Austrian authorities pursue young Croats who embrace ‘forbidden’ nationalism
Judging modern events using the moral framework of the Second World War is rather like using a Chopin nocturne to measure the speed of light.
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EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance
The EU’s controversial Chat Control Law is back on the spotlight.
Belgian soldiers to hide faces from AI on national parade
Belgian soldiers must hide their faces at the military parade during the country's national holiday over concerns about artificial intelligence and advanced video…
Brussels antique dealer raided over alleged money laundering tied to Reynders
The Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office has confirmed that a Brussels antique dealer's premises were raided over suspected money laundering in connection to former…
France: stagnation or worse
France, once the steady top performer of the eurozone, has fallen behind.
DPG media, after cheap EU loan, gives €35 million to shareholders
Epifin, the holding company which controls DPG Media, has decided to distribute a €35 million dividend.
Belgian finance agency warns debt to reach 120% of GDP
Belgium’s public finances have veered further off track, with official projections now pointing to a national debt load of 120 per cent of GDP by 2030 – a level…
Europe, are half the voters now fascist? England’s metropolitan Left thinks so
The British playwright David Hare writing in the usually conservative magazine The Spectator last week presented a sixteen-point checklist for fascism.
Want to become a Brussels Signal foreign correspondent? We’re hiring!
Remedia Europe is hiring reporters with strong on-the-ground knowledge of their country or region to contribute to Brussels Signal, our fast-growing, Brussels-based…
Brussels officially declares itself an ‘anti-fascist city’
Brussels municipal council has unanimously approved a motion declaring the Belgian capital an “anti-fascist city".
Belgian State media ‘fears humanising critically ill Vlaams Belang politician’
State media outlets in Belgium have expressed concern that reporting on the serious health condition of a Vlaams Belang politician may contribute to the “humanisation…
Belgian judges protest by sending 4,000 criminals to jail
Angered by government plans to cut their pensions, Belgian magistrates will send 4,000 people who received short jail sentences to prison.
EU chiefs use controversial Signal app but will not reveal what is said
European top officials use the Signal app to send messages to each other, the European Union diplomatic service has admitted.
Major Belgian public transport firms leave X as it is ‘not in line with our values’
Belgium's major public transportation companies have all announced they were leaving social media giant X.
What happened when police questioned me for an alleged speech crime
A recent article by Carl Deconinck in Brussels Signal found French President Emmanuel Macron ordering the surveillance of libertarians, those of us sometimes called…
US sees Europe caught in inertia and bureaucracy, obsolete and utterly stunned
JD Vance’s speech in Munich, universally condemned by those accustomed to the bureaucratic doublespeak of the Biden administration, is ultimately just the latest…
Belgian former NATO chief accuses US of ‘high treason’
Willy Claes, a Belgian politician who served as the eighth Secretary General of NATO, has expressed outrage about what he called the end of US solidarity with Europe.
Brussels city swaps ‘patriarchal’ monument for ‘feminist’ construction waste piece
Brussels has ruffled feathers with its decision to replace the stately neoclassic monument “De Rijpheid” (The Maturity) in the city with a modern feminist work…
Migration ‘sole factor behind Belgium’s population growth’ by 2038
Belgium's population is expected to grow by 1.
Feminism, a triumph of biological illogic over reproductive realities
Those poor, deluded German CDU demonstrators who last week denounced their party – with their winsome SHAME ON YOU placards - for agreeing to AfD demands to cut…
Committee says Qatargate investigations ‘all above board’
A Belgian intelligence board has stated that the methods of information gathering used by the Belgian intelligence and security agency (VSSE) in the context of the…
Now is the ‘best time’ to negotiate independence from Denmark says Greenlandic MP
“This is the best time to push for independence from the pressure of the United States,” declared pro-independence Greenlandic MP Kuno Fencker.
For the EU elite, a lesson in how an American succeeds, no credentials needed
Anyone who still doubts that Donald Trump has a wicked sense of humour need only consider his chosen ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder, recent CEO of the Hardee’s…
Belgian TV channel delays Trump speech to check for ‘hate’ and ‘racism’
Belgian news channel RTBF refused to broadcast the inauguration speech of US President Donald Trump live, having claimed he spread a "racist, far-right, xenophobic"…
Qatargate: Former MEP Arena charged with ‘criminal organisation’ membership
Belgian authorities have indicted former MEP Marie Arena for alleged membership of a criminal organisation following a two-year investigation into "Qatargate".
Swiss Attorney General warns of spiralling crime ‘like in Belgium or Sweden’
Swiss Federal Prosecutor Stefan Blättler has called for decisive action against gang crime in his country, citing what he called conditions in Belgium and Sweden,…
Record job losses for Belgium in 2024
A record 27,187 people lost their job in Belgium in 2024: the highest number of redundancies in a year ever.
Georgia is Russia’s legit area-of-interest: what is the EU trying to do there?
Perhaps fully 98 per cent of the population of the EU is unaware that the plan to admit the former Soviet state of Georgia into the union is proceeding, just as…
Reynders subject of second report about alleged money laundering
Didier Reynders, who was European Commissioner of Justice under EC President Ursula von der Leyen until recently, is the subject of more allegations of money laundering,…
Belgian lottery reacts to ‘highly unusual’ former justice commissioner Reynders’ case
In response to the investigation of potential money laundering via high-returning scratch cards against former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders,…