Past events

World Resources Institute (WRI), We Mean Business Coalition, and Strategic Perspectives convened high-level policymakers, business leaders and experts on the 11 June at the Press Club Brussels Europe to push for a robust 2040 emissions target and a credible 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the EU. Over the past decade, climate-related damages in the EU exceeded €145 billion, while...
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On the Tuesday 27 May and in honor of World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization European Region, European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, and European Respiratory Society hosted a workshop "Unmasking the Industry Tactics: Safeguarding Europe's Youth through Stronger Policies." The workshop has been opened by the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Public Heal...
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On Tuesday 27 May, ALDE Party hosted a Liberal Breakfast event at the Press Club Brussels Europe, bringing together nearly 100 participants for an engaging conversation with Denmark’s Minister for European Affairs, Marie Bjerre (Venstre), on the upcoming Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Moderated by Ana Vasconcelos MEP (Iniciativa Liberal, PT), the morning discussion focused on the k...
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On the 12 May, DAAD and the embassy of the federal republic of Germany in the Kingdom of Belgium invited the Brussels public to the vernissage under the theme “Celebrating Women and Diversity in Science”. Women have made incredible contributions to science, yet they remain largely invisible and significantly underrepresented. In the EU, women represent only one third of the total numb...
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On Monday 28 April 2025, Amnesty International held a press conference for the launch of The State of the World’s Human Rights, its annual report on the global human rights situation. The 2025 edition of Amnesty International’s annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, assesses national, regional and global developments across a wide range of human rights themes. It identifies world tr...
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On Wednesday 23 April, the EDPS presented its Annual Report 2024: acting for the future of data protection  concluding its 2020 - 2024 Mandate focusing on shaping a safer digital future, and marking the institution’s two-decades of protecting people’s privacy and personal dat Wojciech Wiewiórowski, EDPS, said: “The digital landscape is in constant movement - that is a fact that the EDPS has wor...
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On the 26 March, the UK Mission to the European Union and the Alan Turing Institute hosted at the Press Club a panel discussion "AI Standards: The Road to International Collaboration" on 26 March. The program featured the Cousellor of Economic Affairs, Rob Trotter; Director of AI Governance at the Alan Turing Institute, Dr. Florian Ostmann; and Head of Digital Standards Policy at the UK Departm...
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On the 21 February, Victim Support Europe commemorates at the Press Club Brussels Europe the European Day for Victims of Crime, a day dedicated to advocating for progress in and legal improvement of comprehensive support for allvictims of crime, regardless of the crime or the victim.   In 2025, this event is a poignant and reflective occasion aimed at commemorating both the European Day for Vic...
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On February 20th, the Circular Fashion Federation launched the European Manifesto for Circular Fashion, a bold roadmap to make Europe a global leader in sustainable and circular fashion. With over 300 industry stakeholders behind this initiative, we are calling for five key measures to accelerate the transition to a competitive and circular fashion economy: ✅ Ensuring fair competition & tra...
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Ahead of the Monday 24 February EU Foreign Ministers meeting and EU-Israel Association Council meeting, the European and international Human Rights organisations organized on the 19 February a panel discussion on the EU’s duty to sanction Israel's massive Human Rights violations in Gaza and the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territory. In particular about Commission`s failure to act as a Guardian of...
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