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Don Farrell dashes to Brussels to break EU trade deal deadlock
The trade minister will ditch his holiday for two days of talks as he tries to get the Europeans to budge on their offer for Australian agricultural products.
- by Anthony Galloway
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This athlete has 12 shot put and hammer throw titles. So why was she running the hurdles?
Jolien Maliga Boumkwo stepped over each hurdle rather than jumping, as she managed to clock in a time of 32.81 seconds.
‘Forgotten holocaust’: City confronts the ghost of its brutal Builder King
Brussels is intent on confronting its colonial history as the government embarks on a world-first program to make the city more inclusive and aware of its past.
- by Rob Harris
How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination
Roman feasting, Albania’s road less travelled, Oxford’s weird and wonderful… European travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.
- by Helen Goh, Tim Elliott, Barry Divola, Fenella Souter, Jill Dupleix, Terry Durack, Ute Junker, David Leser, Ben Groundwater, Brian Johnston and Paul Connolly
Jack Fahey cycled 3000km to sign up for World War I. In Belgium, he was sent underground
Adventurer and poet Fahey was in love with wide, empty land. But as a tunneller on the Western Front, where “the individual man has not a stray dog’s chance”, he languished in darkness.
- by Tony Wright
Key suspect in ‘Qatargate’, ex-MEP, cuts deal with prosecutors
Pier Antonio Panzeri “is suspected of intervening politically with members working at the European Parliament for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco” in exchange for payment.
- by Lorne Cook
Belgium to test wastewater on planes from COVID-hit China
The new measure is “not meant to track people but to track independently what is happening in China”, health officials say.
What is moules frites? Belgium's national dish of mussels and chips shouldn't work, but it does
There's no good reason why mussels and chips should go so well together. But they do.
- by Ben Groundwater
Royal Museum of Fine Arts reopens in Antwerp, Belgium and Flemish art in Ghent, home to the most stolen artwork of all time
One of Belgium's most important art galleries, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, has finally opened its doors after being closed for renovation for 11 years.
- by Anabel Dean
Incinerators can’t keep up with ‘mountain of cocaine’ in Belgium
Officials have warned the pile-up of illicit substances, worth hundreds of millions of euros, could be stolen back by heavily armed criminal gangs.
- by Joe Barnes
Verstappen wins Belgian Grand Prix as Hamilton crashes out
Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen won the Belgian Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two after racing through the field from 14th on the starting grid.