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Leo Cendrowicz

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Brussels correspondent, i newspaper Editor of The Brussels Times Magazine Waterslide tester

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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 10h
EU folks have responded warmly after Andy Burnham opened the door to returning: inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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EU open to reversing Brexit after Burnham speech - but at a price
Andy Burnham has made the EU take note – but a Brexit reset would test everyone
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The new @brusselstimes.com Magazine is out. 🇧🇪 Why does Belgium still need a national bank in the age of the euro and the ECB? Tim King meets Governor Pierre Wunsch, who argues that the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) is a vital institution in an uncertain world. 🧵 1/
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The EU is ready to take a leap with Canada, despite the ocean between them. It seems unscripted, but the improvisation is a sign of the times. And, as ever, Britain gazes across the Channel and asks, "What does it mean focus?" inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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The new obstacle to Burnham's Brexit reset
Does offer of 'associate membership' of EU to Canada mean a new kind of deal for the UK is achievable?
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Half a century ago, the Brussels metro's orange and aluminium trains opened their doors to ferry passengers into the future. An extraordinary engineering project, and still unfinished, it has today grown into the backbone of the capital’s transport system: www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/231...
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Brussels metro at 50: The underground railway that reshaped the capital
The history of Brussels metro network is one of extraordinary engineering, bold architecture and ambitious expansion – but also disruption, tragedy and one conspicuously unfinished line.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Val Saint Lambert, the crystalmaker based in an abbey near Seraing, celebrates its bicentenary this year - making it older that Belgium itself. How did it survive for so long? www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2303...
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The crystal phoenix: 200 years of Val Saint Lambert
It is difficult to decide which is more impressive: the speed, the choreography or the sheer confidence of two glassblowers who make an extraordinarily difficult process look almost effortless.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After 40 years, the Palace of Justice in Brussels is finally free of scaffolding and clean...well, at least the front facade and the main portico, which were officially reopened today
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Brussels public transport operator, STIB/MIVB, has a great tribute to #DollyParton
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Iceland is voting on starting EU membership talks. Could this point the way for the UK? inews.co.uk/news/world/e...
inews.co.uk
The European country that could point the way for Britain to rejoin the EU
This fiercely independent island in the North Atlantic is weighing up joining the bloc
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The town of Auronzo, in the Dolomites, has put sculptures of prehistoric creatures along its river. Don’t laugh - the dog was frightened by them.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The rat pack: The Belgian idea helping reclaim the world's minefields: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2253...
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Why Cambodia built a statue to a Belgian-trained rat
Standing 2.2 metres tall in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap, the newly unveiled statue of Magawa is perhaps the most unusual war memorial in the world.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What does the EU think of Andy Burnham? inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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EU exasperated by UK's seventh PM in 10 years – and even wary of Remainer Burnham
Brussels has learnt the hard way not to become emotionally invested in British prime ministers
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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How Brussels ended up with Europe's most embarrassing square – and what might be done to save it
Instead of the elegant Schuman Square promised by architects, officials and politicians, visitors arriving at the European quarter are greeted by a vast expanse of pale concrete.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Europe’s top Rabbi accuses Belgian minister of 'appeasing Muslim voters' over circumcision row
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt told The Brussels Times that many Jews viewed the controversy as "no less challenging to Jewish life than attacks on people in the streets".
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Red Devil signs for Red Devils
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Visited the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Idyllic
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White says there’s nothing fishy about his president calling the head of FIFA to demand they suspend the red card of a Team USA player. “Trump would never interfere,” he says. And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you… www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2216...
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'Trump would never interfere': Bill White defends president as red card row engulfs Belgium clash
The US Ambassador to Belgium has dismissed suggestions that President Donald Trump meddled in FIFA’s decision to clear Balogun to face Belgium later tonight.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
NATO is holding a summit in Ankara this week. Europe has done all that Donald Trump has demanded, boosting spending and stepping up. However, his flaky mood could shatter any sense of unity and achievement. Me for the i: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Europe is building the Nato Trump wanted - at its own cost
Trump arrives in Turkey to a Nato in the process of changing. Whether he likes what he see remains to be seen.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Spoke about the big USA 250 birthday bash in Brussels and the dire state of transatlantic relations on @euronews.com ' Brussels, My Love? podcast, with Méabh McMahon, Ian Lesser and Lina Aburous: podcasts.euronews.com/euronews-bru...
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The US party that split Brussels
To mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, the US Embassy in Brussels threw a huge party at Parc du Cinquantenaire, in the heart of Brussels' ...
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Mega electrical storm has erupted over Brussels tonight. It’s been like this for the past half hour
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Cycled along the beautiful and tranquil Dender river this afternoon. Fun fact: The Dender, which is in Belgium, is also a tributary of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trump's envoy to Belgium goes full alt-fact and calls anyone who doubts a "moron or a liar." Must-read interview with Bill White by Leo Cendrowicz. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2206...
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Why Trump's ambassador to Belgium insists everything is going perfectly
Ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations in Brussels, US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White sat down with The Brussels Times. He was in a buoyant mood.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Bill White, the US ambassador to Belgium, is as Trumpian as his boss, insisting that everything is awesome - and doubters out there they are "morons or liars". He spoke to me ahead of the big US 250th birthday party in the Cinquantenaire in Brussels on Sunday: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2206...
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Why Trump's ambassador to Belgium insists everything is going perfectly
Ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations in Brussels, US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White sat down with The Brussels Times. He was in a buoyant mood.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Belgium's railway company turns 100 this year. 🇧🇪🚆 Passenger numbers are rising. Climate goals should favour trains. Yet the real rail experience is often delays, strikes, overcrowding and crumbling stations. The new @BrusselsTimes.com Magazine asks if SNCB-NMBS is ready for its second century?
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ten years on from the #Brexit vote, the damage to the UK is clear enough. But how does the EU see this epic act of self-harm? My analysis of the chaotic decade, as viewed by Britain's friends in Europe: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
'We've moved on': Why Brexit ended up boosting the EU
Support for the EU surged in the bloc in the aftermath of the UK Brexit referendum, ten years ago
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
He's the son of Hollywood legend Daniel Day-Lewis and grandson of playwright Arthur Miller. But Ronan Day-Lewis is striking out on his own - and his first European art show opened in Brussels on Thursday: www.brusselstimes.com/art-culture/...
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Why the son of a major Hollywood star brought his first European art show to Brussels
There are more obvious places than Brussels for the European debut of Ronan Day-Lewis.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Actor Brett Goldstein got his beloved (and recently reprieved) Tottenham Hotspur into his new Netflix movie, Office Romance, with Jennifer Lopez. Goldstein plays a lawyer called Daniel Blanchflower - which also the name of Spurs' 1961 double-winning captain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=11gc...
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Office Romance | Jennifer Lopez & Brett Goldstein | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"We aren't believing hard enough!"
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My first piece for @euronews.com, on why the EU will be wary of a weakened Starmer: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Why a weakened Starmer will worry the EU
After bruising local election losses, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a renewed push for closer ties with the European Union — but Brussels worries that his political weakness could stall or derail any ...
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Modern opera may sound melodramatic and intimidating, but its stories are very relevant to our lives today, composer Iain Bell says about his new show, Medusa, which premiered this week in Brussels Monnaie/Munt: www.brusselstimes.com/art-culture/...
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Reclaiming a monster: Medusa at La Monnaie is utterly unlike anything you have seen before
“I’m trying to create something that punches you in the stomach,” director Iain Bell told The Brussels Times.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Call it Charles Michel unplugged. In The Brussels Times Magazine, Belgium’s former PM and ex-European Council President lets rip from an office overlooking his old seat of power - and launches a blistering critique of today’s EU leadership www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2082...
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After power, after Europe: Charles Michel gets some things off his chest
In an interview with The Brussels Times, Charles Michel wants to settle old scores – from Sofagate to Trump, he believes he has been vindicated on many issues.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The talk is getting louder. inews.co.uk/news/the-uk-...
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The UK is giving up on America. Now talk of a Brexit U-turn is growing louder
Closer ties with Europe are the 'patriotic choice' Britain's Brexit chief said
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"I'm good at language."
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English
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Ist Donald Trump ein Sexmonster?
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»Die Republikaner haben ein Naziproblem«
US-Präsident Trump verwandelt Rassismus, Sexismus, Korruption und Demokratieverachtung in Tugenden, sagt der Journalist Tom Nichols. Die Republikaner hält er für politisch und moralisch ausgehöhlt.
Ein Interview von Martin Pfaffenzeller
04.04.2026, 09.39 UhrNew York Times: How Trump-Kennedy alliance is pushing thr boundaries of public healthNew York Times: Legally creative, democratically dangerous: Trump's plan to twist the news
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The first half of this headline has a very, very different energy to the second
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Ten years on from the Brussels attacks - this is how I reported the bombs that ripped through the metro and airport. If you were here, you remember the silence, the sirens, the messages that morning. But Brussels endured. And carried on. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Survivors of the Brussels metro bombing have described the moment an explosion ripped through the carriages
'It’s war, it was indescribable. Everything in bits'
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The overbearing fortress built by the Spanish overlords in Antwerp was hated by locals, and it was torn down with glee, as an exhibition at KMSKA reveals. Its legacy includes its footprint under the museum itself.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Have just been disinvited to a briefing with the Iranian ambassador to Belgium, due to inappropriate references (my use of the term 'regime') which "raise serious concerns about your commitment to impartiality and objective reporting." Is that a compliment?
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The UK never joined in the Vietnam war. It wasn't anything to do with the US winning (or not...). It was because Britain saw it as wrong.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Opening tomorrow in Ghent: Unforgettable, a major exhibition at the MSK on women artists of the 17th-century Low Countries. More than 150 works reveal how painters, sculptors and lace-makers helped shape the Golden Age - even if art history later forgot them.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"It was a purely defensive move to hit him in the face. Because I knew that he would react when I hit him in the face." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says
Democrats disturbed by rationale that Trump ordered pre-emptive strikes out of concern about Tehran retaliation
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Was thrilled to meet Robert Cailliau, the unsung internet pioneer, who was instrumental in the development of the web. Yes, he's Belgian - and he still keeps a model Tintin rocket in his office: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983...
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The Belgian who helped give the web to the world
From its quiet birth in a European physics lab to its uneasy dominance by Big Tech, the genial Belgian engineer says the web outgrew its creators.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Bill White, the US Ambassador to Belgium, is doubling down on his bid to ensure that local investigators - and politicians - drop oversight of religious circumcision rituals: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1983...
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'Drop the damn case': US Ambassador Bill White doubles down in circumcision row
White's remarks are likely to deepen concerns in Brussels about an American envoy wading forcefully into domestic legal matters.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
✨ The new issue of The Brussels Times Magazine is out! From royal academies to road tunnels, wartime landscapes to distant galaxies, quiet tech pioneers to stubborn institutions – this issue explores how Belgians make sense of a complicated world.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Robert Duvall as Boo Radley, in To Kill A Mockingbird
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
In these troubled times, it is hard to find fun. So I invite everyone to check out the trailer for Melania. It is, of course, as ludicrous as we might imagine, but the real joy begins in the comments, inexplicably left open: m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxXJ...
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This year marks ten years since Brexit, a calamity without parallel. There are no benefits to speak of whatsoever. Alas, reversing this disaster will not be easy: inews.co.uk/opinion/you-...
inews.co.uk
You want proof that Brexit was a disaster? Go to an airport
The most visible consequences of Brexit are also the most banal
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Since Trump returned to the White House, Europe has tried to manage him with patience, flattery and quiet diplomacy. His Greenland threats could be the tipping point. It's not just a crisis for the continent but a seismic shift. Me on the challenges ahead: inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
inews.co.uk
The 'unflinching' plan to hit back at Trump from inside the US
The UK and Europe have so far failed to manage the US President – but this is how the EU is plotting to hit him where it hurts
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Europe's far-right keeps rising, using Trump's populist playbook: inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk
Make Europe great again: How the populist right is using Trump's playbook
Trump’s return to the centre of US politics has provided both inspiration and validation for Europe’s populists
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Dunno about you, but I'm starting to have doubts about the FIFA Peace Prize
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