Photo by Travel With on Unsplash The West, including Europe, is heading for a potential fresh “struggle” with Russia and China in the race to win influence in Central Asia. That is one of the messages to emerge from a conference in Brussels on “Central Asia and the EU’s Historic Choice.” The lively debate on 7 December heard…
Dragons flying around your head and immersing you with mysterious unicorns and little elves. No, it is not a scene from a Harry Potter film but the pleasure that awaits visitors to this year’s big festive treat at ZOO Planckendael, on the outskirts of Brussels. Called “Dragons & Unicorns”, the lights spectacular (which runs to…
Photo by Travel With on Unsplash The need to make better use of the untapped potential of Central Asia has been highlighted by Kazakhstan’s president. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was speaking at the recent summit of heads of states in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. There, he endorsed the wide expansion of cooperation among the organisation’s…
Photo by Adrien Vajas on Unsplash For 75 years Porsche has been building “dream” cars and a Brussels museum is set to pay homage to the famous brand with a new exhibition Following up the exhibitions ‘Porsche – Electric to Electric’ in 2013 and ‘Porsche 356 – 70 Years’, Autoworld will host a new and unprecedented collection of exclusive Porsches from December 8 to February…
Bear Grylls is a famous British adventurer who is well known for his daring and often highly dangerous escapades. His survival mantra is “if it can keep you alive, eat it” and he has eaten deer droppings, yak’s eyeballs, goat testicles and giant larva worms. But it is less well known that his big “fear” is….Brussels sprouts….
Photo by Lisanto 李奕良 on Unsplash Taiwan’s foreign minister says the island is gearing up for what he calls a “real threat” from China. Joseph Wu also said that “lessons could be learned” by both Taiwan and China from the still unfolding Ukraine conflict. Speaking from Taipei, Wu said, “It is hard for most to understand the decision…
For some, East Anglia in England a bit ‘out of the way’ or “that bit sticking out above London” Without a motorway, the region’s relative “isolation” from major cities becomes apparent when you’re trying to travel to and from the county. The region comprises two counties, Suffolk and Norfolk, and is home to the UK’s most easterly…
Photo by TE LUN OU YANG on Unsplash Taiwan has urged the international community, including the EU, to do more to support its long running efforts to taking part in global organisations. It says this would allow it to more fully contribute to a whole raft of endeavours, from fighting cross border crime to climate change. The appeal…
Photo by Thierry Lemaitre on Unsplash The battle of the golden spurs, the birth of Brueghel, the entry of women into university, the invention of the praline and the independence of the Congo. Question: do you know when these key dates in the history of Belgium happened? You could of course add to this list countless other times…
Photo by Travel With on Unsplash The end of each year serves as a poignant reminder of the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991. Over the past three decades, many post-Soviet countries have shed their Soviet legacies to emerge as modern and progressive states. A case in point is Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest nation. As the country prepares to…
