Brussels Diary

“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Navalny and Nord Stream 2

The Brussels Diaries are back on the air. The EU is experiencing tough times: coronavirus, threat on the economy, Brexit, conflict between Greece and ...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Summary So Far

You are reading this season’s last edition of the Brussels Diary. We will meet again in September, and maybe I will have some good news then. Our summ...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Protests in US and EU

Big events start out small. In December, a Chinese person ate a bat and a pandemic broke out. George Floyd, who paid for cigarettes using a counterfei...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: EU and Russian Gas

Sometimes it seems as if the coronavirus has sorted out all problems, but this is not so. The pandemic will pass; however, the EU's dependence on Russ...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Swedish Way, Futile Deaths

In May, Estonia prohibited flights to seven countries in which there is a high risk of catching coronavirus. Among these countries is Sweden with its ...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Merkel, Macron and the Saving of Europe

The week began with good news: France and Germany have come to an agreement. Merkel and Macron held a virtual press conference on Monday and proposed ...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: German Court Against Europe

As if the pandemic and its consequences were not enough, lightening struck out of the blue. On 5 May, the Federal Constitutional Court (Germany) deliv...


“The Brussels Diary with Yana Toom”: Europe Day and Victory in Europe Day

I am writing this Brussels’s Diary entry on Europe Day, the 5th of May. To be more precise, on the first of the European Days. There are two such days...