Past events

Carles Puigdemont announces candidacy in European Parliament Elections  by Jacobytes Brussels-Express Still living in exile in Belgium, Carles Puigdemont, the independent Catalan politician chose the Brussels Press Club as the venue to announce on Wednesday 10 April his candidature for election to the European Parliament in the 23 May elections. Flanked by four colleagues from the party “Jun...
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Gideon Levy in Brussels: “Too late for two-state solution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict” (The Brussels Times) Israeli journalist Gideon Levy visited Brussels this week and talked about the two main options for a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-state solution, with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, is supported by EU and is considered as the only fair solution to both s...
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UNCHR Pres Conference with the High Commissioner Filippo Grandi on the 30 January 2019. Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world’s deadliest sea crossing. The latest ‘Desperate Journeys’ report, released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee A...
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Le défi migratoire s’annonce comme un thème incontournable de la campagne des élections européennes et de la prochaine législature. Avec des flux d’arrivées aux frontières de l’Union européenne aujourd’hui en net recul par rapport au pic de 2015, la crise migratoire apparaît contenue plutôt que réglée en profondeur. Elle met au grand jour des divisions et tensions entre États de l’Union, qu’at...
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On the 23rd January, after his meeting with President Jean-Claude Juncker, the former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi shared at the Press Club Brussels Europe his thoughts about social infrastructure investment based on the report launched last year with the Commission, the European association of promotional and public banks and the European Investment Bank.The way ahead is the ...
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On the 5th of December 6 December 2018, the EU ASia-Center and the European Policy Centre organized a joint event : Rebooting EU-Japan Relations. Opening a panel discussion on Prospects for EU-Japan Relations on 5 December, Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Centre, said that the two sides had under-achieved in recent years. Given the changed global circumstances, it was important that t...
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On the 15 November 2018, Notre Europe, Institut Jacques Delors organized a  Press conference : EU and US sanctions: which sovereignty ? with the following panelists Marie-Hélène Bérard, investment banker Pascal Lamy, President emeritus of the Jacques Delors Institute, former general-director of the WTO Farid Fatah, Ph.D. candidate in Law The day after the plenary session of the Europea...
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A group of fifteen American students in journalism have visited the Press Club this Thursday.  Maria-Laura Franciosi discussed the work of reporter in Brussels.
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The Cambres Associate award-winning #BrusselsCalling media show was back! In the countdown to the crunch EU summit on Brexit, the focus was on the UK’s tortuous decoupling negotiations with Brussels. Cambre Associates chairman and BritCham vice-president Tom Parker quizzed a panel of leading EU correspondents on making sense of the Brexit twists and turns for their readers.
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On Monday 8 October 2018, Atlas International Culture has inaugurated an exhibition of 20 pieces of paintings depicting 2000 years of the Maritime Silk Road. The exhibition can be viewed in the Press Club until 12 October 2018.
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