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Support centres for victims sexual violence needed across...

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No more snow from Thursday evening...

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Coronavirus: masks are of ‘little use’ for healthy people, says Belgian virologist

Wearing a face mask for prevention amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus is only useful for those already infected, according to the ...

Coronavirus: masks are of ‘little use’ for healthy people, says Belgian virologist

Wearing a face mask for prevention amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus is only useful for those already infected, according to the head of ...

Support centres for victims sexual violence needed across Belgium

New Support Centres for victims of sexual violence should be created in Belgium so that each province is equipped, Federal Minister in charge of ...

Flemish company bans handshakes amid coronavirus fears

Duma, a company in the city of Kortrijk in the province of West Flanders, has banned handshakes among its staff out of fear for the coronavirus. ...

No more snow from Thursday evening

Following Thursday afternoon’s showers of rain and melting snow, the weather will gradually become dryer at the end of the day in the west of the ...

Belgium joins European group purchase of facemasks and other Coronavirus protection

Belgium is taking part in a Europe-wide group purchase of mouth masks and other protective equipment to deal with the coronavirus, the Federal Public ...

Coronavirus: Fake news and conspiracies begin to spread

A lot of fake news and misinformation about the coronavirus (Covid-19) is being spread on social media, as cases have started popping up all over ...

Belgian first: Patient receives new heart valve under local anaesthetic

For the first time ever in Belgium, a patient has undergone heart-valve replacement surgery while under local anaesthetic. The operation took ...

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

Becoming Belgian

I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...

Gareth Harding

Is Europe headed for another recession?

Is the eurozone heading for recession? How will policymakers react if the slowdown does get worse? And what ...

Philippe Legrain

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

Becoming Belgian

I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...

Gareth Harding

Is Europe headed for another recession?

Is the eurozone heading for recession? How will policymakers react if the slowdown does get worse? And what ...

Philippe Legrain

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

The untold stories of Belgium’s female resistance during World War I

The statue commemorating Gabrielle Petit, the young Belgian woman who spied on the German military during World War I and was executed in ...

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. ...

In Photos: Comic Con comes to Brussels

During the weekend, people from across Europe descended on Brussels for Comic-Con 2020, as fans, actors and cosplayers from across the Globe came to celebrate ...

In Photos: Comic Con comes to Brussels

During the weekend, people from across Europe descended on Brussels for Comic-Con 2020, as fans, actors and cosplayers from across the Globe came to ...

North Sea Carnival dive cancelled due to ‘very bad’ weather conditions

Flanders and Brussels complain of climate budget from EU

Eurotunnel: profits up 22% in 2019 despite Brexit and French strikes

ZOO Planckendael asks public to help find escaped exotic birds