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Brussels Airlines unveils new plane entirely paying tribute to Belgian Tintin

The Belgian national airline designed its new plane as a tribute to one of the most beloved Belgian creations in the world – Tintin – who travels in space and on the moon.

Brussels Airlines designed its new plane as a tribute to Tintin
A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025.

NATO set to launch Arctic mission amid Greenland tensions

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, May 5, 2025

Trump invites EU to Board of Peace, but European officials worried council aims to replace UN

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025.

EU leaders agree on joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, set aside plan to use Russian frozen assets


Urgent conference on religious slaughter to be held by European Commission

In a document that the participants received, obtained by the Post, the European Commission elaborated that it "is committed to ensuring freedom of religion or belief in the EU.

 EU flags are seen outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels

Belgium finalizes treaty to release Iranian terrorist

The Belgian government has argued that the treaty could secure the release of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, detained in Iran in February.

 Police officers are seen before a trial of Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi, charged in Belgium with planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France, at the court building in Antwerp, Belgium November 27, 2020.

Terrorism-linked NGO praising 'armed resistance' to march in Brussels

Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement's march of return rally in Brussels will call for the dissolution of Israel and its expulsion from the UN.

 Supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) burn a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a protest against Abbas's policies, in Gaza City April 12, 2016.

Belgian lawmakers scrap bill to ban kosher, halal slaughter in Brussels

A ban in Brussels would have had Belgium join a handful European Union states where halal and kosher slaughter of animals are totally illegal.

Members of the European Parliament buy beef at a butcher shop in Brussels, last month.

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Skirmishes reported on border

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are set to meet to continue peace talks on Sunday as tensions remain at a high between the two countries.

 An Azeri soldier and police officer talk as they stand guard at the Kalbajar district, Azerbaijan, December 21, 2020

Brussels-based imam who prayed for Allah to burn Zionists kicked out of Belgium

It was not immediately clear whether the expulsion was directly over his remarks about Zionists, which happened in 2009 and surfaced in 2019.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green

The European Commission is expected to propose rules in January deciding whether gas and nuclear projects will be included in the EU "sustainable finance taxonomy".

 A general view of the nuclear power plant, whose last unit will be shut down at the turn of the year, in Gundremmingen, Germany, December 29, 2021.

Israeli, EU parliamentarians talk two-state solution in Brussels

Sharon Weinstein: “It is especially important to gather in Brussels together with Christian parliamentarians ... to encourage them to broadcast their voice in the international arena.”

 (L-R) KCAC Assistant Director Sharon Weinstein, Israel's Head of the Mission of Israel to the EU; NATO Ambassador Nato Haim Regev; Chairman of the EU Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen; and IAF European Representative Leo Van Doesburg

US-bound passengers stranded after flight makes emergency landing

Passengers praised the crew but said they had been put up in hotels in Dublin before being flown to Paris on Saturday.

A WestJet Boeing 737-800 airplane lands at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019

Iran ready to hold direct talks with European parties to nuclear deal

In April, Iran and six world powers started negotiations to revive the agreement which former US President Donald Trump quit in 2018 and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021