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    • Explaining Belgium’s new Covid-19 testing strategy
    Belgium's temporary new testing strategy, in which people without Covid-19 symptoms will no longer be tested, starts today and will last ...
    Explaining Belgium’s new Covid-19 testing strategy
    Belgium's temporary new testing strategy, in which people without Covid-19 symptoms will no longer be tested, starts today and will last until at ...
    Belgian Muslim Executive condemns assassination of French teacher Samuel Paty
    The Muslim Executive in Belgium (EMB) strongly condemned the murder of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher who was killed in France last ...
    ‘Exceptional catch’: police seize military-grade weapon arsenal in Antwerp
    An arsenal of military-grade weapons, ammunition, money and mobile phones was discovered in the Antwerp province by the federal judicial police ...
    Woman (18) kidnapped in Belgium freed by special forces in Germany
    On Monday, special forces in Germany freed an 18-year-old woman who was kidnapped in Belgium, from a house in the German city of Bonn. The German ...
    Brussels says public transport isn’t causing infection to spread
    Public transport is not causing the coronavirus to spread through the Brussels-Capital Region, according to a study referred to by the cabinet of ...
    In photos: Brussels streets deserted on first night of coronavirus curfew
    Belgium's coronavirus curfew went into effect at midnight on Tuesday, emptying the capital's streets as police confirmed the measure was well ...
    Practical Measures: Takeaways now can’t sell alcohol to take away
    Belgian restaurants that offer takeaway food during the weeks of compulsory closure will not be allowed to sell alcohol to take away, according to ...
    Brussels refuses to give up on its Winter Wonders
    The City of Brussels has not yet given up hope that the Christmas "Winter Wonders" will go ahead this year, despite increasing coronavirus figures in ...
    Delhaize agrees to early Friday closures amid alcohol sales ban
    A major food retailer in Belgium will be closing shop earlier on Fridays to better comply with a month-long evening ban on the sale of alcohol ...
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    The US election is threatened by chaotic legal fallout
    President Donald Trump’s chances of reelection do not look good, even after his miraculous bout of corona. ...
    Karola Klatt
    Let’s not become surrealistic and let’s “call a steak a steak”
    For some time, the debate about product denominations has been the subject of a certain amount of ridicule ...
    Pekka Pesonen
    It’s the Wurst-case scenario: Farming lobbies try to squash plant-based progress
    With the big farming lobbies in the midst of a ferocious battle to ban ‘meaty’ and ‘dairy-type’ names on the ...
    Olga Kikou
    With Covid-19 spiking, healthy nutrition gains urgency
    As coronavirus cases are skyrocketing across the EU, with France imposing a strict curfew for several ...
    Lukas Moore
    Will Israelis, Emiratis and Bahrainis have a ‘warm’ peace?
    Contemporary journalism seems at times plagued by a tendency to call events as historic, to the extent one ...
    Dr. Alexander Loengarov
    Adequate minimum income for all – the time for EU action is now
    Poverty and inequality are rising again One in five people in Europe are at risk of poverty and social ...
    Sian Jones & Mathias Maucher
    Digital technology is transforming African film and music industry
    In the last four years the world’s top three major record companies with the largest global market share have ...
    Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
    Kamala Harris enhances the Biden campaign
    Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s selection of a Vice-Presidential candidate was considered his “first ...
    Benjamin Piatt
    In Guinea, a chance to avoid repeating Europe’s past mistakes
    On 18 October, the West African country of Guinea will hold a presidential election that will determine ...
    Martin Gordon
    Brexit fog in channel, Europe cut off
    As autumn leaves begin to fall, the UK continues to slip-slide away from the EU. Cruising silently through ...
    Dorcha Lee
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    It’s the Wurst-case scenario: Farming lobbies try to squash plant-based progress
    With the big farming lobbies in the midst of a ferocious battle to ban ‘meaty’ and ‘dairy-type’ names on the ...
    Olga Kikou
    Digital technology is transforming African film and music industry
    In the last four years the world’s top three major record companies with the largest global market share have ...
    Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
    Kamala Harris enhances the Biden campaign
    Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s selection of a Vice-Presidential candidate was considered his “first ...
    Benjamin Piatt
    Brexit fog in channel, Europe cut off
    As autumn leaves begin to fall, the UK continues to slip-slide away from the EU. Cruising silently through ...
    Dorcha Lee
    Why Belarus is not ‘another Maidan’
    The regime of Aleksander Lukashenko tried to undermine the protests comparing them to Ukrainian Maidan, but ...
    Alina Baihuzhakava
    AI in Europe: Chances and opportunities
    Joint Op-ed by Iban García del Blanco, MEP & Abraham Liu Europe: Artificial Intelligence at the ...
    Iban García del Blanco & Abraham Liu
    The Turkish Parliament has several structural deficits
    Recent developments in Turkey have created doubts in the democratic commitment of its leadership. These ...
    Mine Yildiz
    Colombia’s strong man, from hero to criminal
    The most influential political figure of the last two decades in Colombia has by far been Alvaro Uribe Velez, ...
    David Abuchar Luna
    What impact would a Turkish withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention have on EU-Turkey relations?   
    Turkey and the European Union (EU) have always been close allies throughout the history. Despite certain ...
    Sukran Unal
    The West needs to tailor an effective deterrence strategy against Kremlin 
    Poison is the Kremlins weapon of choice to silence opponents. The attempt on Alexei Navalnys life, using a ...
    Artiom Hildebrandt
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    The cryptocurrency revolution: How Europe could take the lead in the ‘money of the future’
    Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Facebook’s digital currency Libra, may herald the future of payment systems, or even how we will ...
    How Covid changed Brussels
    Remember those sunny days in spring when the roar of cars, the rev of motorbikes and the rumble of planes suddenly stopped; when we opened ...
    Derek Blyth’s hidden secrets of Brussels
    Derek Blyth is the author of the bestselling The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels. He picks out ten of his favourite hidden secrets in every ...
    An urban safari in the ugliest city in the world
    Standing on the edge of a canal, surrounded by an oppressive wasteland of industrial decline, it’s not particularly hard to see why ...
    The drama of Belgian politics: too many principles, too little responsibility
    Our society might be better off with politicians who have fewer convictions, less principles and less beliefs. This might seem a bold, ...
    The greatest Belgian of all time: How a Belgian missionary in Hawaii became a national hero and saint
    He was born as Jozef de Veuster in 1840 in Tremelo, a small village in Flemish Brabant. Better known as Father Damien, he worked as a ...
    Adapting to new realities: how governments best can handle the economic disruption of the pandemic
    It has been a miserable year so far. Not only has the coronavirus killed hundreds of thousands Europeans, it has also confined the rest of ...
    Filling in the void: The rise of ‘legalised squats’ in Brussels
    Ungoverned and ubiquitous, the 20th municipality of Brussels sprawls unnoticed throughout the capital region’s territory. Put together, ...
    Only four countries show green zones on first EU corona-map
    Norway and Finland are the only countries to show mostly green regions on the European Union’s first coronavirus map, which colours regions green, red or ...
    Only four countries show green zones on first EU corona-map
    Norway and Finland are the only countries to show mostly green regions on the European Union’s first coronavirus map, which colours regions green, ...
    Belgium will move clocks to winter time on Sunday
    Covid-19 infections in Flemish residential care centres rise sharply
    Flanders keeps sending all pupils to school full-time
    Carrefour sells its very last single-use grocery bag
    Brussels mayor doesn’t understand why prostitution is allowed again
    Over 2,700 coronavirus patients admitted to hospital in Belgium
    Belgium in Brief: Never Meet Your Heroes
    Asymptomatic cases’ only option is quarantine, former Sciensano official says
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    The US election is threatened by chaotic legal fallout
    Karola Klatt
    Let’s not become surrealistic and let’s “call a steak a steak”
    Pekka Pesonen
    It’s the Wurst-case scenario: Farming lobbies try to squash plant-based progress
    Olga Kikou
    With Covid-19 spiking, healthy nutrition gains urgency
    Lukas Moore
    Will Israelis, Emiratis and Bahrainis have a ‘warm’ peace?
    Dr. Alexander Loengarov
    Adequate minimum income for all – the time for EU action is now
    Sian Jones & Mathias Maucher
    Digital technology is transforming African film and music industry
    Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
    Kamala Harris enhances the Biden campaign
    Benjamin Piatt
    In Guinea, a chance to avoid repeating Europe’s past mistakes
    Martin Gordon
    Brexit fog in channel, Europe cut off
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    • Belgium
    Explaining Belgium’s new Covid-19 testing strategy
    Belgian Muslim Executive condemns assassination of French teacher Samuel Paty
    ‘Exceptional catch’: police seize military-grade weapon arsenal in Antwerp
    Brussels
    Brussels says public transport isn’t causing infection to spread
    In photos: Brussels streets deserted on first night of coronavirus curfew
    Brussels mayor doesn’t understand why prostitution is allowed again
    Health
    Explaining Belgium’s new Covid-19 testing strategy
    In photos: Brussels streets deserted on first night of coronavirus curfew
    Covid-19 infections in Flemish residential care centres rise sharply
    EU Affairs
    Several European contact tracing apps can now interact with each other
    Enlargement: Candidate countries still far away from joining the EU
    Brexit: UK says the ball is in the EU’s court
    Business
    Several European contact tracing apps can now interact with each other
    New controls on slaughterhouses are ‘window-dressing’
    Hospitality industry: the case for a lockdown
    World
    Woman (18) kidnapped in Belgium freed by special forces in Germany
    ‘Tsunami of infections’: Belgian Health Minister appears in foreign press
    Belgium joins in 16-country police raid on money laundering gang
    Politics
    Hard Brexit would cost Belgium €3.2 billion in exports
    Belgian Prime Minister cancels official visit to Netherlands due to Covid-19 pandemic
    Tax on high incomes should bring in €250-€300 million extra a year
    Art & Culture
    Brussels refuses to give up on its Winter Wonders
    ‘Completely excessive’: Belgian cinemas banned from selling snacks
    Van Gogh ‘immersive experience’ exhibition in Antwerp extended by two months
    Sports
    PM’s father gets only coronavirus fine at Belgian bicycle race
    Runners from across Europe to take part in the first virtual edition of ‘Run for Europe’
    Belgium’s Red Devils green lit to bring fans back to games
    Education
    Pope, Prince William and celebrities unite for the climate
    Code yellow: how Belgian universities will start the school year
    Two Belgian universities in top 100 world ranking
    Current Top Opinions
    It’s the Wurst-case scenario: Farming lobbies try to squash plant-based progress
    With the big farming lobbies in the midst of a ferocious battle to ban ‘meaty’ and ‘dairy-type’ names on the ...
    Olga Kikou
    Digital technology is transforming African film and music industry
    In the last four years the world’s top three major record companies with the largest global market share have ...
    Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
    Kamala Harris enhances the Biden campaign
    Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s selection of a Vice-Presidential candidate was considered his “first ...
    Benjamin Piatt
    Brexit fog in channel, Europe cut off
    As autumn leaves begin to fall, the UK continues to slip-slide away from the EU. Cruising silently through ...
    Dorcha Lee
    Why Belarus is not ‘another Maidan’
    The regime of Aleksander Lukashenko tried to undermine the protests comparing them to Ukrainian Maidan, but ...
    Alina Baihuzhakava
    AI in Europe: Chances and opportunities
    Joint Op-ed by Iban García del Blanco, MEP & Abraham Liu Europe: Artificial Intelligence at the ...
    Iban García del Blanco & Abraham Liu
    The Turkish Parliament has several structural deficits
    Recent developments in Turkey have created doubts in the democratic commitment of its leadership. These ...
    Mine Yildiz
    Colombia’s strong man, from hero to criminal
    The most influential political figure of the last two decades in Colombia has by far been Alvaro Uribe Velez, ...
    David Abuchar Luna
    What impact would a Turkish withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention have on EU-Turkey relations?   
    Turkey and the European Union (EU) have always been close allies throughout the history. Despite certain ...
    Sukran Unal
    The West needs to tailor an effective deterrence strategy against Kremlin 
    Poison is the Kremlins weapon of choice to silence opponents. The attempt on Alexei Navalnys life, using a ...
    Artiom Hildebrandt
    Become an opinion maker