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

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