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...between the Chinese case officer and his Belgian agent is documented in text messages from 2019 to late 2022 that were obtained from a western security source in a joint investigation by the Financial Times, Der...
...Defending that infrastructure had become “a geopolitical, security and also an economic imperative”, said Tinne van der Straeten, the Belgian energy minister who chaired a closed-door lunch with her fellow...
...The fund, and the hoped-for boost stemming from disbursement, are seen as a landmark achievement of commission president Ursula von der Leyen and her most significant contribution to the bloc’s economic...
...Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgium’s minister for energy, said divisions over gas price caps were mostly “technical issues that can be solved by people [at the commission]”....
...Today, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, travels to Sarajevo with the prime ministers of Croatia and the Netherlands to reinforce the message....
...Von der Leyen told reporters afterwards that she agreed with it....
...“The US were lagging behind for a long time,” Van der Straeten told the FT in an interview....
...Slamming modernist icons such as Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe will only deepen the scorn. “You ought to have more respect,” says one architect....
...“When it comes to colour, avoid fads as they will date quickly,” advises founder Christine Van Der Hurd....
...And, in fact, quite a lot can be achieved without any treaty change being needed,” says van Middelaar....
...Van der Pluym, who made his wealth from plumbing, was a prominent figure in Leiden. Their son Dominicus married the daughter of Rembrandt’s uncle....
...Another Horta project for Van der Wee is the Hôtel van Eetvelde, which she started working on as a student....
...This is crucial for the support for asylum reception,” said Eric van der Burg, junior minister for justice and security, as he proposed the new law yesterday....
...In Bath, a magnificent portrait of Dudley by Steven van der Meulen painted around 1561 shows the earl in heroic vein, a dagger through the belt of his gold-embroidered silver doublet, and his hunting dog...
...Among portraitists he admires are Rogier van der Weyden and early Flemish painters, who created “some of the most beautiful portraits ever made by anybody” — even though he has no idea who the subjects are...
...“Migration can only be dealt with effectively if countries of destination and countries of first arrival work together,” said Dutch migration minister Eric van der Burg....
...Michiel van Hulten, a former MEP and now director at Transparency International, reckons “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. Let’s see if MEPs find the menu easy to digest....
...He went on to join the prog rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Meanwhile, Potter came of age in a vanished London world of radical filmmaker co-operatives and feminist improvisational music groups....
...“I hope it’s not racism,” van der Straeten said....
...While it’s home to the legendary CN Tower (once the tallest freestanding structure in the world until it was usurped by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2007) and a few glossy black Mies van der Rohe skyscrapers...
...Her Mies van der Rohe chair imitates her body — curvy, slimline....
...Bas van Buijtenen, a reader living in Switzerland, shared these thoughts: I believe there is worse to come....
...London-based decorative artist Henry van der Vijver has worked with lacquer for more than two decades....
...This is the setting for an installation by ceramicist Jacob van der Beugel — biscuit-coloured panels of porcelain covering the walls, patterns of jutting elements forming abstract portraits of the Duke and...
...The opening group of Schubert and Strauss songs, sung with almost impossible softness by Matthias Goerne, included a new setting of Eichendorff’s poem “Der Einsiedler” by Detlev Glanert....
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