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    • Belgian government negotiations hit by Covid-19 case
    Belgium's protracted government formation has been dealt an unexpected blow after one of the royal appointees tasked with exploring options ...
    Belgian government negotiations hit by Covid-19 case
    Belgium's protracted government formation has been dealt an unexpected blow after one of the royal appointees tasked with exploring options for a ...
    Flanders approves first football stadiums’ protocols to let public return
    The first protocols to allow the public to return to football stadiums in Flanders have been approved by Flemish Sports Minister Ben Weyts, he ...
    • Belgian ex-professor gets year in prison for using ‘study’ to sexually harass students
    An ex-professor at a Leuven university college has been sentenced to 12 months in prison with probation for the sexual harassment of several of his ...
    16th PrideFestival to start in Brussels on Saturday
    The 16th PrideFestival will have the theme #WeCare and will run from 12 to 26 September, RainbowHouse Brussels announced on Tuesday. Originally ...
    • Beer deliveries ‘will not be compromised’ by strike at Brussels AB InBev depot
    Clients will not be hit by delays in beer delivery despite a strike at the AB InBev depot in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht on Tuesday, ...
    ‘I thought I was going to be executed here’: cartoonist Coco testifies at Charlie Hebdo trial
    Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Corinne Rey, also known as Coco, thought she would die executed after having been pointed at by the Kouachi brothers in the ...
    Three Brussels schools trigger quarantines after positive Covid-19 cases
    One week into the new school year, hundreds of pupils and dozens of school staff in the Brussels Region have been quarantined following the detection ...
    Essential workers’ salaries fall short of the Belgian average
    The monthly salaries of many people in essential professions are far below the Belgian average, according to data by Belgian statistical office ...
    When do we get a vaccine? 5 plans, no answer
    As several coronavirus vaccines across the world have reached the final testing phases now, at least five different predictions for when a working ...
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    Even though it has been a year since the new period began in The European Parliament and since I was elected ...
    Pernille Weiss
    Historical report calls for an EU-Romani inclusion law
    When many think that something is impossible, all can be possible if you believe. MEP Romeo Franz is a ...
    Marius Tudor
    The shameless employers of the stagnant Eurobubble have all but destroyed it
    The Eurobubble has changed. Whereas once the collection of European institutions and the organisations that ...
    Connor Allen
    Promoting integrity in crisis situations
    Food prices have risen sharply in Belgium when compared to the summer of last year: + 13% for fresh fruit, + ...
    Mathieu Maes
    17 million mobile citizens need a voice in the EU
    One of the EU’s key achievements is freedom of movement. Nearly 17 million EU citizens live in another EU ...
    Roger Casale
    UK to make anti-hate laws more stringent
    The surge in the hateful extremist activity during the COVID-19 has alarmed the British government and forced ...
    Asif Ullah Khan
    Demand for drones sparks threat to EU security
    As a summer of social and political upheaval continues to tax stretched emergency services across Europe, ...
    David Morrison
    Lessons from Tolstoy on power and freedom
    Power and freedom, the two opposites in mutual strife against one another since the beginning of time. ...
    Serghei Sadohin
    Dialogue with MEP Istvan Ujhelvyi on EU-China Relations
    EU-China relations have reached a current phase of co-opetition, in which the EU has identified China at the ...
    Lin Goethals
    Polish economy surfs the tide of crisis
    New Eurostat data for the second quarter of 2020 shows that Poland is among the top three countries in terms ...
    Piotr Arak
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    The shameless employers of the stagnant Eurobubble have all but destroyed it
    The Eurobubble has changed. Whereas once the collection of European institutions and the organisations that ...
    Connor Allen
    17 million mobile citizens need a voice in the EU
    One of the EU’s key achievements is freedom of movement. Nearly 17 million EU citizens live in another EU ...
    Roger Casale
    Lessons from Tolstoy on power and freedom
    Power and freedom, the two opposites in mutual strife against one another since the beginning of time. ...
    Serghei Sadohin
    Polish economy surfs the tide of crisis
    New Eurostat data for the second quarter of 2020 shows that Poland is among the top three countries in terms ...
    Piotr Arak
    Schuman’s European Health Community and Covid-19
    On 12 December 1952, before representatives of European States, French Foreign Minster Robert Schuman opened ...
    David H Price
    Greece must prepare for the worst
    Greece, a member of the European Union and NATO, is in clear and present danger of loss of sovereignty and ...
    Andreas V Georgiou
    The vertical split in Islamic world is complete
    The vertical split in the Islamic world was inevitable even before the much-touted UAE-Israel 'historic' ...
    Asif Ullah Khan
    Trump’s last chance to influence European defence spending
    In that brilliant 1964 film “Dr Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb”, the US ...
    Dorcha Lee
    Cambodian microfinance borrowers urgently need debt relief
    Measures announced by Cambodia’s banks and microfinance lenders to help clients who are unable to repay ...
    Sam Rainsy
    Mr. Charles Michel: Lebanon needs your personal commitment
    His Excellency, President of the EU Council, I possess little legitimacy, if any, to invade your attention ...
    Rayyan Dabbous
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    It has been a miserable year so far. Not only has the coronavirus killed hundreds of thousands Europeans, it has also confined the rest of ...
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    Flanders approves first football stadiums’ protocols to let public return
    Belgian ex-professor gets year in prison for using ‘study’ to sexually harass students
    Beer deliveries ‘will not be compromised’ by strike at Brussels AB InBev depot
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    Brussels neighbourhood in unrest after second car targeted by arson attack
    Quick-result Covid-19 tests initially not available at Brussels Airport
    Brussels police will receive anti-street harassment training
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    Beer deliveries ‘will not be compromised’ by strike at Brussels AB InBev depot
    Belgian government negotiations hit by Covid-19 case
    When do we get a vaccine? 5 plans, no answer
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    EP Vice-President to succeed disgraced Commissioner Phil Hogan
    EU auditors: Member states did not address recommendations to reach Europe 2020 targets
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    Essential workers’ salaries fall short of the Belgian average
    Pound weakens against the euro ahead of eighth round of Brexit negotiations
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    Belgian Red Devils face Iceland tonight despite Covid-19 case on their squad
    Anderlecht fans allowed to return to stadium for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic
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    Code yellow: how Belgian universities will start the school year
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    The shameless employers of the stagnant Eurobubble have all but destroyed it
    The Eurobubble has changed. Whereas once the collection of European institutions and the organisations that ...
    Connor Allen
    17 million mobile citizens need a voice in the EU
    One of the EU’s key achievements is freedom of movement. Nearly 17 million EU citizens live in another EU ...
    Roger Casale
    Lessons from Tolstoy on power and freedom
    Power and freedom, the two opposites in mutual strife against one another since the beginning of time. ...
    Serghei Sadohin
    Polish economy surfs the tide of crisis
    New Eurostat data for the second quarter of 2020 shows that Poland is among the top three countries in terms ...
    Piotr Arak
    Schuman’s European Health Community and Covid-19
    On 12 December 1952, before representatives of European States, French Foreign Minster Robert Schuman opened ...
    David H Price
    Greece must prepare for the worst
    Greece, a member of the European Union and NATO, is in clear and present danger of loss of sovereignty and ...
    Andreas V Georgiou
    The vertical split in Islamic world is complete
    The vertical split in the Islamic world was inevitable even before the much-touted UAE-Israel 'historic' ...
    Asif Ullah Khan
    Trump’s last chance to influence European defence spending
    In that brilliant 1964 film “Dr Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb”, the US ...
    Dorcha Lee
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    Measures announced by Cambodia’s banks and microfinance lenders to help clients who are unable to repay ...
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