New EU's president's life motto is quiet determination

PORTRAIT - Herman Van Rompuy is a practising Catholic who belongs to the conservative wing of the Flemish Christian Democrat party. He prefers the Beatles to the Stones.

After flirt with Europe, back to Dutch reality

Prime minister's aspirations forced coalition parties to think about the political era post-Balkenende.

'It's easy to give kids fake memories'

Children can be fooled into believing many things, even about themselves, says psychologist Henry Otgaar.

Background

Copenhagen

Q&A, articles, reports, a time-line and an interactive map about the climate summit.

Karadzic

A poet and psychiatrist stands accused of genocide before the Yugoslavia tribunal.

A job in Europe

Landing a job in Brussels just got a lot easier for Dutch nationals.

Opinion

Discussion

Do you have a favourite candidate for EU president and can you tell us why?

Opinion

All EU countries bear equal responsibility for the migrants washing up on Europe's shores.

Discussion

Secularisation: caused by modernisation and education or economic security?

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