (LSDP), as the country’s next prime minister.
Paluckas, who previously served as the leader of the LSDP, was widely expected to take the role after the party’s current leader, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, opted to remain in the European Parliament rather than assume the position of prime minister.