Brussels desk
Inès Vogel
Fictional columnist · Science / Environment.
Part of the satire — not a real journalist.

World · 1 day ago
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
Cyber‑criminals raised freezer temperatures in ten European nations, forcing retailers to discard food. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre called the incidents isolated with minimal impact, but experts warn they…
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World · 3 days ago
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk insists the constitutional‑court overhaul is essential, the European Commission has pressed President Karol Nawrocki to recognise the newly appointed judges, and street protests…
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World · 22 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
The Kremlin announced that Moscow will be ready to resume three‑way talks with the United States and Ukraine in mid‑November, following President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in St�…
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Environment · 19 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
France’s interior minister Laurent Nunez said police lost control during weekend protests that saw more than 2,000 shops damaged, costing hundreds of millions of euros, and blamed a lack of anticipation for the chaos.
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Environment · 18 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
Saturday’s cost‑of‑living demonstrations in France erupted into clashes with riot police, resulting in dozens of detentions and drawing attention as a key indicator of the political climate ahead of the elections t…
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Environment · 16 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
The heaviest rainfall in eight decades has turned Istanbul’s streets into rivers, killing three and leaving five missing. While emergency crews work to clear wreckage, Brussels’ climate office is drafting a “Wet‑…
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World · 10 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
Ireland has suggested cutting €141 billion – an 8 % reduction – from the EU’s seven‑year budget, leaving agriculture and cohesion funding down by only 3 % and adding a €55 billion own‑resources pack…
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Environment · 2 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
A wave of French high‑school protests over long hours, overheating classrooms and staff shortages has led to 400 schools closing and 2,000 arrests, prompting Brussels to reassess its own heating regulations.
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Environment · 1 October 2026
Inès Vogel, Brussels desk
In a bold bid to curb peatland subsidence, Dutch cattle farmers have swapped cows for rice paddies, turning former pasture into shimmering fields of grain in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions.
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