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    The measures against the spread of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), and the shutdown of industrial activity in many Chinese cities have ...
    China’s air is cleaner since Coronavirus outbreak, new satellite data shows
    The measures against the spread of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), and the shutdown of industrial activity in many Chinese cities have had a ...
    Post-Brexit talks begin next Monday
    The first round of post-Brexit talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union starts on Monday next in Brussels, EU Chief Negotiator Michel ...
    Switzerland confirms first case of coronavirus
    The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Switzerland on Tuesday, according to the Federal Office of Public Health. Analyses by the ...
    Coronavirus: Possibly more than 110 Belgians confined in Tenerife hotel
    Belgium’s Foreign Ministry is aware of the 110 Belgians who booked their flights on TUI and are blocked at a hotel in Spain due to a Coronavirus ...
    Antwerp listed in TripAdvisor’s top 20 Emerging travel destinations
    Every year, TripAdvisor collects all the reviews and favourites that tourists and travellers share on its travel platform, and uses the data to ...
    Increased chances of snow in Belgium from Tuesday evening
    From Tuesday evening and all day on Wednesday, the chances of (wet) snow falling in all of Belgium will increase. "Weather models are currently ...
    25% of the Belgian military have not passed their physical test
    For various reasons, a quarter of servicemen did not undergo yearly, military physical tests - obligatory on paper - and run the risk of eventually ...
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    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
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    "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 ...
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    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
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    Olga Kikou
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    There’s something rotten about the state of our educational system. Over the past year, several surveys and ...
    Alicja Gescinska
    Becoming Belgian
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    Gareth Harding
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    Philippe Legrain
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    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 ...
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    CIA and German intelligence spied on Belgium for almost 30 years
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    Antwerp listed in TripAdvisor’s top 20 Emerging travel destinations
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    At a recent event in the European Parliament, Compassion in World Farming EU joined other organisations in ...
    Olga Kikou
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    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, ...
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