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European court brings VAT relief to osteopaths and...

Six Brussels communes hit by another rubbish collection...

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Flemish Christian Democrat party elects its new leader...

EU Member States agree to ban controversial insecticide...

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On average six Belgian teenagers admitted to hospital daily suffering from effects of alcohol

An average of six young people aged between 12 and 17 years are admitted to hospital every day in Belgium, suffering from the effects of ...

On average six Belgian teenagers admitted to hospital daily suffering from effects of alcohol

An average of six young people aged between 12 and 17 years are admitted to hospital every day in Belgium, suffering from the effects of drinking ...

European court brings VAT relief to osteopaths and chiropractors

Belgium’s osteopaths and chiropractors should be exempt from charging clients VAT, placing them on equal terms with medical and other paramedical ...

Six Brussels communes hit by another rubbish collection strike

Residents of six of the 19 Brussels communes have been asked to keep their rubbish bags indoors for the time being, and to bring them back in if they ...

Flemish Christian Democrat party elects its new leader

As the political parties struggle to come to some sort of agreement over the form of the next national government, one party will now take up the ...

EU Member States agree to ban controversial insecticide

The controversial insecticide Chlorpyrifos will be banned in the EU from 2020 after Member States voted on Friday against renewing its authorisation, ...

Eden Hazard’s injury is “very bad news”, says coach Zidane

For Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane, Eden Hazard’s injury, which will keep him off the field for weeks, is “very bad news”. “It’s very ...

Brussels-Flanders will cooperate to fix mobility between the regions

Brussels and Flanders have announced that they will work together on a joint study of major mobility issues that concern the neighbouring regions. ...

Opinion

The Fuel of a Revolution

Faced with crippling international sanctions, revenue shortfalls and budget deficits, the Islamic regime in ...

Dr. Nir Boms and Shayan Arya

Farewell, Oostende: On Stefan Zweig and the Destruction of Europe

On 23 February 1942, Stefan Zweig sat down at his desk in Petrópolis, Brazil to write a goodbye letter, ...

Anna-Christina Schmidl

On the train to COP25: a public transport journey

The International Association of Public Transport advocates for public transport at every turn, and as ...

Mohamed Mezghani

Protests in Iran: The EU must stand for freedom and democracy

Since last month, a new wave of protests have started in the Middle East. Firstly, Iraqis were fed up with ...

Ali Bagheri

Cambridge Analytica and the folly of Big Data

When the documentary ‘The Great Hack’ premiered at the Sundance film festival in January of 2019, the news ...

Alexandre D'hoore

The rise of the German far-right has its legacy in misguided decisions made during reunification

The far-right Alternative for Germany party celebrated another strong showing in the former Communist East in ...

Piotr Arak

What is going on in Catalonia?

On 14 October, the Supreme Court of Spain ruled the sentence that has been orbiting the Spanish and Catalan ...

Gemma Segués-Majós

One year of commuting by bike in Brussels – Could you do it?

When I started working in Brussels just over a year ago, I was surprised that my contract included a company ...

Michele M

Belgium’s second Kazakhgate unfolds

Belgium again finds itself amidst a scandal that threatens to become “Kazakhgate-II”. With the Le Soir ...

Christophe Nourissier

“Images of another Europe 1985-1989”

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the European Economic and Social Committee ...

Luca Jahier

Current 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

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

Lukaku’s Burden

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

Alexandre D'hoore

Become an opinion maker

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

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

Lukaku’s Burden

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

Alexandre D'hoore

Become an opinion maker

Magazine

Historical painting in the City Hall of Leuven: A reminder of collective trauma

Despite its famed university and openness to the freedom of thought and research, Leuven was not spared the inquisition during the Spanish ...

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 ...

Powerplays, superheroes and changing rulesets: why Europe must learn to stand up for itself

American supervillains come in all shapes and sizes. Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor cuts a superficially respectable figure. The Green ...

Mystical research, seeking perfection and helping the poor: How a modern-day Beguines community was formed in the heart of Brussels

The heavy wooden door at rue Potagère 79, in the multicultural neighbourhood of Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode in Brussels, opens on a world of ...

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) ...

Brussels named the 23rd most festive city in the world

Brussels has been named as the 23rd most festive city in The World, according to research by Global travel site Big 7 Travel. Covering cities from Africa to ...

Brussels named the 23rd most festive city in the world

Brussels has been named as the 23rd most festive city in The World, according to research by Global travel site Big 7 Travel. Covering cities from ...

Wallonia warns drivers: show caution on roads this Winter

Over 400 refugee children have disappeared without a trace in Belgium

Angela Merkel stresses Germany’s duty to remember

Flanders halts approval of climate plan ‘to avoid criticism’