Freedom of expression and the protection of journalists are among the fundamental principles in the EU but when they are ...

Belgium’s gravity-defying boat lifts reach new heights The Strépy-Thieu boat lift is the heavyweight champion of waterway engineering: a mechanical colossus that hoists ships skyward like a magician ...

To address this, The Brussels Times invites you to the roundtable discussion from the European Parliament “How the EU can enhance civic engagement and political participation” at 3.30pm on March 27.

Brussels spent €7.8 billion in 2024, against revenues of just €6.3 billion. At the current spending rate, the debt is projected to reach €16 billion by the end of 2025, with a debt-to-revenue ratio of ...

A turning point in Europe’s digital path Timed just ahead of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU (starting 1 July 2025) and at the conclusion of the Polish Presidency, the forum reflects ...

We see more and more battery-powered electric cars on our motorways. Of newly registered vehicles, more than 17,000 were purely electric in the first half of this year. That is no less than 8.8 ...

Promoted Don’t ignore the people: The WHO and the EU must listen to consumers on tobacco harm reduction By Alberto Gomez Hernandez, Policy Manager at the World Vapers' Alliance. An Economics graduate ...

The Brussels Times offers a complete guide on accessing mental health facilities in the capital, even without speaking French or Dutch.

However, ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy in the process, up to 25 times more than a Google search. Additionally, a lot of water is also used in cooling for the servers that run all that software. Per ...

Beer and cheese have a shared history. Born out of necessity, offering a safe drinking option and sustenance from agriculture, they have evolved in Belgium under the careful stewardship of monasteries ...

The year is 1897 or 1898. Imagine, briskly stepping off a steamer that has just crossed the English Channel, a forceful, burly man in his mid-20s, with a handlebar moustache. With an ailing mother and ...

The church also played a role as the evangelical White Fathers moved to covert Rwandans to Christianity. From the 1930s, it began opening its doors to the ‘little people’, mostly Hutus. While the ...