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First infected Belgian coronavirus patient speaks about life...

Jupiler Pro League announces more goal-line cameras...

Belgian army opens pop-up in Antwerp shopping centre...

Kim Clijsters loses first comeback game in Dubai...

Government defends system of controls on senior-citizens’ allowance...

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Brussels newest food hall reports record business, despite weather

The new Brussels Wolf food hall saw a record number of visitors on Saturday, according to reports in local news. "More than seven ...

Brussels newest food hall reports record business, despite weather

The new Brussels Wolf food hall saw a record number of visitors on Saturday, according to reports in local news. "More than seven thousand people ...

First infected Belgian coronavirus patient speaks about life in quarantine

Philip Soubry, the first Belgian who was infected with the coronavirus, Covid-19, left the St Pieter hospital in Brussels on Saturday 15 February, ...

Jupiler Pro League announces more goal-line cameras

Additional cameras will be installed at each goal line from the playoff stage at the Belgian football championships, the Jupiler Pro League announced ...

Belgian army opens pop-up in Antwerp shopping centre to recruit women

The Belgian army has opened a pop-up store in Wijnegem shopping centre in Antwerp to specifically recruit women. "I have noticed that a lot of ...

Kim Clijsters loses first comeback game in Dubai on Monday

Belgian tennis legend Kim Clijsters lost her first comeback game to the Spanish Garbine Muguruza in a WTA tournament in Dubai on Monday. The ...

Government defends system of controls on senior-citizens’ allowance

The Office of the Minister in charge of Pensions, Daniel Bacquelaine, on Monday defended a new control procedure for an allowance given to seniors ...

N-VA calls for ‘Flemish front’ against Francophones as coalition talks collapse again

Top figures of the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) called on Flemish parties to create a united "front" against the Parti Socialiste (PS), after the ...

Opinion

The EU should keep pursuing international free trade

Global trade growth has been in a slowdown for a decade. Contributing to the trend is a recent rise in ...

Tanja Porc̆nik

EU’s ‘privileged trade scheme’ suspension with Cambodia is a blessing in disguise

I would like to convey to the European Union the following message: There are responsible and foresighted ...

Sam Rainsy

I vote for regime change in Iran

On February 21, 2020, the so-called parliamentary elections will be held in Iran for the 290 seats of the ...

Ali Bagheri

Isabel Caño Aguilar: “Together against the fake news”

"We live in a time where boundaries between opinions and facts disappear and where the findings of science no ...

Isabel Caño Aguilar

Building peace in South Asia requires a settlement for Kashmiris

The human rights situation in Indian controlled Jammu and Kashmir is self-evidently intolerable for much of ...

John Howarth

Belgium can save the world from doomsday this month: what is it waiting for?

In February, Belgium chairs the United Nations Security Council. As such, it can support the demand for the ...

Andrea Venzon

Remembering Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Émery Lumumba, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the present-day Democratic Republic ...

Anna-Christina Schmidl

The never ending Brexit story: an attempt at satire

As per a universally un-read 541 page withdrawal agreement ratified earlier this week by the EU, the UK will ...

Alexandre D'hoore

R&D: Huawei is an ideal partner for the EU

The European Commission has recently published what is known as the 2019 R&D (research and development) ...

Abraham Liu

Clearview AI: How a start-up could end privacy

The U.S. start-up Clearview collects billions of online photos of unknown people and shares them with public ...

Maximilian Kunisch

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The EU should keep pursuing international free trade

Global trade growth has been in a slowdown for a decade. Contributing to the trend is a recent rise in ...

Tanja Porc̆nik

EU’s ‘privileged trade scheme’ suspension with Cambodia is a blessing in disguise

I would like to convey to the European Union the following message: There are responsible and foresighted ...

Sam Rainsy

I vote for regime change in Iran

On February 21, 2020, the so-called parliamentary elections will be held in Iran for the 290 seats of the ...

Ali Bagheri

Becoming Belgian

I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...

Gareth Harding

Why did Brussels become the capital of Europe? Because Belgium starts with letter B!

9 May 1950: The French foreign minister Robert Schuman makes his famous declaration calling for Germany, ...

Philippe Van Parijs

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Top Opinions

The EU should keep pursuing international free trade

Global trade growth has been in a slowdown for a decade. Contributing to the trend is a recent rise in ...

Tanja Porc̆nik

EU’s ‘privileged trade scheme’ suspension with Cambodia is a blessing in disguise

I would like to convey to the European Union the following message: There are responsible and foresighted ...

Sam Rainsy

I vote for regime change in Iran

On February 21, 2020, the so-called parliamentary elections will be held in Iran for the 290 seats of the ...

Ali Bagheri

Becoming Belgian

I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...

Gareth Harding

Why did Brussels become the capital of Europe? Because Belgium starts with letter B!

9 May 1950: The French foreign minister Robert Schuman makes his famous declaration calling for Germany, ...

Philippe Van Parijs

Become an opinion maker

Magazine

Five questions to philosopher Philippe Van Parijs on the best electoral system

Belgium’s federal elections were held on 26 May 2019. They have been followed by months of laborious negotiations with ten parties ...

One life at a time: An immigration policy void spurs network of citizen solidarity in Brussels

At their request, the names of the asylum seekers and of the hosts have been changed to protect their identities. Since he started ...

Traces of Resistance: An avenue’s small but significant part of Brussels’ story

The pavements of Avenue Louise buzz with life. High-end stores, busy restaurants and prominent business offices stand together in a mosaic ...

Rediscovering the Forgotten and Unknown Belgium

Best-selling author Derek Blyth takes you to some places you might never have heard about, in a country almost no one knows. The world’s ...

Slàinte mhath, proost and à votre santé to the Belgian single malt whisky

The single malt whisky, a well-established high bar in the spirits industry the world over, has long had a strong connection with Scotland. ...

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 ...

Legacies of the colony: The lost children of Congo

In the run-up to Congo’s independence from its Belgian colonisers in 1960, the Belgian state arranged to bring everything that was Belgian ...

10 Brussels squares that should be car-free

Brussels has some of the most beautiful squares in the world. Unfortunately, most are either glorified roundabouts or glamorous car parks. ...

Love in the European Quarter

BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: A leaky Commission Why the UK ...

Love in the European Quarter

BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: A leaky Commission ...

Two more grenades explode in Antwerp on Monday

Harassment on the job affects nearly one in five employees

Mark Zuckerberg stops by Brussels restaurant ahead of EU meeting

After a plunge, the Euro rallies against the Dollar