MCC Brussels received lavish funding from Budapest, but Hungary’s new PM is launching an investigation

Under glittering chandeliers in a neoclassical ballroom, guests took their seats. It was 10am and scores of people had gathered at a private members’ club in Brussels for a conference to mark 250 years of American independence, organised by Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank in the EU capital, MCC Brussels.

Opening the one-day event, the MCC director, Frank Furedi, said the 250th anniversary had “really escaped the attention of a European audience” in a speech that lauded the founding fathers before launching a sweeping attack on Europe’s “incompetent political class”.

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The England and Arsenal player grew up with Enrique Iglesias on repeat, and knows the Bridget Jones soundtrack by heart. But what football song gives her goosebumps?

The first song I fell in love with
I used to have a cassette player with these fuzzy foam headphones, and only two cassettes: Hero by Enrique Iglesias and How Do I Live by LeAnn Rimes. I would play them over and over.

The first single I downloaded
Michaela Strachan by Scouting for Girls. I thought it was fascinating that they’d written a song about her, even though I wasn’t quite sure who she was until I saw her on telly.

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Archie Rhind-Tutt, Barney Ronay and Philippe Auclair as France beat a spiky Paraguay side to reach the quarter-finals

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Canada boss Jesse Marsch is a polarising figure. In fact, you’d be forgiven for thinking his first name is ‘Theinsufferable’ if scrolling and asking around. Were Canada the better side, as he claims here? You have to enjoy the response of Morocco manager Mohamed Ouahbi. “It takes some nerve to say that when you lose 3-0.” Quotes here after Morocco’s clinical display of finishing.

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Een 31-jarige man uit Macedonië is in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag op de Maasvlakte aangereden door een auto. Het slachtoffer raakte gewond en is met een ambulance naar het ziekenhuis gebracht.

ZEELAND (ANP) - Bij een ongeval in het Noord-Brabantse dorp Zeeland zijn zondagochtend vroeg twee inzittenden van een auto overleden. Een van de slachtoffers is een 15-jarige jongen uit Uden. De identiteit van het andere slachtoffer is nog niet bekend, meldt een politiewoordvoerder.

Het verkeersongeval was eenzijdig en vond plaats op de Boekelsedijk. Op beelden van Omroep Brabant is te zien dat de auto tegen een boom is gebotst en in brand heeft gestaan.

Fabio Bruna posted a photo:

Snacken langs de Hofvijver, Den Haag.

Fabio Bruna posted a photo:

Snacken langs de Hofvijver, Den Haag.