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Reuters journo, ex-De Standaard
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Currently based in Amsterdam 🇳🇱, previously in Seoul 🇰🇷, London 🇬🇧 and Brussels 🇧🇪
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Philippine's detained ex-leader Duterte loses appeal reut.rs/48EEPNt
Philippine's detained ex-leader Duterte loses appeal
The International Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the Philippines' 80-year-old former President Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained despite a defence appeal for his release on grounds of age and declining health.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal reut.rs/4rqnpeW
Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal
The assets the EU hopes to use are held by Belgian financial institution Euroclear.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Heineken says Amsterdam HQ reorganization to affect about 400 jobs reut.rs/477XwHC
Heineken says Amsterdam HQ reorganization to affect about 400 jobs
Dutch brewer Heineken's Amsterdam headquarters reorganization will affect approximately 400 jobs, Heineken said in a statement on Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Belgian ministry says US-funded contraceptives still in storage, despite reports of destruction reut.rs/4gm2swH
Belgian ministry says US-funded contraceptives still in storage, despite reports of destruction
U.S.-funded contraceptives and medicines valued at nearly $10 million remain in a Belgian warehouse despite reports of their destruction, a spokesperson for Belgium's environment ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Volkswagen liable for defeat devices, top EU court rules reut.rs/4fjIdPx
Volkswagen liable for defeat devices, top EU court rules
The European Court of Justice on Friday ruled that carmakers like Volkswagen remain liable for using unlawful defeat devices, such as temperature-sensitive emissions software, even if the vehicles met EU standards, which doesn't guarantee the technology's legality.
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August 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Belgium reconsiders FCAS role after Dassault CEO slams F-35 purchase reut.rs/456nv16
Belgium reconsiders FCAS role after Dassault CEO slams F-35 purchase
Belgium is reconsidering its role in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) following sharp criticism of the country's procurement policy from Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier, a Defence Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
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July 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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France's top court says arrest warrant for Assad is invalid, new one can be issued reut.rs/40zuC0t
France's top court says arrest warrant for Assad is invalid, new one can be issued
France's highest court ruled on Friday that an arrest warrant for former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was invalid as it was issued when he was still in office, but said a new warrant can now be issued as he is no longer a sitting head of state.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say reut.rs/4lFSQyq
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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EU, Indonesia strike political agreement to advance free trade deal reut.rs/46GEvgC
EU, Indonesia strike political agreement to advance free trade deal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that a political agreement was reached to advance the EU-Indonesia free trade deal.
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July 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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NATO's Rutte to meet with Trump in Washington next week reut.rs/469wtgc
NATO's Rutte to meet with Trump in Washington next week
NATO Chief Mark Rutte will visit Washington D.C. on Monday July 14 and Tuesday July 15 where he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, NATO said in a press release.
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July 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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EU to keep US trade countermeasures on hold until August, says von der Leyen reut.rs/4lUQI5W
EU to keep US trade countermeasures on hold until August, says von der Leyen
The EU will extend its suspension of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs until early August as it aims for a negotiated solution on trade with the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Dutch PM says announced US tariffs on EU goods are 'concerning' reut.rs/3Iq17YP
Dutch PM says announced US tariffs on EU goods are 'concerning'
The U.S. announcement it will impose a 30% tariff on EU goods from August 1st is "concerning" and not the way forward, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on social media platform X on Saturday.
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July 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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EU says it still wants US trade deal, will defend interests reut.rs/40Sy9ab
EU says it still wants US trade deal, will defend interests
The EU is ready to retaliate to safeguard its interests if the U.S. proceeds with imposing a threatened 30% tariff on European goods starting on August 1, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday.
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July 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico reut.rs/4lortc3
Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico
Goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% U.S. tariff rate starting August 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said in letters posted to his social media platform on Saturday.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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EU's von der Leyen warns of countermeasures if U.S. 30% tariffs go ahead reut.rs/3U8dlYt
EU's von der Leyen warns of countermeasures if U.S. 30% tariffs go ahead
The EU is prepared to take the necessary steps to safeguard its interests if the U.S. proceeds with imposing a 30% tariff on European goods starting Aug 1, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday.
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July 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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EU "deeply regrets" U.S. sanctions on UN expert on Palestinians, says EU spokesperson reut.rs/4m8xnyj
EU "deeply regrets" U.S. sanctions on UN expert on Palestinians, says EU spokesperson
The European Union "deeply regrets" the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, an EU spokesperson said on Friday.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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European wine may be left out of trade deal with U.S., lobby group says reut.rs/3GuJNBl
European wine may be left out of trade deal with U.S., lobby group says
European wines may not benefit from preferential treatment in any trade agreement between the EU and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the industry's main lobby group said on Friday.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Belgium to tax capital gains in major fiscal reform reut.rs/44FLSmZ
Belgium to tax capital gains in major fiscal reform
Belgium will introduce capital gains tax on financial assets, such as shares and cryptocurrencies, its finance minister said, bringing it into line with its European peers.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Hague NATO summit protest shifts focus to Iran reut.rs/45SPxPJ
Hague NATO summit protest shifts focus to Iran
An anti-NATO protest in The Hague on Sunday shifted its focus to Iran after overnight U.S. strikes hit key nuclear sites there.
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June 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Dutch launch operation Orange Shield to keep NATO summit safe reut.rs/4kKbjJT
Dutch launch operation Orange Shield to keep NATO summit safe
The Netherlands has launched operation Orange Shield to protect next week's NATO summit, deploying combat helicopters, sea patrols, over 10,000 military and police personnel, bomb squads and air defence systems.
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June 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Belgium announces border checks in migration clampdown reut.rs/4jVPJkf
Belgium announces border checks in migration clampdown
Belgium will introduce border checks on people coming into the country to clamp down on illegal migration, the government said, in another limit on free movement across Europe's Schengen zone.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Some French Tesla drivers file lawsuit over harm allegedly caused by Musk's behaviour reut.rs/3Tl2HgA
Some French Tesla drivers file lawsuit over harm allegedly caused by Musk's behaviour
A small group of Tesla owners in France is suing the carmaker run by Elon Musk, alleging its vehicles have become "far-right totems" that are harming their reputation, the law firm representing the group said on Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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LIVE: NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels

NATO defense ministers gather in Brussels to discuss how to meet US President Donald Trump’s demand for significant increases in spending, less than three weeks ahead of a key summit of the alliance in The Hague.

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June 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Germany will need thousands more troops under new NATO targets, says defence minister reut.rs/4mLIMoE
Germany will need thousands more troops under new NATO targets, says defence minister
Germany will need around 50,000 to 60,000 additional active troops under the new NATO targets, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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BREAKING: Dutch far right leader Geert Wilders said his PVV party would leave the governing coalition, toppling the right-wing government reut.rs/4mNSxCY
Dutch far-right leader Wilders quits coalition, toppling government
Dutch far right leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday his PVV party would leave the governing coalition, toppling the rightwing government.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM