EU Commission greenlights €2.04bn Belgian State aid for offshore wind project
The EU Commission has approved a €2.04 billion Belgian State aid scheme for an offshore wind farm in the North…
EU Commission allocates €390 million to 135 LIFE environment and climate projects
The EU Commission has selected 135 projects for more than €390 million in LIFE funding, supporting a total investment of…
Europol sets up new taskforce as cannabis smuggling into Europe rises sharply
Europol has established a taskforce to tackle rising cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand, driven by oversupply in legal…
Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia and Cyprus receive more than €9.8bn under NextGenEU
The EU Commission has disbursed more than €9.8 billion to Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia and Cyprus under the Recovery and…
Five sentenced in UK over Vietnamese migrant smuggling and €1.8m laundering network
Five people have been convicted in the United Kingdom (UK) for running a smuggling network transporting Vietnamese migrants into the…
EIB lends €1bn to Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth energy island
The EIB has granted Elia Transmission Belgium a €1bn green credit facility for the second phase of the Princess Elisabeth…
EU Commission finds Flemish nature funding falls outside State aid rules
The EU Commission has concluded that public funding granted to three Flemish land management associations between 2003 and 2017 does…
EU Commissioner Lahbib to discuss wildfire response in Belgium and Germany
As the EU continues to mobilise firefighting support across Europe during an intense wildfire season, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib, will be…
EU Commission disburses €1.86bn to four Member States as Denmark completes RRF plan
Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark and Slovenia receive new recovery payments after meeting agreed reform and investment targets. Denmark becomes the first…
Nearly half a tonne of cocaine seized in sea operation co-led by Frontex
Nearly half a tonne of cocaine, dropped in open water for smaller boats to scoop up before it reached European shores, was seized…
Belgium: EU Commission greenlights fifth RRF payment request for €225m
On Monday, the EU Commission positively assessed Belgium's fifth payment request for €225 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.…
Europol targets ‘The Com’ as nihilistic extremist network draws minors into violence and abuse
Europol and investigators from nine countries referred more than 4,300 URLs linked to “The Com”, a shadowy online ecosystem that…
EU Commission clears major RRF payment requests from Spain, Portugal and Belgium
The EU Commission greenlit substantial payment requests from Spain, Portugal and Belgium under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) of the NextGenerationEU program. Together, the three…
EU Commission turns 2026 Semester into roadmap for EU resilience, skills and fiscal discipline
The European Commission’s 2026 European Semester Spring Package sets out country-specific guidance to strengthen EU competitiveness, strategic autonomy and social…
Eurojust supports crackdown on criminal groups selling stolen gold and jewellery
International cooperation was key to locating and arresting 19 members of several criminal groups active in France and Belgium involved…
Europol and partners track down 45 forcibly transferred Ukrainian children
Europol together with the Netherlands hosted a Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) hackathon to identify and trace children forcibly transferred or deported…
Europol supports global operation targeting over 75,000 users engaged in DDoS attacks
21 countries joined forces in a coordinated action week that focused on enforcement and prevention measures against over 75 000…
EU Court: border-procedure detention centres need not be at the EU border
The Court of Justice has ruled that Member States may detain asylum applicants in facilities located within their territory—not necessarily…
Eurojust: Authorities target criminal network smuggling migrants from Vietnam
A transnational criminal network that allegedly smuggled over 1,000 migrants from Vietnam into the United Kingdom has been taken down…
Small boats chain disrupted: 21 arrested for supplying equipment to Channel smugglers
A joint investigation conducted under the framework of a Europol task force resulted in a significant disruption of the migrant…
Europol targets terrorist audio propaganda in record takedown operation
Europol coordinated its largest-ever Referral Action Day, flagging 17,298 URLs with over 1,100 hours of terrorist audio content across 40…
Belgium: EU Commission clears €260m state aid for CSS project by BASF and Air Liquide
The EU Commission has approved a €260 million Belgian measure in favour of Air Liquide Large Industry NV and BASF…
Major data leak forum dismantled in global Europol action against cybercrime
A major online forum for stolen data has been dismantled in an international operation coordinated by Europol. Known as LeakBase,…
Los Lobos cartel: Europol supports takedown of cocaine trafficking network
Europol supported law enforcement authorities from Belgium, Ecuador, and the Netherlands in dismantling a large-scale international drug trafficking network linked…
IMF urges deeper fiscal consolidation as Belgium faces structural headwinds
In its 2026 Article IV consultation, the IMF finds Belgium’s economy resilient but constrained by large structural deficits, rising public…
Europol coordinates hit against pharma crime networks: 3,354 individuals prosecuted
Europol coordinated a global effort targeting the trafficking of counterfeit and misused medicines, as well as illicit doping substances and…
SAFE: EU Council clears financial support to eight member states and Canada agreement
The EU Council today adopted a set of implementing decisions making financial assistance under SAFE available to eight EU member…
EU Council appoints new EPPO prosecutors for Belgium and Czechia
The Council today appointed two new prosecutors to the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): Jennifer Vanderputten for Belgium and Pavel…
Drug trafficking network supplying cocaine to Iceland dismantled
A criminal network involved in cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe has been dismantled following a coordinated investigation by…
Belgium has increased its climate and energy ambition towards 2030
The EU Commission published its assessment of the final updated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of Belgium. It includes…
24 industrial-scale labs dismantled in the largest-ever operation against synthetic drugs
A large-scale law enforcement action, conducted within the Europol-coordinated operation "Fabryka", led to the dismantling of a criminal network operating…
EDA hosts shipbuilders and signatory countries for new family of warships
The European Defence Agency (EDA) hosted Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and shipbuilders on 15 January 2026…
EU Commission approves first wave of SAFE defence funding for eight Member States
The European Commission has endorsed the National Defence Investment Plans of eight Member States under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE)…
EU Commission approves €61 million Belgian rescue aid for Lineas Group
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Belgian €61 million rescue loan to rail freight operator Lineas…
IMF urges Belgium to accelerate fiscal consolidation amid rising debt
The IMF says Belgium’s economy has remained resilient but is increasingly constrained by large structural deficits, rising public debt and…
Chancellor Merz meets Belgium’s PM De Wever and EU Commission President von der Leyen
On Friday evening, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and the President of the…
Eurojust: Paris court sentences seven migrant smugglers to 3–15 years in prison
The Paris Tribunal has sentenced seven migrant smugglers to prison sentences ranging from 3 to 15 years, along with fines…
EU-wide crackdown dismantles €600 million cryptocurrency scam network
In a major cross-border operation coordinated by Eurojust, authorities from France, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany and Spain arrested nine suspects linked…
Eurojust helps France and Cyprus dismantle an illegal €1 billion online casino ring
Two individuals have been charged and remanded in custody in France for allegedly running an illegal online casino network worth…
Gang behind theft of over 100 luxury cars across Europe arrested
With the assistance of Eurojust and Europol, authorities in Italy, Spain and Belgium have arrested nine members of a gang…
Recovery and Resilience: EU Commission disburses €3bn to Austria, Croatia, and Belgium
The EU Commission has disbursed a total of €3.07 billion to three Member States – Austria, Croatia, and Belgium -…
Disclosure of insider information by a politician: Opinion of the EU Advocate General
Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona has proposed that the disclosure of inside information by a politician, intended to spark debate on…
Eurojust coordinates arrest of Prato fugitive in Barcelona
After slipping his handcuffs and fleeing a police station in Prato in early July, a suspected ringleader of a drug-trafficking…
Europol-backed raids in Albania target cocaine and money laundering clan
A series of raids performed 7 to 8 August 2025 in Albania saw the arrest of 10 suspected members of…
Aid and NGO restrictions: 27 partners issue statement on humanitarian crisis in Gaza
In a joint call backed by 27 partners, foreign ministers urged Israel to lift new NGO restrictions and allow full…
SAFE defence instrument: 18 EU Member States request at least €127 billion
The EU Commission welcomes the expression of interest from 18 Member States to access loans under the EU Security Action…
Belgium: EU Commission endorses third NextGenEU payment request of €614m
The EU Commission positively assessed Belgium's third payment request for €614 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the cornerstone…
Drug ring taken down in joint sweep across Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK
On 15 July 2025, a coordinated Europol-supported operation involving authorities from Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) led…
Global operation disrupts pro-Russian cybercrime network NoName057(16)
A joint international operation codenamed Eastwood, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, has struck the pro-Russian cybercrime network NoName057(16). Law enforcement…