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    • Brussels speed limit to be slashed throughout the region
    The speed limit in the Brussels-Capital Region is expected to be cut down to 30 kilometres per hour in a year and a half, after the ...
    Brussels speed limit to be slashed throughout the region
    The speed limit in the Brussels-Capital Region is expected to be cut down to 30 kilometres per hour in a year and a half, after the incoming regional ...
    Police shoots 15 rubber bullets to stop man vandalising cars with a machete
    Police in Charleroi shot 15 rubber bullets to stop a man who was wielding a machete while vandalizing five cars on Saturday. According to ...
    Iran calls on EU to take steps to save nuclear agreement
    Iran urged Europe on Monday to take “practical, effective and responsible” measures to salvage the Iranian nuclear agreement, under discussion at a ...
    Car makers turn electric as European regulations kick in
    The European emission regulation deadlines are fast approaching. In reaction, car makers hoping to stay below the 2021 95 g/km threshold are jumping ...
    Leopold Park to host movies, games celebrating Europe this summer
    From 16:00 to 21:00 each Wednesday and Saturday during July and August, Leopold Park will be home to Brussels Meets Europe, an event exploring ...
    Belgian rail: two trains a week ‘forget’ to stop
    Two belgian trains a week do not stop at the station where they normally should pick up or drop passengers. The reason is distracted train ...
    Place Rogier hit-and-run suspect gives himself up to police
    The suspect who drove the vehicle which hit a young man on Sunday morning, 4.45 am, on Boulevard du Jardin Botanique in Brussels, has come forward ...
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    What eating local forgets about
    Eating local is clearly a good idea and makes environmental sense. However, like many other good ideas, it ...
    David Abuchar Luna
    The heady delights of Brussels’ tram number 7
    Take the 7 tram from Louis Bertrand to Heysel. The 25 minute ride reveals Brussels in all its eclectic glory. ...
    Hugh James Dow
    Saudi tech investments to Hit $135b by 2030 
    Artificial Intelligence is going to be a big game changer in the global economy, and much of the value ...
    Mariam Mikhail
    America’s cruel capitalism
    Corporate America’s worship of “shareholder value” has clearly achieved to put shareholder’s interests before ...
    David Abuchar Luna
    See past the politics, this is Algeria’s exciting economic turning point
    Algiers has been home to plenty of demonstrations this year. In Algeria’s capital and beyond, political and ...
    Robert Quartly-Janeiro
    In Search of Europeans
    2019 may be remembered as the year in which, after a decade of painful, divisive, adolescent disputes over ...
    Susi Dennison
    Zero tolerance or normalized sexism? How sexism became a political strategy
    Last month, the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company STIB and Plan International launched a campaign to ...
    Alicja Gescinska
    The flower-patterned notebook in a house of horrors
    Stored away in a European Parliament office cabinet is a small, flower-patterned notebook. The pages contain ...
    Samuel Stolton
    Welcome to a new era of European democracy
    With the next few months set to be dominated by unseemly haggling over top EU jobs, starting with the ...
    Philippe Legrain
    It’s the national politics, stupid
    One could say the campaigns in the European Parliament elections, which are taking place this week on 23 – 26 ...
    Robert Steenland
    Current Top Opinions
    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
    The heady delights of Brussels’ tram number 7
    Take the 7 tram from Louis Bertrand to Heysel. The 25 minute ride reveals Brussels in all its eclectic glory. ...
    Hugh James Dow
    Brussels bilingual? Brussels francophone? Both and neither!
    The Kingdom of Belgium, you must have read somewhere, is a federal state that consist of two big monolingual ...
    Philippe Van Parijs
    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
    Brussels’ abrupt population boom: fatal success?
    Something must have happened in Brussels in 2000, something unpredicted and unpredictable, that abruptly ...
    Philippe Van Parijs
    Become an opinion maker
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    Freedom and captivity in Antarctica: interview with Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert
    A polar explorer and climate change researcher, Alain Hubert divides his time between Antarctica and his native Belgium. In 2002, he ...
    Profit, Consumption and Value Chains: Following the trail of Brussels’ food waste
    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 ...
    How a street art start-up is helping to brighten up Brussels’ bare surfaces
    As a city, Brussels is often defined by the glass and steel of its office buildings. The European quarter, which appears in the ...
    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 ...
    How Belgium created and almost lost the world’s first stock exchange
    Soaring stone columns cracked and crumbling, ornate metal arches gnawed at by rust: for the past two decades, in the historic heart of ...
    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 ...
    One woman’s fight against homosexual prejudice in Brussels
    Marian Lens is waving her rainbow umbrella in the air. The Grand Place is already packed with tourists in early May, and she is leading a ...
    Belgian archaeologist discloses mysteries of Stonehenge
    It is possibly the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the world. But while it is one of the world's ...
    New European Commission tower will be tallest building in Brussels
    A new European Commission building is set to dethrone the Tour du Midi as the tallest building in Brussels, after three architecture firms were chosen to build ...
    New European Commission tower will be tallest building in Brussels
    A new European Commission building is set to dethrone the Tour du Midi as the tallest building in Brussels, after three architecture firms were ...
    Almost half of all drivers going too fast at speed checks last weekend
    Belgian farmers hesitant about using new technologies
    Belgian universities part of a European consortium to build the ‘Einstein Telescope’
    Brussels pedestrian zone to reopen to traffic during summer
    Saint-Josse art-deco swimming pool to open in September
    Belgium ranked 16th in global ‘economic growth potential’ report
    ING Belgium fined over €300,000 for breaching money laundering rules
    E-scooter companies find success despite business model difficulties
    The Opinion Makers
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    What eating local forgets about
    David Abuchar Luna
    The heady delights of Brussels’ tram number 7
    Hugh James Dow
    Saudi tech investments to Hit $135b by 2030 
    Mariam Mikhail
    America’s cruel capitalism
    David Abuchar Luna
    See past the politics, this is Algeria’s exciting economic turning point
    Robert Quartly-Janeiro
    In Search of Europeans
    Susi Dennison
    Zero tolerance or normalized sexism? How sexism became a political strategy
    Alicja Gescinska
    The flower-patterned notebook in a house of horrors
    Samuel Stolton
    Welcome to a new era of European democracy
    Philippe Legrain
    It’s the national politics, stupid
    Robert Steenland
    Become an opinion maker
    Belgium
    Belgian rail: two trains a week ‘forget’ to stop
    Belgian farmers hesitant about using new technologies
    Belgian universities part of a European consortium to build the ‘Einstein Telescope’
    Brussels
    Belgium in Brief: Secret Nazi hospital, Storm warning and Ed Sheeran in Brussels
    Mini Europe host medieval festival to honour new exhibitions
    Belgium in Brief: Not OK Google, Furious farmers and Archaeological finds
    EU Affairs
    Iran calls on EU to take steps to save nuclear agreement
    Car makers turn electric as European regulations kick in
    “The European angle is important due to the new security threats”
    Business
    Station at Ostend can make canal water drinkable
    Breakdown at Brussels Airport forces holidaymakers to leave 10,000 bags behind
    Freight trains ease congestion on Belgian roads, but still cost too much
    Politics
    N-VA candidate takes over presidency of Flemish parliament
    Brussels negotiators reach agreement on mobility plans
    Europeans take a “Big Jump” for cleaner rivers
    Art & Culture
    Nearly 10,000 people attend Namur beer festival
    The 139th Brussels Foire du Midi kicks off
    Brussels Midi Fair could move to Heysel next year
    Health
    Health before profit: Belgian chemists call out Big Pharma over drug shortage in hospitals
    Dogs that predict epilepsy attacks: Ghent study aims to find out how
    Station at Ostend can make canal water drinkable
    World
    Illegal fishing, plastic waste could wipe out the Mediterranean’s sharks
    Flemish resident released after nearly four months in Turkish prison
    BNP Paribas linked to controversial American detention centres
    Sports
    Bart Swings wins silver in the World Roller-skating Championships marathon
    UEFA Euro 2020: First round of ticket sales closes at 4.5 million requests
    Cycling union wants to know how to make road-cycling more popular
    Education
    Flemish high-school students are increasingly choosing science subjects
    Leuven students design most aerodynamic solar car in Belgian history
    Four Belgian institutions selected for Alliances of European universities
    Belgium (Education)
    ULB and Ihecs college plan merger
    Nearly 4,000 sit down for medical entrance exam in Brussels
    Medical entrance results better than thought
    Top Opinions
    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
    The heady delights of Brussels’ tram number 7
    Take the 7 tram from Louis Bertrand to Heysel. The 25 minute ride reveals Brussels in all its eclectic glory. ...
    Hugh James Dow
    Brussels bilingual? Brussels francophone? Both and neither!
    The Kingdom of Belgium, you must have read somewhere, is a federal state that consist of two big monolingual ...
    Philippe Van Parijs
    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
    Brussels’ abrupt population boom: fatal success?
    Something must have happened in Brussels in 2000, something unpredicted and unpredictable, that abruptly ...
    Philippe Van Parijs
    Become an opinion maker