Author: Laurent Brihay

On the 19 May, the Kofi Annan Foundation organised a panel debate to present the lessons learned from a project, funded by the European Union. ‘Building a youth community to prevent violent extremism: Lessons from urban South & Southeast Asia’ Drawing on two years of work with over 2,700 young people and 60 youth-led actions to prevent violent extremism in Pakistan, the Philippines and B...
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To mark IDAHOBIT – the international day of action against homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia - , Pascal Smet, State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region, has announced on the 17 May at a Press Conference at the Press Club Brussels Europe a significant package of support for EuroPride 2022. EuroPride will be held in Belgrade in September 2022.”On behalf of the Brussels-Capita...
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In association with the Embassy of India in Brussels and Isha Foundation, the Europe India Business Council held a special event on climate co-operation between India and EU, at the Press Club Brussels Europe on the Monday 11 April 2022 The event featured a keynote speech by Sadhguru . , who is in midst of a 30,000 km motorcycle ride from Europe to India, to raise awareness for the #SaveSoil ca...
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On the 7 April the Club of Madrid organised a Conference  to discuss the following topics: What are the implications of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine for the future of Democracy in the region, in Europe and the world? How can we strengthen democracy's system of checks and balances and improve early-warning mechanisms both in the EU and abroad to prevent our democracies from backsliding and drift...
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By Mose Apelblat (The Brussels Times) In a European Day of Action, the march will take place on Sunday, 20 March, in Brussels. It is organised by local organisations (End Ecocide Belgium, Rise for Climate Belgium and Youth for Climate Belgium). Several other actions are organised in Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid and other European cities. The action day will be followed by a week of other activities. ...
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Brussels-based NGO, Dialogue for Europe (DfE), in cooperation with the Ankara-based European Union and Global Research Organisation (ABKAD) organised at the Press Club Brussels Europe on 9 February a debate to discuss ways of strengthening such cooperation.DfE, in partnership with ABKAD, is currently implementing a project called "Strengthening Dialogue between the EU and Turkey in the Area of Mig...
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On the 26 January, New Direction, the Foundation for European Reform organised at the Press Club the launch "Balkan Express - Once upon a time there was a country", a new book by renowned journalist and broadcaster Dominika Ćosić. The book is a new, personal history of the Western Balkans, told through the eyes of a journalist with a lifetime of experience travelling throughout the region, chartin...
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On the 27 January Meryame Kitir Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation and Jean Van Wetter CEO of Enabel, the Belgian development agency organised a press briefing on the participation of Belgium to support the International programme Covax.
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Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi said on Tuesday (18 January) the situation in his country was normalising, following the unrest that shook it in the first days of the new year, and Russian troops, which he said helped prevent a possible coup d’etat, were withdrawing. Tileuberdi, who briefed a small group of journalists at the Press Club Brussels Europe, will also be visiting Vi...
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On the 16 November, the Press Club held a panel discussion on "EU-Azerbaijan relations:  connectivity, transport and investment in the South Caucasus" with participation of : Jeyhun  Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan , Michael Siebert, Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Andris Ameriks, Vice-Chair, Committee ...
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