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    • Vaccinations: Belgium’s Health Minister currently not in favour of a general booster shot
    The latest figures on new coronavirus cases are worrying, but rather than imposing new safety measures, what is needed is full compliance ...
    Vaccinations: Belgium’s Health Minister currently not in favour of a general booster shot
    The latest figures on new coronavirus cases are worrying, but rather than imposing new safety measures, what is needed is full compliance with ...
    Over 50,000 march against fascism in Rome
    Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against fascism in Rome on Saturday, one week after violent protests against the Covid certificate. Over ...
    Will Brussels bounce back?
    The lockdowns have tested the city and forced it to confront key questions about its future. Derek Blyth looks back at an extraordinary moment in our ...
    Thousands protest against the Covid health pass in France
    Demonstrations against the health pass and other measures aimed at preventing the spread of the Coronavirus mobilised tens of thousands of protesters ...
    Record-breaking 770-metre highline installed in Freÿr, Belgium
    A 770-metre long highline was installed at an altitude of 70 metres at the Freÿr Rocks on Saturday, setting a new Belgian record, according to ...
    • Citizen founded wind turbine project launched in Liège region
    A citizen founded wind turbine project was inaugurated in the Liège Region on Saturday by Walloon Energy Minister Philippe Henry (Ecolo) together with members ...
    Citizen founded wind turbine project launched in Liège region
    A citizen founded wind turbine project was inaugurated in the Liège Region on Saturday by Walloon Energy Minister Philippe Henry (Ecolo) together ...
    Huge cannabis farm discovered inside closed down Chinese restaurant near Charleroi
    A cannabis plantation with several hundred mature plants was dismantled on Friday evening in a former Chinese restaurant on Chaussée de Bruxelles ...
    Five questions to philosopher Philippe Van Parijs on Leopold II and embarrassment in Brussels’ public space
    The worldwide explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, combined with the 60th anniversary of the ...
    Belgium to invest in sustainable heating in 2022
    The federal government will set aside about one million euros in its 2022 budget for a social tariff for sustainable heating, Federal Energy Minister ...
    Unfinished draft of new Astérix story discovered
    The discovery of the unfinished draft of a cartoon album on the most famous of all Gauls, sketched by cartoonist René Goscinny, was announced by his ...
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    Time for EU to mediate in identity dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia
    The recent EU-WB summit hosted by the Slovenian EU presidency did not result in the expected breakthrough in ...
    Mose Apelblat
    Projection and idealisation: Why dating apps affect intimate relationships
    It is well known that dating apps are more and more common in our society, especially amongst younger people. ...
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    Brussels’ climate march and the EU Green Deal
    Last Sunday, the weather was quite pleasant and I decided to go for a walk in Parc du Cinquantenaire in ...
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    A digital gavel in our back pocket
    Spare all passing glances the need to really get to know us, for the mark we have been given is sufficient ...
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    Religiosity is inversely proportional to prosperity
    In Latin America, the region where I am from, religion is pervasive. A large percentage of the population ...
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    Living in a disillusioned democracy
    The technological revolution we are currently undergoing has completely destabilized society via censorship ...
    Latif Kadri
    Right-wingers in Spain have a poor grasp of Latin American history
    Many of the things that Latin-Americans admire about Spain lose their luster when right-wing Spanish ...
    Ramiro Austin
    We call for Romani inclusion and equal access to health and education
    Policymakers, experts, activists and organizations concerned with persistent antigypsyism in Europe ...
    Marius Tudor
    European Commission abandons precautionary principle with new employee office rules
    Do you remember the precautionary principle? You might recall it. After all it is recognized in EU law and ...
    Joe Kirwin
    Barriers to cross-border services in the EU are getting worse
    The number of barriers for companies providing cross-border services in the EU is growing. One year after the ...
    Marek Benio, PhD
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    Projection and idealisation: Why dating apps affect intimate relationships
    It is well known that dating apps are more and more common in our society, especially amongst younger people. ...
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    A digital gavel in our back pocket
    Spare all passing glances the need to really get to know us, for the mark we have been given is sufficient ...
    Thomas Jasper
    Living in a disillusioned democracy
    The technological revolution we are currently undergoing has completely destabilized society via censorship ...
    Latif Kadri
    Right-wingers in Spain have a poor grasp of Latin American history
    Many of the things that Latin-Americans admire about Spain lose their luster when right-wing Spanish ...
    Ramiro Austin
    We call for Romani inclusion and equal access to health and education
    Policymakers, experts, activists and organizations concerned with persistent antigypsyism in Europe ...
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    European Commission abandons precautionary principle with new employee office rules
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    Barriers to cross-border services in the EU are getting worse
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    Open letter to Brussels’ bicycle riders everywhere
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    Mose Apelblat
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    Thousands protest against the Covid health pass in France
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    Anti-vaxxers demonstrate against Covid Safe Ticket in Brussels
    Thousands protest against the Covid health pass in France
    Vaccinations: Belgium’s Health Minister currently not in favour of a general booster shot
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    Mayor wants to close two Brussels bars where alleged sexual assaults took place
    ‘Untenable’: Mayor says situation at Brussels North station is out of control
    Over 1,000 demonstrators march in Brussels following sexual assault allegations
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    Thousands protest against the Covid health pass in France
    Pegasus Project: European Parliament awards journalism prize to investigation of use of spyware
    European Parliament wants to sue the European Commission
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    Citizen founded wind turbine project launched in Liège region
    Belgium’s investment funds total 260 billion euros in assets
    Belgian firms sent almost 266 billion euros to tax havens last year
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    Suicide second-leading cause of death among European youth
    Belgian company to build largest Guggenheim Museum
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    Belgium balances the budget
    Fight tax evasion rather than cutting costs, socialist leader urges
    Federal government reaches agreement to curb rising energy bill
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    Unfinished draft of new Astérix story discovered
    Namur Marathon relaunches after two years on hold
    Antwerp exhibition shows first photos after city bombed in 1944
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    Record-breaking 770-metre highline installed in Freÿr, Belgium
    Can the Red Devils return in Qatar?
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    Temporary European school opens on Brussels’ former NATO site
    Two Belgian universities included in global academic ranking
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