Sabena cancelled most of its flights on Tuesday after ground staff in Brussels staged a walk-out in protest over rumours of the bankruptcy decision.

BBC: Belgian national airline bankrupt

While fighting raged on the ground in Mali, officials in Brussels discussed plans for the future.

NPR: US Begins Transporting French Troops To Mali

In Brussels on Sunday, NATO officials said they had spotted what could be a mass burial ground southwest of Pristina in Kosovo.

CNN: NATO vows to prevail in Yugoslavia

For the European Commission, it means a lot more references to the word growth in Brussels policy documents - and a lot of new European infrastructure projects which might well take years to get off the ground.

BBC: Greece, France and the future of the euro