Farmers in tractors have blocked roads and set off fireworks in Brussels outside a European Union leaders’ summit

Hundreds of tractors converged on Brussels on Thursday in a show of farmers' anger at the EU's planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur -- whose fate hung in the balance as summit talks opened in the Belgian capital.

The European Union came up with an 11th-hour deal to help Ukraine, but the solution raised questions about the bloc’s decisiveness.

On Thursday morning, an act of vandalism took place against the Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in Brussels. The building of the Polish diplomatic post was daubed with red paint, and offensive political slogans were displayed on its facade.

About 1,000 honking tractors rolled into the Belgian capital to heap pressure on an EU leaders’ summit where the deal’s fate hung in the balance

Critics of the ​trade pact say cheap commodities could flood the EU. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

Eight heads of state and government from the eastern flank of the EU gathered in Helsinki on Tu6. They called on Brussels to take 'concrete measures' to strengthen their capacity for surveillance and deterrence against Russia and Belarus.

But what I love most about Brussels are the huge parks and forests that surround the city. And for food lovers, Brussels — and wider Belgium — is a dream, boasting specialty chocolatiers and an astonishingly high concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants.