By Javier Albisu and Laura Zornoza Strasbourg, France, Nov 22 (EFE).- The upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai’s Expo City should boost intensify global efforts against climate change because “the window of opportunity is closing,” warns European Union climate chief Wopke Hoekstra. “We have to do more and faster,” Hoekstra said, highlighting the …
By Javier Albisu Charleroi, Belgium, Aug 28 (EFE).- From Art-nouveau-inspired narrow and elongated facades to abandoned factories and neglected neighborhoods, the Belgian old town of Charleroi is a city marked by industrial decay. Charleroi was voted “the world’s ugliest city” by readers of the de Volkskrant Dutch newspaper in 2008. Today, the city that is …
By Antonio Suárez-Bustamante and Javier Albisu Brussels, Aug 24 (EFE).- Energy prices have skyrocketed to such an extent since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that the European Union is now paying 89% more for Russian hydrocarbons compared to a year ago. The EU is currently spending 13.9 billion euros a month in coal, oil and gas …
By Javier Albisu Brussels, Jun 20 (EFE).- Belgian authorities on Monday returned a gold-capped tooth that belonged to Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba, who was executed in 1961. Lumumba was serving as the newly independent Congo’s first prime minister when he was brutally arrested, imprisoned and executed alongside two of his lieutenants on January 17, …
By Javier Albisu Brussels, Feb 13 (EFE).- On the banks of the Senne, in the heart of an old car factory in Brussels, Kanal Foundation and Paris’ Centre Pompidou are preparing for the 2024 opening of a new interdisciplinary museum of modern and contemporary art. Kasia Redzisz, artistic director of the upcoming Kanal-Centre Pompidou, is …