Now at home in the European Commission’s Midday Briefing, Hussein Hasan spent two decades reporting amid war, sectarian violence and government crackdowns in Baghdad, Turkey and Syria. Yet the France 24 correspondent still recalls the jolt of his arrival in Brussels. Standing outside the Berlaymont with a camera in hand, he half expected to be stopped and asked for press credentials.
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AFP reporter to interview Belgian PM’s cat
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has promised AFP’s EU correspondent Raziye Akkoc an exclusive interview with his cat, Maximus, after joking that he would only respond to questions “triggered” by the pet.
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Magyar’s Entry Opens Gap for anti-EU Media in Brussels
Two Euroskeptic media outlets, Brussels Signal and The European Conservative, stand to lose greatly following the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. But incoming prime minister Péter Magyar may also question the cost and sense of Hungary’s Euronews links, despite the journalists’ solid pan-European reporting.