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Reimbursement of contraceptives and morning after pill expanded...

Bozar Dalí & Magritte exhibition attracts nearly 200,000...

Greece has to act regarding “unsustainable situation” for...

European Stock market hit by coronavirus spread...

An EU ‘four-shirter,’ for the wrong reasons...

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Brussels Airport police strikes: delays will go on throughout the week

Actions by airport police that caused long delays at passport control on their first day on Friday look like being continued throughout the ...

Brussels Airport police strikes: delays will go on throughout the week

Actions by airport police that caused long delays at passport control on their first day on Friday look like being continued throughout the Carnival ...

Reimbursement of contraceptives and morning after pill expanded

The Minister’s council approved a royal decree that expanded the reimbursement of contraceptives and the morning after pill on Friday. This was ...

Bozar Dalí & Magritte exhibition attracts nearly 200,000 visitors

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium reached a record 195,133 visitors in four months to the Dalí & Magritte exhibition which closed on ...

Greece has to act regarding “unsustainable situation” for refugees on the islands

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on Greece to act regarding “the unsustainable situation” for refugees on ...

European Stock market hit by coronavirus spread

The European Stock Market closed in the red on Friday, despite performing well during the week. This is due to renewed concerns about the spread ...

Drop in number of animals slaughtered last year

A total of 25.66 million animals were slaughtered every month in Belgium in 2019, Belgium’s statistic’s office Statbel revealed in a press release on ...

Levels of fine particles as high at Brussels Airport as in the city

Levels of fine particles are as high in the suburban areas around Brussels Airport as they are in the city centre, according to research carried out ...

Opinion

It’s time governments introduce a meat tax

At a recent event in the European Parliament, Compassion in World Farming EU joined other organisations in ...

Olga Kikou

Pardon my French – On the need to improve our French

There’s something rotten about the state of our educational system. Over the past year, several surveys and ...

Alicja Gescinska

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 Porčnik

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

Current Top Opinions

It’s time governments introduce a meat tax

At a recent event in the European Parliament, Compassion in World Farming EU joined other organisations in ...

Olga Kikou

Pardon my French – On the need to improve our French

There’s something rotten about the state of our educational system. Over the past year, several surveys and ...

Alicja Gescinska

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

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

It’s time governments introduce a meat tax

At a recent event in the European Parliament, Compassion in World Farming EU joined other organisations in ...

Olga Kikou

Pardon my French – On the need to improve our French

There’s something rotten about the state of our educational system. Over the past year, several surveys and ...

Alicja Gescinska

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

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

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 ...

How Artificial Intelligence could transform the European economic and political landscape

Are superhuman computers set to steal our jobs, take over the world and perhaps even kill off humanity? Such fears are commonplace in ...

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 ...

An EU ‘four-shirter,’ for the wrong reasons

BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: Love in the European Quarter A ...

An EU ‘four-shirter,’ for the wrong reasons

BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: Love in the European ...

Belgian parliament makes preparations for a hard Brexit

Two arrested after break-in at Royal Mint

Italy closes some towns down as second coronavirus death announced

Police will have real-time access to Stib CCTV