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    • Belgium’s corona patient goes home
    Philip Soubry, to date the only person in Belgium suspected of being infected by the Covid-19 virus, has been given a clean bill of health ...
    Belgium’s corona patient goes home
    Philip Soubry, to date the only person in Belgium suspected of being infected by the Covid-19 virus, has been given a clean bill of health and ...
    BNB report says transition to zero carbon will show economically as a super “fuel shock”
    The European “Green deal” is a very ambitious challenge that will require majorly adapting the way Belgium produces and consumes energy.  This is ...
    BNB annual report says low tax affects profitability of small universal banks
    Persistent low tax rates are creating an increasing number of challenges for the financial sector and bank’s profitability, especially the small ...
    Belgium is getting warmer and drier, stalagmite shows
    Summers in Belgium have become systematically warmer and winters gradually drier from the 17th century, according to research done by the VUB ...
    Red Bull produced a record 7.5 billion cans last year
    Red Bull distributed 7.5 billion cans throughout the world last year.  That’s 10% more than 2018 and a new record, the Austrian energy drink ...
    Most romantic proposal on the Brussels metro ever
    Passengers on the metro from Stockel were yesterday allowed to attend not only a surprise musical event, but also what has been described as the most ...
    Belgian government formation: ‘We must give a progressive government a chance’
    "It would be irresponsible to go to elections without giving a progressive coalition a chance," Kristof Calvo said in an interview with De Tijd on ...
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    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 ...
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    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
    R&D: Huawei is an ideal partner for the EU
    The European Commission has recently published what is known as the 2019 R&D (research and development) ...
    Abraham Liu
    Clearview AI: How a start-up could end privacy
    The U.S. start-up Clearview collects billions of online photos of unknown people and shares them with public ...
    Maximilian Kunisch
    Fraud 3.0: when AI can mimic the CEO’s voice
    We had been waiting for this for months: the first case of CEO fraud using software to mimic the human voice ...
    Wilfried Verstraete
    Italy determined to protect its gastronomy—and the Mediterranean diet
    For the third year in a row, the famed Mediterranean diet was dubbed the healthiest in the US News and World ...
    Simon Klein
    EU citizens and Britons in Europe face indefinite future as bargaining chips
    “The habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief, We must suffer them all again” W.H.Auden, from the ...
    Roger Casale
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    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
    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
    Fraud 3.0: when AI can mimic the CEO’s voice
    We had been waiting for this for months: the first case of CEO fraud using software to mimic the human voice ...
    Wilfried Verstraete
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    Gareth Harding
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    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 ...
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    At their request, the names of the asylum seekers and of the hosts have been changed to protect their identities. Since he started ...
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    ‘New Belgian elections not the solution,’ Coens says
    Storm Dennis blows through Belgium
    Suriname threatens to sue Belgian fruit company
    Cows fed on beer by-product give off less methane
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    The never ending Brexit story: an attempt at satire
    Alexandre D'hoore
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    Abraham Liu
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    Maximilian Kunisch
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    EU citizens and Britons in Europe face indefinite future as bargaining chips
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    BNB report says transition to zero carbon will show economically as a super “fuel shock”
    BNB annual report says low tax affects profitability of small universal banks
    Belgium is getting warmer and drier, stalagmite shows
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    EU increases trade surplus with the US
    Record ticket bookings for Euro 2020
    Brexiteer complains about EU airport immigration queue, goes viral
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    Suriname threatens to sue Belgian fruit company
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    ‘New Belgian elections not the solution,’ Coens says
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    Port of Antwerp: losses due to coronavirus will not be made up this year
    First coronavirus death in Europe confirmed
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    Most romantic proposal on the Brussels metro ever
    Angèle wins “Best concert” at Victoires de la musique
    Radio Classic 21 host Eric Laforge passes away
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    Belgium is getting warmer and drier, stalagmite shows
    Belgium’s corona patient goes home
    Half of all Belgian tattoo shops not in line with rules
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    Belgian tennis legend Kim Clijsters makes comeback
    Record ticket bookings for Euro 2020
    How Bruges is preparing for Manchester United fans
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    Ixelles bans school outings to the zoo
    First imam training course starts in February
    Using cellphone while driving punishable by 116 euro fine
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    Flemish minister Weyts wants an end to school strikes
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    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
    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
    Fraud 3.0: when AI can mimic the CEO’s voice
    We had been waiting for this for months: the first case of CEO fraud using software to mimic the human voice ...
    Wilfried Verstraete
    Becoming Belgian
    I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...
    Gareth Harding
    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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