Month: September 2025

The Brussels official in charge of liaising with the European institutions says expats should not fear violent crime in the Belgian capital, insisting it is confined to the city’s “rotten” areas. Brussels is in the grip of a drug war between organised crime gangs and has already seen nearly 60 shootings this year, including 20 […]

The German government is hoping to buy out North Sea shrimp fishermen to make way for offshore wind turbines, but far-right politicians say culturally significant practices are being lost along the way. German shrimp fisheries, operating at scale since the late 1800s, are on the decline. Their paltry 7,500 tonnes North Sea prawn catch of […]