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- Large parts of the forests are missing in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, April 7, 2023. The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from within to pause new environmental efforts amid fears they will hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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Cracks emerging in Europe's united front to battle climate change
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press
Sat,05/27/23-2:35AM , 434 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from within to pause new environmental efforts amid fears they will hurt the economy.
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- In this image provided by Comite Champagne, cans of Miller High Life beer sit in a container after being crushed at the Westlandia plant in Ypres, Belgium, Monday, April 17, 2023. Belgian customs have destroyed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life advertised as the ″Champagne of beers” at the request of houses and growers of the bubbly beverage. (Comite Champagne via AP)
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'The Champagne of Beers' leaves French producers frothing
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press
Fri,04/21/23-6:43AM , 234 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — The guardians of Champagne will let no one take the name of the bubbly beverage in vain, not even a U.S. beer behemoth.

For years, Miller High Life has used the “Champagne of Beers” slogan. This week, that appropriation became impossible to swallow.
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- Quentin Kersten stands in the middle of a room full of ostrich feather hats in the Kersten family costume workshop in Binche, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. After a COVID-imposed hiatus, artisans are putting finishing touches on elaborate costumes and floats for the renowned Carnival in the Belgian town of Binche, a tradition that brings together young and old and is a welcome moment of celebration after a rough few years. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Belgian carnival town celebrates again after COVID hiatus
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press
Fri,02/03/23-1:31AM , 910 Reads
BINCHE, Belgium (AP) — On a sunny winter morning heralding a radiant Mardi Gras, Beatrice and Karl Kersten don’t have a minute to spare.
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- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, on Dec. 15, 2022. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 launched an urgent procedure for the waiver of immunity of two lawmakers following a request from Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking EU politics. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
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EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunity
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press
Mon,01/02/23-9:47AM , 268 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — The president of the European Parliament has launched an urgent procedure to waive the immunity of two lawmakers following a request from Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking EU politics.
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