Sources: BBC
Negotiations on the accession of North Macedonia and Albania to the European Union begin in Brussels. 2022-07-19
The European Union provides Fiji with a US$23.4 million budget to help the Pacific country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This move comes after Fiji closed its embassy in Brussels amid a closure of several Fijian embassies around the world. 2020-08-7
Belgian Minister of Transportation Jacqueline Galant resigns in the wake of the recent bombings that shook Brussels last March. Galant resigned amid accusations her ministry ignored EU criticism of security at Belgium's airports. 2016-04-15
The European Union and Turkey agree on broad principles for a plan to ease the migration crisis which includes returning thousands of migrants to Turkey. For this, the EU will swiftly ease visa requirements for Turks and speed up Ankara's EU accession talks. A final agreement is to be ready for next week's two-day EU summit in Brussels, Belgium. 2016-03-8
Today's European Union summit with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Brussels, Belgium, will discuss ways to stanch the flow of European-bound migrants. 2016-03-7
European Union ministers, in light of the attacks in Paris last week, gather in Brussels for an emergency security summit on the need to strengthen border checks on travelers. 2015-11-20
European Union ministers meet in Brussels and reach agreement on a plan to distribute asylum seekers. 2015-09-22
New York City police question International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrested yesterday, over allegations that he sexually attacked a hotel maid near Times Square. Strauss-Kahn's schedule is threatened with interruption, with a meeting over the bailouts of Portugal and Greece with European Union finance ministers due in Brussels tomorrow. 2011-05-15
EU envoys in the Middle East are urging Brussels to treat East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state. 2011-01-10
Foreign ministers from the European Union meet in Brussels and "strongly condemn" the use of forged passports from various European countries in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. 2010-02-22