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    • Parades, fireworks and ball dance for Belgium’s national holiday weekend
    Belgium's national holiday is celebrated on July 21 and a series of activities including parades, concerts and a traditional ball dance ...
    Parades, fireworks and ball dance for Belgium’s national holiday weekend
    Belgium's national holiday is celebrated on July 21 and a series of activities including parades, concerts and a traditional ball dance will take ...
    “No! to rise in consumers’ taxes,” say social partners
    “Further increase in consumers’ taxes must be avoided at all costs," the Central Economic Council stated in a note relayed by La Libre on Saturday. ...
    Tomorrowland – Unwell visitor died in hospital
    A man who had fainted on Friday evening near Tomorrowland’s main stage in Boom, died in hospital on Saturday morning, the electro music festival ...
    Thunderstorms alert all day Saturday
    The Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM) issued a yellow thunder storm warning for Saturday. Storms could be intense all day throughout Belgium. ...
    Trump believes Boris Johnson will “do a great job” as PM
    US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Boris Johnson, the favourite for the post of British Prime Minister, pounding his belief that Johnson ...
    Worried at the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, some Tories consider rushing Elizabeth II to Brussels
    Sending Queen Elizabeth II to Brussels to avert a no-deal Brexit? That scenario has all the makings of an April Fool’s gag but, according to the BBC, ...
    Critics query Francken’s mastery of his mother tongue after he questions Ben Hamou’s Dutch skills
    Former Federal Secretary of State Theo Francken (N-VA) has raised a hornet’s nest on Twitter by questioning the Dutch-language skills of the next ...
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    My life after Nelson Mandela
    Today 18 July is International Nelson Mandela day. A day that invites us to follow in the footsteps of Nelson ...
    Elizabeth Van Den Bergh
    Doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman
    The digital age will create opportunities for everyone regardless of genderHuawei’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
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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
    Doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman
    The digital age will create opportunities for everyone regardless of genderHuawei’s Human Resources ...
    Catherine Chen
    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
    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
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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 ...
    Belgium’s King Philippe is Europe’s ‘poorest’ monarch
    Belgium’s King Philippe has a fortune of 12,4 millions euros, placing him last amongst Europe’s 10 monarchs.Newly released figures by Business Insider ...
    Belgium’s King Philippe is Europe’s ‘poorest’ monarch
    Belgium’s King Philippe has a fortune of 12,4 millions euros, placing him last amongst Europe’s 10 monarchs.Newly released figures by Business ...
    Belgian champion quits Tour de France after serious crash
    Heavy traffic congestion on Europe’s roads
    Taxi drivers in Flanders will have to know Dutch
    Alcohol, drugs, medication and fatigue: main dangers on highway
    Extreme heat warning activated in Belgium
    Positive results in trial for shorter maternity stay in Belgian hospitals
    Found cap uncovers new trace in case of missing Belgian backpacker
    Petrol prices slightly decrease
    The Opinion Makers
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    My life after Nelson Mandela
    Elizabeth Van Den Bergh
    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
    Become an opinion maker
    Belgium
    “No! to rise in consumers’ taxes,” say social partners
    Thunderstorms alert all day Saturday
    Trump believes Boris Johnson will “do a great job” as PM
    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
    Worried at the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, some Tories consider rushing Elizabeth II to Brussels
    EU forces car industry to produce electric vehicles
    Turkey commemorates traumatic coup attempt amid tensions with EU
    Business
    Petrol prices slightly decrease
    Orange signs workplace gender-equality agreement
    A quarter of Ryanair’s airports are subsidized, says T&E
    Politics
    “No! to rise in consumers’ taxes,” say social partners
    Trump believes Boris Johnson will “do a great job” as PM
    Brussels Parliament decides on Saturday whether to support new government
    Art & Culture
    Tomorrowland – Unwell visitor died in hospital
    Belgium’s King Philippe is Europe’s ‘poorest’ monarch
    Brussels Airlines sends ‘party flights’ to bring festival-goers to Tomorrowland
    Health
    Alcohol, drugs, medication and fatigue: main dangers on highway
    Belgian vaccine will not be approved in Congo, as Ebola cripples region
    Belgian life expectancy rises for third year in a row
    World
    Belgian vaccine will not be approved in Congo, as Ebola cripples region
    Orange signs workplace gender-equality agreement
    Galileo, the ‘European GPS’, restarts after a six-day outage
    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
    Doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman
    The digital age will create opportunities for everyone regardless of genderHuawei’s Human Resources ...
    Catherine Chen
    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
    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