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Sat 11 Nov 2009A tale of two cities
BRUSSELS:Move beyond the politicking and paperwork of the European Union headquarters and you’ll find that Brussels is a multicultural melting pot of unique character, writes TONY CLAYTON-LEA
IT’S UNFORTUNATE that the first thing most people think of when you mention Brussels is its status as nominal capital of the European Union. Don’t diplomats and politicians equal eurocrat blandness, particularly in a week when the EU ended up with two relative unknowns at its head? There is, perhaps, a certain truth in that, but, away from the politicking and the paperwork, Brussels is a multicultural melting pot of unique character.
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