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    • Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    As more cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus are being reported across the world, more and more countries are imposing ...
    Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    As more cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus are being reported across the world, more and more countries are imposing tougher travel ...
    Several rush hour train services to be scrapped from Monday
    Up to ten peak time trains to and from Brussels will be temporarily cancelled starting from Monday, Belgian railway company SNCB announced this ...
    Europe’s largest vintage clothes store is in Ghent this weekend
    Europe's largest pop-up store for second-hand clothes is once again setting up shop in Ghent on Sunday, offering more than five tonnes of vintage ...
    Animal welfare in EU’s pig meat sector: What’s wrong?
    EU has put into place legislation to ensure that animal welfare conditions are respected in its agricultural policy but the breaches of its ...
    Flanders introduces ‘invisible’ speed cameras
    New digital speed cameras that are essentially invisible to the road user are being introduced on various roads and motorways in Flanders, Flemish ...
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    Warnings issued for slippery roads across Belgium
    Drivers have been asked to watch out for slippery roads from Saturday afternoon until Sunday evening, as snow and cold temperatures are expected ...
    Testing rules following high-risk contact eased for vaccinated people
    The coronavirus testing policy following a high-risk contact has been eased, meaning a vaccinated person who was in contact with an infected person ...
    New measures announced for Belgian schools
    Stricter rules are being implemented across a variety of sectors in Belgium to curb the rising number of infections and limit the damage as a result ...
    Majority of booster doses should be administered by March 2022
    Invitations will be sent out in the following days for the general population in Belgium to receive a coronavirus booster vaccine, and most adults ...
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    The unfulfilled promise of intrauterine insemination treatment
    Forty-four years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s patience and persistence got rewarded. Mrs. Brown finally ...
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    Alice Di Concetto and Olga Kikou
    EU must stop shooting itself in the foot on Bosnia and Herzegovina
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    Dr. Thomas Bickl
    What COP26 really means for the world
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    Lina Gustafsson
    Europe can lead the way forward in fight against cancer
    The fight against cancer is an extremely important venture that regulators, rightly so, are putting at the ...
    Hugo Azinheira
    Rethinking botanical gardens and their colonial legacy
    As a new student, I was told the botanical garden in Leuven has a tropical section that lets you escape the ...
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    LinkedOut – or why we should abolish networking
    From an etymological standpoint, ‘LinkedIn’ is an ironic name for a platform because the term ‘link’ for the ...
    Rayyan Dabbous
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    EU must stop shooting itself in the foot on Bosnia and Herzegovina
    The separatist stance of the Republika Srpska leader is only the tip of the iceberg of the crisis in Bosnia ...
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    What COP26 really means for the world
    After two weeks of fraught negotiations, the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow finally ended with a hard-fought ...
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    EU-legislation in practice: Inside a slaughterhouse
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    Rethinking botanical gardens and their colonial legacy
    As a new student, I was told the botanical garden in Leuven has a tropical section that lets you escape the ...
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    LinkedOut – or why we should abolish networking
    From an etymological standpoint, ‘LinkedIn’ is an ironic name for a platform because the term ‘link’ for the ...
    Rayyan Dabbous
    Make singles great again
    Today, 35% of Belgian households consist of one person. In large cities such as Brussels, half of all ...
    Carla Dejonghe
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    When I last wrote on the subject of the Brussels Region’s 13 PADs (Plans d’Amenagement Directeurs) in July ...
    Malinda Coleman
    Taking the Law into your own hands
    As a UK citizen living in Brussels, I have always regretted the decision we made to leave the EU. At the same ...
    Mark Corner
    Merkel’s legacy clouded by Russian energy dependence, lost economic decade
    As Angela Merkel is feted on her farewell tour after nearly 16 years as German chancellor does longevity ...
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    Why Brussels still lags with vaccines
    Belgium has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, but in Brussels – particularly the poorer neighbourhoods on the west side of ...
    ‘I’m not my body’: A story about euthanasia
    The word euthanasia stems from ancient Greek meaning “good death”. The first usage of the term is attributed to historian Suetonius, who ...
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    In modern-day Brussels, cars are a somewhat divisive issue. While emptying areas of motorised vehicles is often the explicit aim of city ...
    Why pride is still necessary and important
    Even though Belgium ranks second on this year’s Rainbow Map, which shows acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in Europe, experts and ...
    Entrepreneurs who started their business during the pandemic
    Despite the coronavirus, 106,788 new Belgian businesses started in 2020, three of them being Brandsome Projects, Buna and Fabrique Françios ...
    How a clever cycling network brings cyclists to Flanders
    Belgium has always had a special relationship with cycling, but a clever Flemish system of route nodes makes it easier than ever. As ...
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    An exhibition dedicated to the Orient Express – the train that was the scene for many novels, including Agatha Christie's – allows visitors ...
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    A generation ago, the Gare Maritime in the Tour & Taxis industrial site was an abandoned wasteland. It is now a model for urban renewal ...
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    Antwerp cancels Christmas market and New Year’s Eve fireworks
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    Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    Several rush hour train services to be scrapped from Monday
    Europe’s largest vintage clothes store is in Ghent this weekend
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    Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    ‘Not feasible’: Doctors refuse to follow new testing strategy
    Testing rules following high-risk contact eased for vaccinated people
    Brussels
    Brussels agrees on ‘urgently needed’ taxi plan reform
    Uber shuts down in Brussels from Friday evening
    New Bruvax error allows Brussels residents to get booster dose already
    EU Affairs
    Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    Animal welfare in EU’s pig meat sector: What’s wrong?
    Pharmaceutical companies looking into vaccines against new variant
    Business
    Brexit: trade and travel disrupted as French fishermen blockade ports and Eurotunnel
    Study links social media use with depression in adults
    Uber demonstration closes off Brussels tunnels
    World
    Closing border and new travel restrictions: Countries react to Omicron variant
    Pharmaceutical companies looking into vaccines against new variant
    Belgium confirms promise to return looted object during Congo visit
    Politics
    New measures announced for Belgian schools
    Belgium adopts national plan to combat gender-based violence
    Men speak far more than women in Walloon Parliament
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    Belgian ‘Un Monde’ gets student prize at French film festival
    Ghent cancels Christmas events in face of rising infections
    Molengeek founder named Brusseleir of the year
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    Qatar 2022: Belgian Football Union’s partners need to sign human rights charter
    Belgium announces more favourable tax rates for top athletes
    Belgian football more popular than ever
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    WHO urges countries to keep schools open
    Temporary European school opens on Brussels’ former NATO site
    Two Belgian universities included in global academic ranking
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