Category: The Brussels Times

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Climate change, pandemics, rising living costs, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are among the most important challenges facing the world today, according to a wide-ranging citizen survey covering 22 countries around the world.  The results come with world leaders gathered in New York for a key United Nations meeting. The polling revealed a high […]

Review of the Handbook of Regulatory Authorities, edited by Maggetti, di Mascio et Natilini, Edward Elgar 2022 Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) One dream of Europe has been a Europe where technocrats implement long-term policy in the general interest, avoiding abrupt shifts in rules as political majorities change, basing their legitimacy on expertise and operating under the […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) French President Emmanuel Macron visited the first wind farm in the country on Thursday. He announced plans to remove bureaucratic obstacles to renewable energy projects and stressed the importance of the green transition, according to Reuters reporting. Macron pointed out that Europe is facing an energy crunch and pledged to halve […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) EU ministers of foreign affairs agreed to impose additional sanctions against Russia and supply Ukraine with more weapons. Ministers decided to press on with more sanctions after a meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba at the annual UN meeting in New York, Reuters reported on Thursday. The move comes after […]

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The member of the European parliament Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) urged in a letter addressed to the Czech Minister of Interior, Mr. Vít Rakoušan, the Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, and the Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders to join efforts to stop funding groups that support radical Islamism and terrorism from […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, condemned Moscow’s escalation of hostilities. In a statement released on Wednesday, the EU Council noted that Borrell called on Moscow to cease hostilities immediately and withdraw its troops from Ukraine. “On 21 September, Russia chose a path of […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Greece announced plans on Wednesday to increase power bill subsidies for companies and households. Kostas Skrekas, Minister of the Environment and Energy, noted that the government will provide citizens and businesses with additional 1.1 billion euro next month, according to Reuters reporting on Wednesday. He noted that the move will cushion […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Union has been urged to shut down factory farming in order to mitigate the impacts from the current energy crisis. The demand was made on Thursday by several EU-wide animal welfare campaign organisations. A joint statement urges the EU to shut down intensive animal farming as part of an “effective […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Today marks the European Day Against Islamophobia. As we commemorate this day I ask a simple question to those that lead the institutions that are supposed to represent us all, are they content in their work (or lack thereof) to tackle this evil across our Europe? Islamophobia is often defined as “Acts of […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Anti-racism campaigners have condemned what they say is a “lack of progress” in tackling race hate in the EU. The attack coincides with the two-year anniversary of the EU “Anti-Racism Action Plan”. Rights groups say that despite the plan being implemented two years ago “racialized communities in Europe continue to suffer […]