Belgium

‘We’re not going to change the world’: Inside a Brussels campus pro-Gaza occupation

Students organise yoga classes, set up study rooms and stockpile toilet paper in pro-Palestine campus occupation

Belgian brewery worker acquitted of drunk driving because his body creates alcohol

Three doctors confirm man has auto-brewery syndrome, a condition in which sufferers generally feel less of the effects of alcohol

Rowing back on climate actions ‘worst thing for this country to do’, says Eamon Ryan

Leaked European Council draft document on bloc’s five-year strategic agenda condemned by green groups

Belgian prosecution opened into suspected Russian payments to influence MEPs

Investigators examining suspected payment of European politicians by Russian operatives

Ireland one of six EU countries willing to recognise Palestinian state

Idea has gathered momentum since Tánaiste hosted dinner of like-minded foreign affairs ministers in Brussels last month

One of largest migrant smuggling network in Europe dismantled, 19 arrested, says Europol

Leader and four main organisers among detained following large-scale operation involving German, French and Belgian police

‘The Irish sense of humour makes communications a lot easier’

New to the Parish: Aarthi Kumar came to Dublin in 2021

How do you raise Irish children abroad? Bringing ‘the púca and children who were turned into swans’ to Belgium

Elaine McGoldrick writes how nursing in Ireland drove her to Scotland; and amid rainy summer days Laura Kennedy observes how Australians are tougher than the Irish

French farmers block highways to step up pressure on government

Protests follow similar actions in other EU countries ahead of European Parliament elections

Raising Irish children abroad: ‘They made me re-evaluate my own attitude to Ireland’

Reading stories made my children curious about their Irish heritage, about which they knew little

How Belgium turned around gender inequality in politics

One of the earliest countries to introduce quotas finally achieved gender balance in its current government cabinet

The Brussels Gaeltacht: ‘There’s nothing strange about speaking Irish here’

Boosted by a young generation and a hiring drive by the EU institutions, Irish-language life is thriving in the European capital

A snapshot of house prices in five cities around the world and how they compare to Ireland

Tight supply and a shortage of affordable housing are common themes despite recent cooling of prices in several markets

Best of five: A glimpse at rental prices in cities around the world

Five Irish Times foreign correspondents looked at rental prices and issues in their city, to get a snapshot of whether the rental crisis in Dublin is also experienced in other parts of the world

‘It’s more subversive to show tenderness between men than the hard sex or brutal sex we often see’

Zeno Graton’s new film, The Lost Boys, stars Julien De Saint Jean and Khalil Ben Gharbia as young men who meet in a youth detention centre

Israel in diplomatic dispute with Spain and Belgium over Gaza bombardment

Comments from leaders Pedro Sánchez and Alexander De Croo at Rafah condemned by foreign minister Eli Cohen

No, Ireland is not actually an outlier in the EU on Palestine

The perception that Ireland is far out of step with the EU as a whole is due to the influence that four countries have on shaping its policy towards the conflict

25th anniversary of Island of Ireland Peace Park to be marked with ceremony in Belgium

Peace Park, which remembers Irishmen who died in first World War, was made a UNESCO world heritage site last month

An Irish Diary: Ieper, a 100-year-old medieval city

Belgian city, also known as Ypres, was almost completely flattened during first World War

Brussels gunman who killed two Swedes shot dead by police

Attack prompts Swedish PM to call for increased security and stricter border controls across Europe

Belgium raises terror alert to highest level as two Swedes shot dead in Brussels

Euro 2024 qualifier between Sweden and Belgium abandoned after ‘harrowing’ attack linked to terrorism in city

Profits at waste processing firm Indaver surge to €32.8m

Belgian-owned company says profits rose due to an increase in electricity prices

Brussels statue allegedly damaged by young Irishman during night-time climb

Incident occurred just a day after celebration to mark €90m restoration of historic building in Belgian capital

Guns and grenades betray Antwerp’s struggles with rising cocaine trade

The Belgian port grew rich trading salt and sugar. ‘Now, we’re dealing with another white powder’, says city official

Holiday in Belgium, says Tui boss, after scorching summer

Travel group expects increased demand for holidays in northern Europe and during cooler months

Six men found guilty of murder over 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32

Bombers from Belgo-French cell of the Islamic State terrorist group injured more than 300 during attacks

David McWilliams: It’s a tragedy that so many people leave school hating maths

The recent furore over the Leaving Cert maths exam is a shame, but there is a way to instil a love of the subject in our young students

Interpol revives separate murder investigations of 22 women

Dutch, German and Belgian police publish confidential details in effort to solve crimes spanning 50-year period

European countries vow to create vast wind energy hub

Offshore wind farms connected by ‘islands’ could quadruple wind energy generation

Ireland joins European project to scale up offshore wind energy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says investment in wind will bring about profits of ‘tens of billions’

‘My father swapped my British passport for an Irish one’

Growing up in the Netherlands with a French mother and an Irish father who worked for the European Space Agency, Damian O’Sullivan was a true European

Ireland has a chance to learn from other countries on assisted dying

Breda O’Brien: Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are troubling indicators of what could happen in Ireland

Former minister for justice repeats call for investigation into gender service

Charlie Flanagan says internal HSE review of youth service ‘wholly inadequate’ and independent investigation is required

‘Attention! Your SUV kills’: Guerilla climate activists target cars overnight in Brussels

Tyre Extinguishers group, which is active in Ireland, aims to make SUV ownership ‘impossible’ in urban areas

I’m rebranding myself by adding a fada to my name. Whether it sticks or not remains to be seen

Lots of my contemporaries in Tyrone had Irish names but there wasn’t a fada among us. It just wasn’t a thing

Belgium promises to increase deportations as asylum seeker homelessness hits crisis point

Up to 3,000 people who claimed asylum have been sleeping rough due to a lack of beds

The lessons Ireland missed about resisting the far-right

Europe Letter: Current anti-immigration protests in Ireland are the late arrival of tactics long honed elsewhere

Germany, Sweden and Belgium impose restrictions on passengers from China

Several other countries, including Poland and Bulgaria, say they have no plans to impose testing rules

Ken Early: Everton tactic of ultradefence outdated and just plain dumb

Lampard’s old school management techniques did little to stave off loss to Liverpool

Keith Duggan: Forget Euro 2028, Irish soccer’s awakening has begun

Domestic league is on the up and national team is selling out the Aviva for friendlies

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