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    • European Commission opens investigation on Amazon
    The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it has opened a formal antitrust investigation to determine whether Amazon’s use of ...
    European Commission opens investigation on Amazon
    The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it has opened a formal antitrust investigation to determine whether Amazon’s use of sensitive ...
    France reduces period of abstinence for gay blood donors to four months
    The period of abstinence that homosexuals need to observe in France before they can donate blood will be reduced from one year to four months from 1 ...
    Institute of Natural Sciences’ museum received almost 330,000 visits in 2018
    The Museum of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium, IRSNB, registered 328.183 visitors last year, 317 more (+0.1%) than in 2017, the ...
    Second heat wave of the year to hit Belgium next week
    The second heatwave of the summer is expected to hit Belgium next week, according to the latest forecast from The Royal Meteorological Institute of ...
    Thousands of e-scooters take Brussels by storm, more expected by 2020
    Thousands of scooters are scattered around Brussels, and there could be thousands more in the Belgian capital by 2020. There are currently more ...
    EU buying time in responding to Iran’s breaches of nuclear deal
    At its meeting on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Council urged Iran to reverse its enrichment activities taken recently in violation of the nuclear ...
    Rail traffic between Belgium and France slowly resumes
    Rail traffic between Belgium and France has resumed progressively after being brought to a standstill for around an hour on Wednesday due to damage ...
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    Doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman
    The digital age will create opportunities for everyone regardless of gender Huawei’s Human Resources ...
    Catherine Chen
    In Search of Europeans
    2019 may be remembered as the year in which, after a decade of painful, divisive, adolescent disputes over ...
    Susi Dennison
    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 Belgian Blow
    There are so many things I love about my adopted country; the lack of nature, the wealth of the majority, the ...
    Sophie Whetton
    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
    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
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    The Belgian Blow
    There are so many things I love about my adopted country; the lack of nature, the wealth of the majority, the ...
    Sophie Whetton
    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
    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
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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 ...
    Street theft reports swell in Brussels as they fall in other regions
    The number of bike thefts or pickpocketing incidents reported last year in the Brussels-Capital Region is rising, at the same time as the reports made to ...
    Street theft reports swell in Brussels as they fall in other regions
    The number of bike thefts or pickpocketing incidents reported last year in the Brussels-Capital Region is rising, at the same time as the reports ...
    Picnic on Rue de la Loi to be held car free Sunday
    Fuse and Kompass nightclubs to organise mega rave party in Brussels concert hall
    Traffic congestion drops in Belgium, but still remains a big issue
    Railway traffic between Belgium and France at a standstill
    Saint-Gilles fights for greener streets with blooming vines
    Belgian food sees fans abroad, but struggles locally
    Compass jellyfish coming to the Belgian coast, officials warn
    Man in France saves Brussels resident from fire through video call
    The Opinion Makers
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    Doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman
    Catherine Chen
    In Search of Europeans
    Susi Dennison
    What ‘eating local’ forgets about
    David Abuchar Luna
    The Belgian Blow
    Sophie Whetton
    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
    Zero tolerance or normalized sexism? How sexism became a political strategy
    Alicja Gescinska
    The flower-patterned notebook in a house of horrors
    Samuel Stolton
    Become an opinion maker
    Belgium
    Institute of Natural Sciences’ museum received almost 330,000 visits in 2018
    Second heat wave of the year to hit Belgium next week
    Rail traffic between Belgium and France slowly resumes
    Brussels
    Wanted: Street artists to decorate Brussels tram tunnel entrances
    Fatal hit-and-run driver released under certain conditions
    National holiday: disturbances to the STIB network on Sunday
    EU Affairs
    European Commission opens investigation on Amazon
    EU buying time in responding to Iran’s breaches of nuclear deal
    German from Ixelles elected as President of the European Commission
    Business
    A quarter of Ryanair’s airports are subsidized, says T&E
    Station at Ostend can make canal water drinkable
    Breakdown at Brussels Airport forces holidaymakers to leave 10,000 bags behind
    Politics
    Brussels negotiators clinch government agreement
    US nuclear weapons give Belgium a seat at ‘big boy table,’ top military official says
    Brussels to consider confiscating cars of drivers who break the law
    Art & Culture
    Belgium in Brief: Grenades in castles, helpless hedgehogs and harassment in swimming pools
    Wanted: Street artists to decorate Brussels tram tunnel entrances
    DJ set at the foot of the Atomium gathers crowd of 3,000 fans
    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
    Belgian food sees fans abroad, but struggles locally
    Illegal fishing, plastic waste could wipe out the Mediterranean’s sharks
    Flemish resident released after nearly four months in Turkish prison
    Sports
    Former player, manager and trainer of the ‘Red Devils’ has died
    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
    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
    The Belgian Blow
    There are so many things I love about my adopted country; the lack of nature, the wealth of the majority, the ...
    Sophie Whetton
    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
    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
    Become an opinion maker