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    • Belgian schoolchildren unharmed after highway chain collision crash
    A group of Belgian schoolchildren escaped injury after the bus they were travelling on was involved in a chain collision crash during a ...
    Belgian schoolchildren unharmed after highway chain collision crash
    A group of Belgian schoolchildren escaped injury after the bus they were travelling on was involved in a chain collision crash during a school trip ...
    Police water heavily “charged” with lead
    An agreement was reached on Wednesday between unions and federal police management after seven police officers (men and women) formally notified ...
    Twice as many hate messages during election period, says Unia
    The anti-discrimination agency Unia received 740 complaints of hate messages in the first six months of this year, double the 369 received in the ...
    Far-right party wants to let pregnant women park in handicapped spots
    The far-right Vlaams Belang (VB) party is seeking to allow late-term pregnant women to park in handicapped spaces after it introduced a bill to the ...
    Fan zone created for Belgian women’s football home games
    A fan area around the Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven will be set up for the Red Flames’ four home games for the women’s Euro 2021, the Belgian Football ...
    Minimum wage for working prisoners raised by government
    Working prisoners will receive a higher minimum wage as of next year. They will earn at least €0.75 per hour, even if guards on strike prevent them ...
    Parents up in arms over back to school costs
    With the return of the nation’s children to school only two weekends away, parents have been complaining about the charges demanded by schools for ...
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    How cattle raiding violence is on the rise in Kenya
    As 16-year old Bob Salat sweats through revision work in preparation for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary ...
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    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
    Hugh James Dow
    What can China learn from Israel?
    China has achieved tremendous economic success in the past few decades, but its extensive growth relied ...
    Chen Gong
    What is wrong with the British left?
    The two of us were sitting rather awkwardly on small, uncomfortable, metal, foldable chairs. The location ...
    Sam Jenkinson
    The European Stale Mate on the Balkan Question
    The EU finds itself at a critical strategic juncture point about how to address the integration of Balkan ...
    Giorgio Trichilo
    Why the EU’s position on Hong Kong’s extradition bill lacks credibility
    In the past two months, social unrest caused by the now shelved extradition bill has become a fact of ...
    Justin Bong-Kwan
    The Fine Art of Fraud
    Last Friday, 17 Goldman Sachs bankers were hit with fresh criminal charges in the titanic 1MDB scandal, ...
    Steven Lind
    Renewed opposition to controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline as it nears completion
    The consortium behind the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline has announced that the 510-kilometre long ...
    Igor Pliner
    The trinity of the U.S.-China trade war
    The U.S.-China trade war has recently become markedly complicated. Previous U.S.-China trade disputes were ...
    Chen Gong
    The 2019 UAPA Amendment Act: Footsteps of fascism in the world’s largest democracy
    "The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is ...
    Pitamber Kaushik
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    Is Belgium’s real estate bubble about to burst?
    The Belgian housing market is in a unique position, in that never has housing cost so much, in both real and ...
    Alexandre D'hoore
    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
    Hugh James Dow
    Fragile European banking may trigger the next global crisis
    Eleven years after the global financial crisis, the European banking industry is once again preparing for ...
    Chen Gong
    What no government…The current state of Belgian politics and the rocky road ahead
    Belgium may not have an elected federal government at the moment, but you would be forgiven for not knowing ...
    Dafydd ab Iago
    UN memo points to the tobacco industry’s enduring influence
    Michael Moller, the outgoing head of the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, made quite a splash when, on ...
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    Condemned and abandoned: The Belgian ghost town which refuses to disappear
    The village of Doel ‒ situated on the Scheldt River in Flanders ‒ was meant to be destroyed in favour of progress. That didn't happen. ...
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    A polar explorer and climate change researcher, Alain Hubert divides his time between Antarctica and his native Belgium. In 2002, he ...
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    It’s 7 p.m. at La Bascule. I park my bike behind a car in front of one of Brussels’ most prestigious bakeries. I introduce myself to one of ...
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    Best-selling author Derek Blyth takes you to some places you might never have heard about, in a country almost no one knows.The ...
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    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 ...
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    Belgium in Brief: Minor charged for DJ attack, art-deco restoration and an ode to the number 7 tram
    A minor has been charged after attacking a DJ, thirteen people have been banned from pools for harassment and an in-depth look at a tram ride through Brussels. ...
    Belgium in Brief: Minor charged for DJ attack, art-deco restoration and an ode to the number 7 tram
    A minor has been charged after attacking a DJ, thirteen people have been banned from pools for harassment and an in-depth look at a tram ride through ...
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    Belgium
    Police water heavily “charged” with lead
    Twice as many hate messages during election period, says Unia
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    Twelve arrested during evictions from Brussels park
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    EU Affairs
    Facebook’s digital currency under European Commission scrutiny
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    Autonomous shuttle bus to be tested at VUB and ULB Universities
    Cryptocurrency: fraudulent investment sites identified by Belgian watchdog
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    Politics
    Twice as many hate messages during election period, says Unia
    Reynders tipped as Belgian commissioner, but one more name needed
    As deadline approaches, Belgium is yet to pick a Commissioner
    Art & Culture
    Belgium in Brief: Minor charged for DJ attack, art-deco restoration and an ode to the number 7 tram
    Food truck inspections at Brussels Summer Festival: two offences, six warnings issued
    250th anniversary celebrations of Napoleon’s birth in Waterloo
    Health
    Police water heavily “charged” with lead
    Fire in Schaerbeek: market food products must be destroyed
    UZ Brussels uses robot during cardiovascular surgery
    World
    Belgian tourist’s murder attempt in Italy prevented by own son
    Researchers prove link between drought in the South and heat in Europe
    Utrecht opens largest bicycle parking facility in the world
    Sports
    Fan zone created for Belgian women’s football home games
    European Open: Andy Murray will play in the Antwerp tournament
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    Two Belgian universities in world Top 100
    ULB and Ihecs college plan merger
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    Is Belgium’s real estate bubble about to burst?
    The Belgian housing market is in a unique position, in that never has housing cost so much, in both real and ...
    Alexandre D'hoore
    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
    Hugh James Dow
    Fragile European banking may trigger the next global crisis
    Eleven years after the global financial crisis, the European banking industry is once again preparing for ...
    Chen Gong
    What no government…The current state of Belgian politics and the rocky road ahead
    Belgium may not have an elected federal government at the moment, but you would be forgiven for not knowing ...
    Dafydd ab Iago
    UN memo points to the tobacco industry’s enduring influence
    Michael Moller, the outgoing head of the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, made quite a splash when, on ...
    Igor Pliner
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