Editor of The Brussels Times Magazine
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From football revolutions to foreign-policy, surreal whodunnits to cemeteries, spies to wine, ultrarunners to Art Nouveau heroes, this small country contains big dramas.
Read, roam and stay curious.
From football revolutions to foreign-policy, surreal whodunnits to cemeteries, spies to wine, ultrarunners to Art Nouveau heroes, this small country contains big dramas.
Read, roam and stay curious.
Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot tells me why Belgium still has a voice on Gaza, Trump, Ukraine and the EU.
And reveals his go-to karaoke song:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1851...
Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot tells me why Belgium still has a voice on Gaza, Trump, Ukraine and the EU.
And reveals his go-to karaoke song:
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1851...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwQ...
Hugo Gye, @leocendro.bsky.social, @dannyshaw.bsky.social and Ben Witham give their verdicts on how to fix the asylum crisis: trib.al/oNRdtBZ
Hugo Gye, @leocendro.bsky.social, @dannyshaw.bsky.social and Ben Witham give their verdicts on how to fix the asylum crisis: trib.al/oNRdtBZ
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.
🇧🇪🐾 Animals – wild, domestic, mythical – have always been part of the Belgian story. For this issue, we hear them bark, purr, moo and tweet.
Cover art by @lectrr.bsky.social
🇧🇪🐾 Animals – wild, domestic, mythical – have always been part of the Belgian story. For this issue, we hear them bark, purr, moo and tweet.
Cover art by @lectrr.bsky.social
Today, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was at the Port of Antwerp, with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
Noem was introduced to one of the port's Malinois dogs.
The good news? The dog still lives.
Today, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was at the Port of Antwerp, with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
Noem was introduced to one of the port's Malinois dogs.
The good news? The dog still lives.
But did you know the man behind the Manhattan Project came to Brussels not once, but three times for the world’s most elite scientific gatherings?
(Today is also 🇧🇪 national day)
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But did you know the man behind the Manhattan Project came to Brussels not once, but three times for the world’s most elite scientific gatherings?
(Today is also 🇧🇪 national day)
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It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
Our cover story is about Belgium’s firepower.
The European Union may be a peace project, but it is now - reluctantly – rearming, with guns made in Belgium.
Cover art by @lectrr.bsky.social
Our cover story is about Belgium’s firepower.
The European Union may be a peace project, but it is now - reluctantly – rearming, with guns made in Belgium.
Cover art by @lectrr.bsky.social