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    • Ryanair CEO says Belgian staff should ‘shut up and go to work’
    Michael O'Leary, CEO of budget carrier Ryanair, lashed out at his airline's Belgian employees over an upcoming day of international ...
    Ryanair CEO says Belgian staff should ‘shut up and go to work’
    Michael O'Leary, CEO of budget carrier Ryanair, lashed out at his airline's Belgian employees over an upcoming day of international solidarity action ...
    Over one million bottles of ‘excellent’ Walloon wine for the 2019 vintage
    The 2019 vintage of Walloon wines will be marked by an " excellent quality ", Pierre Rion, president of the Association des vignerons de Wallonie ...
    EU cautious: Elections in Israel leaves country in political limbo
    With 97 percent of the votes counted yesterday in the parliamentary elections in Israel, no political bloc gained the required 61 seats, out of the ...
    Car free Sunday: a guide to who can be on the roads (and who can’t)
    Car-Free Sunday - which will be held on 22 September throughout the Brussels-Capital Region - will see the region almost vehicle-free between 9:30 AM ...
    Brussels postpones migrants’ eviction from citizen-led housing centre
    Homeless migrants staying in a housing centre run by a citizen non-profit will be able to continue sleeping there for a few additional days, Brussels ...
    Climate: Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Brussels (photos)
    Thousands of students and Brussels residents have taken to the streets to participate in the third Global Climate strike.The march began when ...
    Brexit: we are as ready as we can be, Charles Michel assures
    The federal government provided updated information on Friday concerning Belgium's preparations for Brexit ahead of the looming deadline.We are ...
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    EU leaders should do their climate homework and act
    Between January and May 2019, Youth for Climate organised weekly strikes for the climate in several Belgian ...
    Adélaïde Charlier and Anuna de Wever
    Dominance of the U.S. dollar is set to continue
    At the recent Jackson Hole economic symposium, the Bank of England's governor Mark Carney voiced his ...
    Chen Gong
    For the planet to survive, lifestyles must change
    About ten to fifteen years ago, scientists and environmentalists thought that disbelief in global warming, ...
    Mahrukh Inayat Mirza
    Ghent’s Holocaust memorial must be better respected
    As I walk from Gent-Sint-Pieters station to my apartment in the centre of the city, I am presented with the ...
    Sam Jenkinson
    Hong Kong protests need representation before any meaningful dialogue can take place
    As protests in Hong Kong show no signs of dying down, maintaining the status quo in the hope that the ...
    Justin Bong-Kwan
    The EU needs to learn from history and avoid punishing the UK too harshly for Brexit
    From an American perspective, the EU’s attitude towards the UK is a sad commentary on the state of government ...
    Thornton Clark
    Co-working spaces are better for your startup than traditional offices
    The nine-to-five work schedule isn’t for everyone, and neither is working in a cubicle all day every day. ...
    Renzo De Leon
    Why society must stop misrepresenting mental illness
    Self-loathing is a problem, not a trend. Anorexia is an illness, not a life choice. Bulimia is a tragedy, not ...
    Mahrukh Inayat Mirza
    Lukaku’s Burden
     When I first moved to the Rupelstreek, a cute but anonymous agglomeration of towns south of ...
    Alexandre D'hoore
    How my grandfather was one of the first Allied soldiers to re-enter Belgium after German occupation
    For the people who were involved in the Allied advance on Brussels on Sunday 3 September 1944, it would be ...
    Adam Stones
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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
    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
    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
    Lukaku’s Burden
     When I first moved to the Rupelstreek, a cute but anonymous agglomeration of towns south of ...
    Alexandre D'hoore
    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
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    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 ...
    Raised in limbo: The unmoored lives of Belgium’s Islamic State children
    In a derelict camp in northern Syria, Belgian children are growing up in a lawless land.Their short lives have been defined by the ...
    Benefits, risks and human nature: managing the Artificial Intelligence revolution
    It was a medical scoop for the Benelux countries. Anaesthetists at the UZ Brussels hospital made use of new artificial intelligence (AI) ...
    The Year of Silence: Belgium’s darkest moments during WWII
    Historian Herman Van Goethem, rector of Antwerp University and a former director of Kazerne Dossin, the Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ...
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    25 years after the genocide in Rwanda many questions still remain unanswered
    This year marks a quarter century since the genocide in Rwanda but it still remains unclear who some of the main culprits were that ...
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    Thursday 31 October is set to be a big day for the European Union. It is the last day of Jean-Claude Juncker’s tenure as president of the ...
    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. ...
    Belgium’s plea for sick toddler denied by pharmaceutical giant Novartis
    A remarkable crowdfunding effort for a Belgian toddler suffering from a life-threatening genetic disease has seen one of the world's largest pharmaceutical ...
    Belgium’s plea for sick toddler denied by pharmaceutical giant Novartis
    A remarkable crowdfunding effort for a Belgian toddler suffering from a life-threatening genetic disease has seen one of the world's largest ...
    Museum pass holders now able to buy half price train tickets
    Brussels mobility minister calls for a change in attitudes towards mobility
    Replace parking spaces near schools with parks, says Flemish pedestrian movement
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    Manneken Pis statue to be censored in upcoming Brussels edition of Monopoly
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    ‘The pain is unimaginable’: cancer patient to sue SNCB over unsafe working conditions
    Billy Bike e-bike fleet expands to 600 in Brussels
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    EU leaders should do their climate homework and act
    Adélaïde Charlier and Anuna de Wever
    Dominance of the U.S. dollar is set to continue
    Chen Gong
    For the planet to survive, lifestyles must change
    Mahrukh Inayat Mirza
    Ghent’s Holocaust memorial must be better respected
    Sam Jenkinson
    Hong Kong protests need representation before any meaningful dialogue can take place
    Justin Bong-Kwan
    The EU needs to learn from history and avoid punishing the UK too harshly for Brexit
    Thornton Clark
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    Renzo De Leon
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    Belgium’s plea for sick toddler denied by pharmaceutical giant Novartis
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    Brussels postpones migrants’ eviction from citizen-led housing centre
    Climate: Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Brussels (photos)
    Brussels mobility minister calls for a change in attitudes towards mobility
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    EU cautious: Elections in Israel leaves country in political limbo
    Climate: Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Brussels (photos)
    Brexit: we are as ready as we can be, Charles Michel assures
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    Ryanair CEO says Belgian staff should ‘shut up and go to work’
    Billy Bike e-bike fleet expands to 600 in Brussels
    Belgians increasingly supportive of teleworking lifestyle
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    Car free Sunday: a guide to who can be on the roads (and who can’t)
    Brexit: we are as ready as we can be, Charles Michel assures
    Brussels mobility minister calls for a change in attitudes towards mobility
    Art & Culture
    Over one million bottles of ‘excellent’ Walloon wine for the 2019 vintage
    Car free Sunday: a guide to who can be on the roads (and who can’t)
    Swastika artwork in Brussels gallery prompts frustration
    Health
    Belgium’s plea for sick toddler denied by pharmaceutical giant Novartis
    Car free Sunday: a guide to who can be on the roads (and who can’t)
    ‘The pain is unimaginable’: cancer patient to sue SNCB over unsafe working conditions
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    Climate: Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Brussels (photos)
    Indonesia to ship hazardous or improperly sorted waste back to Belgium, Europe
    Oil prices in Belgium set to increase tomorrow
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    FIFA world classification: the Red Devils retain top place
    Eden Hazard is ready for his debut with Real Madrid, says coach Zinedine Zidane
    Kim Clijsters on return from retirement: ‘It will be my marathon’
    Education
    Islamic school in Genk does not receive provisional recognition
    Flemish schools hit by teacher shortage
    Two Belgian universities in world Top 100
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    Teaching profession sees boom among young people
    Back to school for 900,000 students, yet some don’t have places
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    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
    Hugh James Dow
    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
    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 ...
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     When I first moved to the Rupelstreek, a cute but anonymous agglomeration of towns south of ...
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