Okay, so Brussels itself is extremely diverse. But head to the EU quarter and any large building there sporting blue starry flags, and it’s a different story. We hear a lot about the flaws of the EU institutions these days – with Brexit (yet again) fast approaching, and the world arguably having more of an […]
Two weeks ago, a new kind of festival hit Brussels’ quaint Leopold Park. But it wasn’t the usual suspects of food, drink or music which inspired many to brave the chilly Autumn Saturday morning, but rather politics which headlined the event. Though this may sound strange to some, such politically-fuelled festivals are embedded into Nordic […]
Throughout Europe’s many bloody wars, countless cultures and languages were marginalised and lost. Celtic history is particularly full of these invasions. Whether it was Julius Cesar’s attack on Gaul, the Viking invasion of Scotland, or the invasion of the Saxons in Anglia, Celts had to endure much strife and have been driven almost extinct as […]
This article was produced, courtesy of our partnership with EU Events. European society is in constant flux – from the unstoppable forces of social media, populism and globalisation, to improved mobility making borders fade and cultures mix – there are both pros and cons. It was the “Cities4Europe” event in Brussels last week, where an […]
While the world celebrates the dawn of 2018, Turkey reaches the tentative milestone of 19 whole years as an EU candidate country. That’s almost two entire decades of waiting. The country has been an associate member of the Western EU from 1992 to its end in 2011. It also signed a Customs Union agreement with […]