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    • Thousands of Belgians could lose bank accounts under new US banking law
    Thousands of Belgian nationals who were born in the United States could be faced with the prospect of having their Belgian bank accounts ...
    Thousands of Belgians could lose bank accounts under new US banking law
    Thousands of Belgian nationals who were born in the United States could be faced with the prospect of having their Belgian bank accounts closed, ...
    The fires in the Amazon are an emergency that G7 needs to discuss – Angela Merkel
    The fires raging in the Amazon are an acute emergency that needs to be discussed by the G7 this weekend, the spokesman of German Chancellor Angela ...
    Man who tried to sell a monkey online arrested in Jette
    A man in Jette commune in Brussels has been arrested after trying to sell a monkey on the second-hand website 2dehands.be.The arrest took place ...
    Community demands justice for minor killed by police car
    The relatives of the 17-year-old who was run over and killed by a police car have called on potential witnesses of the incident to come forward as ...
    Sales of e-scooters in Brussels are on the rise
    As the popularity of e-scooters continues to grow throughout Belgium, more and more people are choosing to purchase their models, rather than ...
    Heat and ozone warning phase launched in Belgium
    The warning phase of the Intense Heat and Ozone Peaks Plan was launched on Friday, Belgium’s Inter-regional Environmental Cell, Celine, announced. ...
    World Police and Fire Games: Brussels’ fire service staff proud of their 44 medals
    Members of the Brussels fire service on Friday celebrated the 44 medals they won at this month’s 18th World Police and Fire Games in Chengdu, China. ...
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    How cattle raiding violence is on the rise in Kenya
    As 16-year old Bob Salat sweats through revision work in preparation for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary ...
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    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
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    What can China learn from Israel?
    China has achieved tremendous economic success in the past few decades, but its extensive growth relied ...
    Chen Gong
    What is wrong with the British left?
    The two of us were sitting rather awkwardly on small, uncomfortable, metal, foldable chairs. The location ...
    Sam Jenkinson
    The European Stale Mate on the Balkan Question
    The EU finds itself at a critical strategic juncture point about how to address the integration of Balkan ...
    Giorgio Trichilo
    Why the EU’s position on Hong Kong’s extradition bill lacks credibility
    In the past two months, social unrest caused by the now shelved extradition bill has become a fact of ...
    Justin Bong-Kwan
    The Fine Art of Fraud
    Last Friday, 17 Goldman Sachs bankers were hit with fresh criminal charges in the titanic 1MDB scandal, ...
    Steven Lind
    Renewed opposition to controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline as it nears completion
    The consortium behind the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline has announced that the 510-kilometre long ...
    Igor Pliner
    The trinity of the U.S.-China trade war
    The U.S.-China trade war has recently become markedly complicated. Previous U.S.-China trade disputes were ...
    Chen Gong
    The 2019 UAPA Amendment Act: Footsteps of fascism in the world’s largest democracy
    "The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is ...
    Pitamber Kaushik
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    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
    Hugh James Dow
    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
    Fragile European banking may trigger the next global crisis
    Eleven years after the global financial crisis, the European banking industry is once again preparing for ...
    Chen Gong
    What no government…The current state of Belgian politics and the rocky road ahead
    Belgium may not have an elected federal government at the moment, but you would be forgiven for not knowing ...
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    UN memo points to the tobacco industry’s enduring influence
    Michael Moller, the outgoing head of the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, made quite a splash when, on ...
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    Condemned and abandoned: The Belgian ghost town which refuses to disappear
    The village of Doel ‒ situated on the Scheldt River in Flanders ‒ was meant to be destroyed in favour of progress. That didn't happen. ...
    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 ...
    Belgium in Brief: Best fries in Europe, Wallonia for sale and drinking on the street
    The best fries in Europe are - unsurprisingly - in Belgium, 700 people gather for an apero on the busiest road in Brussels and the N-VA youth try to sell ...
    Belgium in Brief: Best fries in Europe, Wallonia for sale and drinking on the street
    The best fries in Europe are - unsurprisingly - in Belgium, 700 people gather for an apero on the busiest road in Brussels and the N-VA youth try to ...
    Volunteers bring sniffer dogs to Byron Bay as search for missing Belgian continues
    Brothel operating near Etterbeek police station dismantled, three arrested
    Poland: one of two trapped spelunkers found dead
    Paris attacks suspects’ provisional detention extended by Brussels council chamber
    Inquiry launched over homophobic incident ignored by police officers
    Belgium’s teen climate leader will file complaint over attack at music festival
    Banned from match, over a dozen Antwerp FC supporters arrested in the Netherlands
    Around 700 people attend drinks on rue de la Loi to denounce climate change
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    Renewed opposition to controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline as it nears completion
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    Belgium
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    Sales of e-scooters in Brussels are on the rise
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    Socialist party VP to join race for Belgian EU Commissioner
    Brexit could bring thousands of nurses to Belgium, but elsewhere jobs will be lost
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    Thousands of Belgians could lose bank accounts under new US banking law
    Brexit could bring thousands of nurses to Belgium, but elsewhere jobs will be lost
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    Socialist party VP to join race for Belgian EU Commissioner
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    Belgian restaurant named No.1 place for fries in Europe
    Belgium in Brief: Minor charged for DJ attack, art-deco restoration and an ode to the number 7 tram
    Food truck inspections at Brussels Summer Festival: two offences, six warnings issued
    Health
    Brexit could bring thousands of nurses to Belgium, but elsewhere jobs will be lost
    Lead in water: police reach agreement to address contaminated water in Brussels barracks
    Fire in Schaerbeek: market food products must be destroyed
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    The fires in the Amazon are an emergency that G7 needs to discuss – Angela Merkel
    Man who tried to sell a monkey online arrested in Jette
    Volunteers bring sniffer dogs to Byron Bay as search for missing Belgian continues
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    World Police and Fire Games: Brussels’ fire service staff proud of their 44 medals
    Fan zone created for Belgian women’s football home games
    European Open: Andy Murray will play in the Antwerp tournament
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    Flemish schools hit by teacher shortage
    Two Belgian universities in world Top 100
    ULB and Ihecs college plan merger
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    Why Tram Number 7 is the best way to discover Brussels
    When you take tram number 7 south towards Vanderkinderen from Louis Bertrand, you will pass the houses of ...
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    The Belgian housing market is in a unique position, in that never has housing cost so much, in both real and ...
    Alexandre D'hoore
    Fragile European banking may trigger the next global crisis
    Eleven years after the global financial crisis, the European banking industry is once again preparing for ...
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    What no government…The current state of Belgian politics and the rocky road ahead
    Belgium may not have an elected federal government at the moment, but you would be forgiven for not knowing ...
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    Michael Moller, the outgoing head of the United Nations (UN) office in Geneva, made quite a splash when, on ...
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