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    • Last step: EU officially signs Digital Covid Certificate for travel
    On Monday, the Regulation on the EU Digital Covid Certificate was officially signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, the ...
    Last step: EU officially signs Digital Covid Certificate for travel
    On Monday, the Regulation on the EU Digital Covid Certificate was officially signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council, and ...
    New guidelines to mitigate health risks for people living near Antwerp factory
    Following research from the University of Antwerp that showed people living within 15 kilometres of the 3M factory in the city were facing health ...
    Pandemic has fuelled sense of corruption among EU citizens, survey finds
    The coronavirus crisis has fuelled a sense of corruption among citizens in the European Union, and in Belgium, 27% of people believe corruption ...
    175 years of Brussels-Paris by train: from 21 hours to just 1 hour 22 minutes
    175 years ago, the first train between Paris and Brussels was operated, connecting the French and Belgian capital through a railway journey that took ...
    All coronavirus indicators continue to drop rapidly
    All major coronavirus indicators, including average deaths, new cases, and hospitalisations, are continuing to drop in Belgium, whilst vaccination ...
    • The Recap: 30°C Before The Storm
    Your daily catch up - great with a morning coffee. Click here to sign up. Last step: EU officially signs Digital Covid Certificate for ...
    Man stabbed to death in broad daylight in Antwerp
    On Monday afternoon, a man died after being stabbed in broad daylight in the Antwerp district of Deurne, the Antwerp police confirmed. The victim ...
    Brussels rooftop bar named one of the best in Europe
    Two Belgian rooftop bars are rubbing shoulders with terraces in Italy and London as part of a 2021 roundup of the 50 best in Europe. Play label ...
    Cat and dog blood donors needed, says Ghent University
    The Small Animal Clinic of Ghent University is looking for dog and cat blood donors. The demand for animal blood transfusions is increasing, ...
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    Environmental groups target traditional climate change allies over the future of wood as EU renewable energy
    Should forestry products including wood and biofuels continue to play a vital role as the leading source of ...
    Joe Kirwin
    Tax havens we’re finally going after you
    Societies and politicians in Western and Eastern countries have complained for years as multinational ...
    Piotr Arak
    Trust matters in the post‑pandemic economy
    In recent months, the world has faced an exceptional challenge, uncertainty and complexity. A pandemic swept ...
    Catherine Chen
    How CAP reform can deliver EU climate and environment goals by improving animal health
    European legislation on both agricultural practices and animal welfare is facing scrutiny. Reform of the ...
    Roxane Feller
    Summer holiday with the EU Digital COVID Certificate
    It started as a pandemic of an as-yet-unknown virus, very quickly uniting all in isolation. COVID-19 ...
    Aldijana Cosic
    Artdocfest film festival: An opportunity for voicing the truth
    Wear your mask over your nose and mouth and not over your eyes.” That was the motto of Artdocfest, Russia’s ...
    Nicolai Khalezin
    COVID-19: British pragmatism beats playing by the book
    For more than a year I have been calling for the distinction between people who have not been in contact with ...
    Sam Rainsy
    European values are not just about EU flags
    A rather strange political trend has been recently observed in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine. The European ...
    Anna Leonhard
    Safeguard European values through citizenship education
    Our European values are under attack. Several member states are systematically violating values such as rule ...
    Susanne Zels
    Catalonia’s struggle to defend its language
    Imagine if the European Union told the French that the primary language used in schools was to become ...
    Tom Canetti
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    Summer holiday with the EU Digital COVID Certificate
    It started as a pandemic of an as-yet-unknown virus, very quickly uniting all in isolation. COVID-19 ...
    Aldijana Cosic
    COVID-19: British pragmatism beats playing by the book
    For more than a year I have been calling for the distinction between people who have not been in contact with ...
    Sam Rainsy
    Safeguard European values through citizenship education
    Our European values are under attack. Several member states are systematically violating values such as rule ...
    Susanne Zels
    Catalonia’s struggle to defend its language
    Imagine if the European Union told the French that the primary language used in schools was to become ...
    Tom Canetti
    Why the EU should back research into gene drive – even if Europe never uses it
    As the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy reaches the European Parliament, it has reopened a worrying debate about ...
    Prof. Ruth Müller
    Pandemic, Politics and People in the City
    The pandemic has allowed many of us, those privileged not to have suffered health or economic hardship, to ...
    Malinda Coleman
    The pandemic has exacerbated crime
    The United Nations Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened its 30th session on 17 May. ...
    Francesco Leone
    Scottish independence: the currency question that is still unanswered
    Earlier this month Scottish citizens re-elected their MSPs (Members of Scottish Parliament) in an election ...
    Sonja Rijnen
    Covid-19 recoveries: From immunity passport to health pass
    Since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago, I have proposed several times through the Brussels ...
    Sam Rainsy
    When forests become bonfires
    Greenhouse gas accounting is not a boring subject at all. I have Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission ...
    Ramiro Austin
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    Economist: Belgium needs to restore long-term fiscal sustainability after COVID-19
    As all other countries, Belgium’s economy was severely hit by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Since then, the vaccination roll-out has taken ...
    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 ...
    What happens to the European quarter if the Commission downsizes?
    The European Commission has announced that it will not be renewing several of its current ongoing leases in some buildings across the city ...
    After 100 years in the industry, what does Shimano see for the future of cycling in Belgium and beyond?
    Belgium loves bicycles. That much quickly becomes clear to any of the country’s visitors, but those who stay longer will find that the ...
    Why your first terrace pintje might taste different
    Patrons flocking to bars in Belgium this weekend will very possibly be getting the freshest beer - or pintje - they've ever had, due to ...
    Searching for silence in Belgium
    “The most beautiful sound in the world is silence,” wrote the turn-of-the-century English novelist Robert Hichens. Unfortunately, ...
    ‘There is no vaccine against the climate crisis’: EU adopts new strategy on climate change
    The European Commission adopted on Wednesday a new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change, setting out the pathway to prepare for the ...
    New Brussels modern art museum gets the go-ahead
    Kanal, the planned new museum of modern and contemporary art in Brussels, has been given the green light to go ahead, Brussels secretary of ...
    Belgium tops EU vaccination league
    Belgium is currently the fastest country in the European Union when it comes to the number of coronavirus vaccines administered per 100 inhabitants. ...
    Belgium tops EU vaccination league
    Belgium is currently the fastest country in the European Union when it comes to the number of coronavirus vaccines administered per 100 inhabitants. ...
    European travel map colours orange and green, Catalonia turns red again
    Thalys increases offer during summer holidays
    Many Belgian companies wait until after summer to return to office
    Two drug labs discovered in Limburg over the weekend
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    Brussels Airlines resumes flights to the US
    German mask rules move closer to neighbouring countries
    US President Joe Biden arrives in Belgium for historic visit
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    Environmental groups target traditional climate change allies over the future of wood as EU renewable energy
    Joe Kirwin
    Tax havens we’re finally going after you
    Piotr Arak
    Trust matters in the post‑pandemic economy
    Catherine Chen
    How CAP reform can deliver EU climate and environment goals by improving animal health
    Roxane Feller
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    Artdocfest film festival: An opportunity for voicing the truth
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    COVID-19: British pragmatism beats playing by the book
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    New guidelines to mitigate health risks for people living near Antwerp factory
    Pandemic has fuelled sense of corruption among EU citizens, survey finds
    175 years of Brussels-Paris by train: from 21 hours to just 1 hour 22 minutes
    Health
    New guidelines to mitigate health risks for people living near Antwerp factory
    All coronavirus indicators continue to drop rapidly
    Many Belgian companies wait until after summer to return to office
    Brussels
    ‘No concrete steps have been taken’ in decolonisation of Brussels’ public spaces, say MPs
    Family of Evere murder victim files civil suit
    FAQ: Registering for a vaccine in Brussels
    EU Affairs
    Last step: EU officially signs Digital Covid Certificate for travel
    European travel map colours orange and green, Catalonia turns red again
    US President Joe Biden arrives in Belgium for historic visit
    Business
    Nonprofit for financial inclusion files complaint against big Belgian banks
    Ghent area hit by odour problems after fire in meat plant
    Belgian beer consumption down almost 20% in 2020
    World
    Thalys increases offer during summer holidays
    Brussels Airlines resumes flights to the US
    German mask rules move closer to neighbouring countries
    Politics
    ‘No concrete steps have been taken’ in decolonisation of Brussels’ public spaces, say MPs
    Environmental disaster in Flanders splits the coalition
    Only Chile and Poland have less public trust in government than Belgians
    Art & Culture
    175 years of Brussels-Paris by train: from 21 hours to just 1 hour 22 minutes
    Brussels rooftop bar named one of the best in Europe
    Belgium barks for Biden: patriotic dogs celebrate president’s visit
    Sports
    Euro 2020: Premium per Red Devil for a win – €435,000
    Body of polar explorer Dansercoer will likely never be recovered
    Red Devils take on Croatia in their last test before the Euro
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    International school in public park in Brussels threatened by eviction during COVID-19
    Happiness boils down to these 3 things – study
    Do universities have a future after the coronavirus crisis?
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    Summer holiday with the EU Digital COVID Certificate
    It started as a pandemic of an as-yet-unknown virus, very quickly uniting all in isolation. COVID-19 ...
    Aldijana Cosic
    COVID-19: British pragmatism beats playing by the book
    For more than a year I have been calling for the distinction between people who have not been in contact with ...
    Sam Rainsy
    Safeguard European values through citizenship education
    Our European values are under attack. Several member states are systematically violating values such as rule ...
    Susanne Zels
    Catalonia’s struggle to defend its language
    Imagine if the European Union told the French that the primary language used in schools was to become ...
    Tom Canetti
    Why the EU should back research into gene drive – even if Europe never uses it
    As the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy reaches the European Parliament, it has reopened a worrying debate about ...
    Prof. Ruth Müller
    Pandemic, Politics and People in the City
    The pandemic has allowed many of us, those privileged not to have suffered health or economic hardship, to ...
    Malinda Coleman
    The pandemic has exacerbated crime
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    Francesco Leone
    Scottish independence: the currency question that is still unanswered
    Earlier this month Scottish citizens re-elected their MSPs (Members of Scottish Parliament) in an election ...
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