Leo Cendrowicz
@leocendro.bsky.social
Brussels correspondent, i newspaper Editor of The Brussels Times Magazine Waterslide tester
This is a serious news story, and mentions both Hitler and Mussolini, two very bad men. Still, had to laugh at that deadpan second sentence
Euronews@euronews.com · 19h agoHitler Mussolini Simeón Flores won by 25 votes in Queropalca, a district of just over 730 people in the Huánuco department, running for the centre-left Ahora Nación party. He is not Peru’s first elected Hitler.
Willem de Kooning showed his brilliant drawing talents early on, but he was also an art pioneer, mastering many new forms and styles, as a new show at @rijksmuseum.bsky.social reveals
EU folks have responded warmly after Andy Burnham opened the door to returning: inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
EU open to reversing Brexit after Burnham speech - but at a price
Andy Burnham has made the EU take note – but a Brexit reset would test everyone
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The new @brusselstimes.com Magazine is out. 🇧🇪 Why does Belgium still need a national bank in the age of the euro and the ECB? Tim King meets Governor Pierre Wunsch, who argues that the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) is a vital institution in an uncertain world. 🧵 1/
The EU is ready to take a leap with Canada, despite the ocean between them. It seems unscripted, but the improvisation is a sign of the times. And, as ever, Britain gazes across the Channel and asks, "What does it mean focus?" inews.co.uk/news/politic...
The new obstacle to Burnham's Brexit reset
Does offer of 'associate membership' of EU to Canada mean a new kind of deal for the UK is achievable?
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Half a century ago, the Brussels metro's orange and aluminium trains opened their doors to ferry passengers into the future. An extraordinary engineering project, and still unfinished, it has today grown into the backbone of the capital’s transport system: www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/231...
Brussels metro at 50: The underground railway that reshaped the capital
The history of Brussels metro network is one of extraordinary engineering, bold architecture and ambitious expansion – but also disruption, tragedy and one conspicuously unfinished line.
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Val Saint Lambert, the crystalmaker based in an abbey near Seraing, celebrates its bicentenary this year - making it older that Belgium itself. How did it survive for so long? www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2303...
The crystal phoenix: 200 years of Val Saint Lambert
It is difficult to decide which is more impressive: the speed, the choreography or the sheer confidence of two glassblowers who make an extraordinarily difficult process look almost effortless.
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After 40 years, the Palace of Justice in Brussels is finally free of scaffolding and clean...well, at least the front facade and the main portico, which were officially reopened today
Iceland is voting on starting EU membership talks. Could this point the way for the UK? inews.co.uk/news/world/e...
The European country that could point the way for Britain to rejoin the EU
This fiercely independent island in the North Atlantic is weighing up joining the bloc
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The town of Auronzo, in the Dolomites, has put sculptures of prehistoric creatures along its river. Don’t laugh - the dog was frightened by them.
The rat pack: The Belgian idea helping reclaim the world's minefields: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2253...
Why Cambodia built a statue to a Belgian-trained rat
Standing 2.2 metres tall in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap, the newly unveiled statue of Magawa is perhaps the most unusual war memorial in the world.
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How Brussels ended up with Europe's most embarrassing square – and what might be done to save it
Instead of the elegant Schuman Square promised by architects, officials and politicians, visitors arriving at the European quarter are greeted by a vast expanse of pale concrete.
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Europe’s top Rabbi accuses Belgian minister of 'appeasing Muslim voters' over circumcision row
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt told The Brussels Times that many Jews viewed the controversy as "no less challenging to Jewish life than attacks on people in the streets".
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US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White says there’s nothing fishy about his president calling the head of FIFA to demand they suspend the red card of a Team USA player. “Trump would never interfere,” he says. And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you… www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2216...
'Trump would never interfere': Bill White defends president as red card row engulfs Belgium clash
The US Ambassador to Belgium has dismissed suggestions that President Donald Trump meddled in FIFA’s decision to clear Balogun to face Belgium later tonight.
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NATO is holding a summit in Ankara this week. Europe has done all that Donald Trump has demanded, boosting spending and stepping up. However, his flaky mood could shatter any sense of unity and achievement. Me for the i: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Europe is building the Nato Trump wanted - at its own cost
Trump arrives in Turkey to a Nato in the process of changing. Whether he likes what he see remains to be seen.
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Spoke about the big USA 250 birthday bash in Brussels and the dire state of transatlantic relations on @euronews.com ' Brussels, My Love? podcast, with Méabh McMahon, Ian Lesser and Lina Aburous: podcasts.euronews.com/euronews-bru...
The US party that split Brussels
To mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, the US Embassy in Brussels threw a huge party at Parc du Cinquantenaire, in the heart of Brussels' ...
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Mega electrical storm has erupted over Brussels tonight. It’s been like this for the past half hour
Cycled along the beautiful and tranquil Dender river this afternoon. Fun fact: The Dender, which is in Belgium, is also a tributary of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.
Trump's envoy to Belgium goes full alt-fact and calls anyone who doubts a "moron or a liar." Must-read interview with Bill White by Leo Cendrowicz. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2206...
Why Trump's ambassador to Belgium insists everything is going perfectly
Ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations in Brussels, US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White sat down with The Brussels Times. He was in a buoyant mood.
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Bill White, the US ambassador to Belgium, is as Trumpian as his boss, insisting that everything is awesome - and doubters out there they are "morons or liars". He spoke to me ahead of the big US 250th birthday party in the Cinquantenaire in Brussels on Sunday: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2206...
Why Trump's ambassador to Belgium insists everything is going perfectly
Ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations in Brussels, US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White sat down with The Brussels Times. He was in a buoyant mood.
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Belgium's railway company turns 100 this year. 🇧🇪🚆 Passenger numbers are rising. Climate goals should favour trains. Yet the real rail experience is often delays, strikes, overcrowding and crumbling stations. The new @BrusselsTimes.com Magazine asks if SNCB-NMBS is ready for its second century?
Ten years on from the #Brexit vote, the damage to the UK is clear enough. But how does the EU see this epic act of self-harm? My analysis of the chaotic decade, as viewed by Britain's friends in Europe: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
'We've moved on': Why Brexit ended up boosting the EU
Support for the EU surged in the bloc in the aftermath of the UK Brexit referendum, ten years ago
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He's the son of Hollywood legend Daniel Day-Lewis and grandson of playwright Arthur Miller. But Ronan Day-Lewis is striking out on his own - and his first European art show opened in Brussels on Thursday: www.brusselstimes.com/art-culture/...
Why the son of a major Hollywood star brought his first European art show to Brussels
There are more obvious places than Brussels for the European debut of Ronan Day-Lewis.
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Actor Brett Goldstein got his beloved (and recently reprieved) Tottenham Hotspur into his new Netflix movie, Office Romance, with Jennifer Lopez. Goldstein plays a lawyer called Daniel Blanchflower - which also the name of Spurs' 1961 double-winning captain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=11gc...
Office Romance | Jennifer Lopez & Brett Goldstein | Official Trailer | Netflix
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My first piece for @euronews.com, on why the EU will be wary of a weakened Starmer: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Why a weakened Starmer will worry the EU
After bruising local election losses, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a renewed push for closer ties with the European Union — but Brussels worries that his political weakness could stall or derail any ...
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