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  1. Tell you the truth, I was trying to retire ... I feel good about it. I've been around so long and done so much here in Chicago.
    – Brussels SOURCE: WLS 2 months ago
  2. The elections will become one big referendum about Brussels, the European Union, our own sovereignty and the preservation of it
    SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  3. It could be starting with the payment of two tranches in 2012, but we have to take a definite decision.
    – Brussels SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 months ago
  4. Elections are likely on Sept. 12 and these elections will become, as far as I am concerned, a big referendum about the European Union, about Brussels, about our own sovereignty and specifically conserving it.
    SOURCE: Toronto Star 3 weeks ago
  5. We are following events minute by minute but I can't tell you now exactly where we are with that because things are moving very fast ... But we will actually have a meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers tomorrow in Brussels and that will obviously be a hot topic to see what solid concrete action w...
    SOURCE: GlobalSecurity.org 2 months ago
  6. The European Union’s new steps aimed at tightening the noose around Iran’s banks are unlikely to bridge a growing gap between Brussels and Washington over how hard to push financial sanctions against the Tehran regime.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 months ago
  7. There is no doubt that some of them are being prosecuted for criminal activities alleged, and maybe some of them are guilty ... But there is also no, absolutely no, doubt I have to say that some of them are in jail because they have written or broadcast things which are unpalatable to the government and...
    – Richard Howitt SOURCE: Voice of America 2 months ago
  8. I hope that in September Brussels will approve a two-phase approach for Bulgaria 's and Romania 's accession to the European Union's borderless Schengen area
    SOURCE: Sofia News Agency 2 months ago
  9. The European Union's nervous reaction to a suggestion by Belarus that the EU and Polish envoys should hold consultations in their capitals shows one thing -- that Brussels is choosing to escalate tensions
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  10. Brussels and the capitals of the European Union countries should not forget that the intimidation tactics don't work when applied to Belarus. Normalization of relations is impossible on unilateral conditions and on conditions of forcible pressure
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 months ago
  11. Brussels and the capitals of the European Union should not forget that tactics of intimidation do not work on Belarus.
    SOURCE: The New York Times 2 months ago

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  1. Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck in action during the first round match between Kazakhstan's Ksenia Pervak and Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, on the first day of the WTA Brussels Open tennis tournament in Brussels, on May 21, 2012.
  2. Marc Wickmayer, father of Belgian tennis palyer Yanina Wickmayer (R) looks at her dog 'Woopie'during the first round match between US Christina McHale and Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, on the first day of the WTA Brussels Open tennis tournament in Brussels, on May 21, 2012.
  3. A man begs in front of a Greek Alpha Bank in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on March 24, 2011 as a crucial two-day EU summit opened today in Brussels. Originally scheduled to agree a lasting game-plan after financial crises in Greece and Ireland undermined the common currency,...
  4. A woman begs for money at a central market in the Greek city of Thessaloniki on March 24, 2011. A crucial two-day EU summit opens in Brussels this afternoon, originally scheduled to agree a lasting game-plan after financial crises in Greece and Ireland undermined the common currency,...
  5. European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso talks to the media at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Wednesday May 16, 2012.
  6. European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, centre, shares a few words with the European Parliament Green Party leaders Daniel Cohn-Bendit, left, and Rebecca Harms, right, prior to their meeting at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, on May 15, 2012.
  7. European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule (R) gives a press conference with European Union Foreign Affairs and Security Chief Policy Catherine at the EU Council building in Brussels, on May 15, 2012.
  8. Former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene looks on during a press conference to present his book 'Memoires. Jean-Luc Dehaene', in Brussels on May 15, 2012.
  9. French President Jacques Chirac gives a press conference during the European Summit 26 March 2004, in Brussels. European Union leaders Friday called on Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership to prove its commitment to a multi-ethnic province and ensure there is no repeat of a recent wave...

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Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl], and sometimes [bʁyksɛl] by non-Belgian speakers of French; Dutch: Brussel, pronounced [ˈbrɵsəɫ]; German: Brüssel, pronounced [brʏsəl]) is the capital of Belgium, of the French Community of Belgium, of the Flemish Community, and is the headquarters of the European Union's institutions (and thus often... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Tell you the truth, I was trying to retire ... I feel good about it. I've been around so long and done so much here in Chicago.
    – Brussels SOURCE: WLS 2 months ago
  2. The elections will become one big referendum about Brussels, the European Union, our own sovereignty and the preservation of it
    SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  3. It could be starting with the payment of two tranches in 2012, but we have to take a definite decision.
    – Brussels SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 months ago
  4. Elections are likely on Sept. 12 and these elections will become, as far as I am concerned, a big referendum about the European Union, about Brussels, about our own sovereignty and specifically conserving it.
    SOURCE: Toronto Star 3 weeks ago
  5. We are following events minute by minute but I can't tell you now exactly where we are with that because things are moving very fast ... But we will actually have a meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers tomorrow in Brussels and that will obviously be a hot topic to see what solid concrete action w...
    SOURCE: GlobalSecurity.org 2 months ago
  6. The European Union’s new steps aimed at tightening the noose around Iran’s banks are unlikely to bridge a growing gap between Brussels and Washington over how hard to push financial sanctions against the Tehran regime.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 months ago
  7. There is no doubt that some of them are being prosecuted for criminal activities alleged, and maybe some of them are guilty ... But there is also no, absolutely no, doubt I have to say that some of them are in jail because they have written or broadcast things which are unpalatable to the government and...
    – Richard Howitt SOURCE: Voice of America 2 months ago
  8. I hope that in September Brussels will approve a two-phase approach for Bulgaria 's and Romania 's accession to the European Union's borderless Schengen area
    SOURCE: Sofia News Agency 2 months ago
  9. The European Union's nervous reaction to a suggestion by Belarus that the EU and Polish envoys should hold consultations in their capitals shows one thing -- that Brussels is choosing to escalate tensions
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 2 months ago
  10. Brussels and the capitals of the European Union countries should not forget that the intimidation tactics don't work when applied to Belarus. Normalization of relations is impossible on unilateral conditions and on conditions of forcible pressure
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 months ago
  11. Brussels and the capitals of the European Union should not forget that tactics of intimidation do not work on Belarus.
    SOURCE: The New York Times 2 months ago

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