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Coronavirus: EU Commissioners reluctant to impose travel restrictions

The European Commission is stepping up its response, preparedness and financial support to fight the outbreak of the coronavirus but says ...

Coronavirus: EU Commissioners reluctant to impose travel restrictions

The European Commission is stepping up its response, preparedness and financial support to fight the outbreak of the coronavirus but says that it is ...

Belgian travellers urged to be cautious as coronavirus death toll mounts in Italy

Belgians travelling to Italy were advised to heed recommendations from local authorities as officials grapple with a surge in confirmed cases of the ...

Voluntary resignations from Flemish government double in five years

The number of voluntary resignations of people working for the Flemish government has doubled over the past five years. In 2019, 393 Flemish civil ...

Italy reports fourth death linked to coronavirus

An 84-year-old man passed away in Lombardy, becoming the 4th victim to the coronavirus to be registered in Italy, a regional health official ...

Belgian woman sues Coca Cola after water bottle leaves her with permanent injuries

The Coca Cola Company is being brought before court by a Belgian woman who claims she sustained stomach injuries during pregnancy after drinking ...

Price of oil decreases and gold price continues to rise

Fear of a generalized epidemic of the virus, has lowered oil prices as concerns of global demand is affecting the markets. A barrel of North Sea ...

Street artists to paint Brussels metro station entrances wanted

Brussels Mobility is looking for street artists to paint the tram tunnel entrances at Simonis metro station to fight unauthorised tags, after a ...

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

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 ...

Patients blind in one eye after botched operations at Leuven hospital

US and Taliban to sign peace deal

Snow and wind expected after Storm Ellen blows through Belgium

Aalst carnival sparks criticism after doubling down on ‘antisemitic’ displays