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Passengers on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak started to leave the vessel Sunday morning at the Spanish island of Tenerife, authorities said. The passengers were …

France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands will send planes to repatriate their citizens on the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, Spain said on Saturday. The European …

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music We’re talking identity this week on EU Confidential — in more ways than one. First, host Sarah Wheaton sits down with Theresa Kuhn, …

Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever has pushed back forcefully against criticism from U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White, who accused the country of being antisemitic. White had reacted strongly …

BRUSSELS — The EU must protect strategic industries such as chemicals and pharmaceuticals from Chinese oversupply — even if that means exposing the bloc to retaliation in the short term, …

Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Belgium are under renewed pressure after Donald Trump’s envoy lashed out over plans to prosecute two Jewish men who perform ritual circumcisions. “This is …

BRUSSELS — European governments worry Vladimir Putin will see this as his moment to strike. Defense officials and lawmakers fear the Kremlin will consider the next year or two, while …

Belgium’s federal government on Thursday approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028. Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke framed the …

BRUSSELS — Belgium is seeking to nationalize its nuclear power industry, Prime Minister Bart De Wever announced Thursday, in a bid to keep running parts of its aging reactor fleet …

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Not for the first time, the ghost haunting the EU summit was Donald Trump. While the two-day gathering in Cyprus was formally focused on the bloc’s security, …