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Vlaams Belang wants Belgians fighting in the Turkish army to lose their citizenship

The extreme-right party Vlaams Belang is proposing a bill that will strip anyone who does their military service in the army of a country ...

Vlaams Belang wants Belgians fighting in the Turkish army to lose their citizenship

The extreme-right party Vlaams Belang is proposing a bill that will strip anyone who does their military service in the army of a country that ...

History teacher develops video game with gaming company to teach students about Ancient Greece

A history teacher has developed a video game to teach children about Ancient Greece together with French video game company Ubisoft.Students in ...

Young Belgians more tempted by sustainable investments than their parents

Although the Belgian is still very focused on the traditional savings account, the idea of making an investment - and increasingly of sustainable ...

Spotlight on police following claims of high-handed action against climate activists

Extinction Rebellion has already collected over 30 testimonies of harassment and possible abuse by Brussels-Ixelles police against participants in ...

Dutch integration courses to remain free in Brussels but will cost €360 in Flanders

The integration courses will stay free of charge in the Brussels region, as the Flemish government is afraid that all newcomers will opt for a (free) ...

Twenty nominated for Golden Boy football Award, but no Belgians

Twenty players have been nominated for the Golden Boy Award for the best footballer under the age of 21 in Europe.The candidates, whose names ...

Train traffic in Brussels disrupted by IT problems

The Belgian train company NMBS/SNCB is facing an IT problem in Brussels. There are trains, but the traffic is disturbed."For a while, there were ...

Opinion

India trade deal with EU hits roadblock over investor protection

News that the United States and India are close to finalizing details of a partial trade deal has given a ...

Igor Pliner

Western social movements need new public forums, if they want to succeed

A series of social movements have been taking place across the Western world, with the Yellow Jackets in ...

Audren Layeux

Europeans should care more about the plight of the Kashmiris

To ignore the plight of the innocent and voiceless people of Jammu and Kashmir is not just plain ignorance, ...

Mahrukh Mirza

Kazakhstan on the right path to strengthen its civil society

Europe’s largest annual human rights conference was held in Warsaw, Poland during 16-27 September. This year ...

Christophe Nourissier

Indonesian inaction forces EU’s hand with regard to palm oil forest fires

When Indonesia burns, ASEAN chokes – and palm oil and paper production appear to be the chief culprits. After ...

Steven Lind

Thanks to Greta, climate activists feel on the right side of history

I started following Greta Thunberg's activities a year ago after her first strike in Stockholm in front of ...

Mohamed Mezghani

The EU must reconsider its policy and embrace Iranian opposition to the regime

In the last two years, tensions between Iran and the international community have significantly risen. Mike ...

Ali Bagheri

It is a no-brainer: Europe should show Capitol Hill that it wants to talk

It has been a rollercoaster of a month for trade relations between the US and its biggest economic partner. ...

Jonathan Roberts

The “spirit of Oslo” can still be revived between Israelis and Palestinians, given the right circumstances

Exactly 26 years have passed since Palestinian Liberation Organisation Chairman (PLO), Yasser Arafat, and ...

Anna-Christina Schmidl

Education is the only antidote to credulity, fake news and right-wing populism

“The two parties that divide the state, the conservation party and the innovation party, are very old, and ...

David Abuchar Luna

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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

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

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 ...

Dafydd ab Iago

Lukaku’s Burden

When I first moved to the Rupelstreek, a cute but anonymous agglomeration of towns south of ...

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

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Top Opinions

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

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

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 ...

Dafydd ab Iago

Lukaku’s Burden

When I first moved to the Rupelstreek, a cute but anonymous agglomeration of towns south of ...

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

Become an opinion maker

Magazine

The individual side of Brexit in Belgium

As of 23 July, Brexit was thrust back into the mindset of the world when the UK’s newly appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged that ...

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 ...

Raised in limbo: The unmoored lives of Belgium’s Islamic State children

In a derelict camp in northern Syria, Belgian children are growing up in a lawless land.Their short lives have been defined by the ...

Benefits, risks and human nature: managing the Artificial Intelligence revolution

It was a medical scoop for the Benelux countries. Anaesthetists at the UZ Brussels hospital made use of new artificial intelligence (AI) ...

The Year of Silence: Belgium’s darkest moments during WWII

Historian Herman Van Goethem, rector of Antwerp University and a former director of Kazerne Dossin, the Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ...

Five questions to philosopher Philippe Van Parijs on Belgium’s post-electoral deadlock

Belgium’s federal elections were held on 26 May, the same day as the European and regional elections. Most spectacular was the leap forward ...

25 years after the genocide in Rwanda many questions still remain unanswered

This year marks a quarter century since the genocide in Rwanda but it still remains unclear who some of the main culprits were that ...

Power plays, personal ambitions and hard feelings: The consequences of a no-deal Brexit crash out

Thursday 31 October is set to be a big day for the European Union. It is the last day of Jean-Claude Juncker’s tenure as president of the ...

Antwerp drug baron on Belgium’s most wanted criminals list

Moroccan Rachid Bouazza was added to the list of the “most wanted” criminals by the Federal Police Fast Team, which now has 20 names.The 55-year-old drug ...

Antwerp drug baron on Belgium’s most wanted criminals list

Moroccan Rachid Bouazza was added to the list of the “most wanted” criminals by the Federal Police Fast Team, which now has 20 names.The ...

Greens call for extension of legal deadline for abortions

Father and six children discovered on Dutch farm waiting for ‘the end of times’

Brussels Airport announces new flights to Morocco and Norway from the end of October

Anderlecht football club punished with €5,000 fine for Kompany’s double role