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    • Top scientist heads for Denmark to avoid compulsory retirement
    One of Belgium’s top research scientists, Peter Carmeliet, plans to move himself and his laboratory to Denmark, to avoid being forced to ...
    Top scientist heads for Denmark to avoid compulsory retirement
    One of Belgium’s top research scientists, Peter Carmeliet, plans to move himself and his laboratory to Denmark, to avoid being forced to retire when ...
    Citizens speak out at the Conference on the Future of Europe
    The first citizen-led panel on the future of Europe took place last weekend at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 200 ordinary citizens came ...
    First non-EU countries associated to Horizon Europe
    The European Commission announced on Friday that Iceland and Norway are the first countries to have become formally associated to Horizon Europe, ...
    Drug dealer arrested with 50,000 euros on his person
    The Office of the Public Prosecutor (OPP) in Liège on Saturday requested an arrest warrant for the sale of narcotics and money laundering for an ...
    Vaccination appointments increase five-fold in Wallonia following introduction of Covid Safe Tickets
    The number of vaccination appointments increase five-fold this weekend after Thursday’s decision by the Walloon government to extend the use of the ...
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    BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON  Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: Barnier the Eurosceptic How ...
    US needs to learn to talk to Europe
    BRUSSELS BEHIND THE SCENES Weekly analysis and untold stories With SAMUEL STOLTON  Other Brussels behind the scenes stories: Barnier the ...
    Close to 5,000 persons demonstrate in Namur against Covid-19 measures
    Close to 5,000 persons demonstrated on Saturday in Namur against vaccine mandates and discrimination in the health sector, according to police ...
    Brussels Mobility wants to know how you feel (about travel)
    A new barometer by Brussels Mobility wants your opinions on mobility throughout the capital region to better understand how people feel about the ...
    WHO recommends Regeneron to treat Covid-19, but only in certain cases
    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now recommended a third treatment against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO recommended the synthetic ...
    Energy prices threaten British vegetables
    Food businesses in the United Kingdom grapple with supply problems, high energy costs and a shortage of carbon dioxide, and the next victims could be ...
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    Open letter to Brussels’ bicycle riders everywhere
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    Ana Carolina Pedrosa Ferreira
    Is citizen-led democracy here to stay?
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    Rayyan Dabbous
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    Ramiro Austin
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    On coming October 2nd, local elections shall take place in Georgia. And those elections are essential for ...
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    Open letter to Brussels’ bicycle riders everywhere
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    Andreas Baumüller
    Coronalert turns one year old: what went wrong?
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    What have travel bans taught us about the world?
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    Citizens speak out at the Conference on the Future of Europe
    The first citizen-led panel on the future of Europe took place last weekend at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 200 ordinary citizens ...
    Tackling sexual harassment in Belgium is ‘joint responsibility’, police says
    More than nine in ten girls and women have experienced sexual harassment in public spaces in Belgium, according to a recent study, but as ...
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    Nine in ten women and girls in several of Belgium’s biggest cities have experienced sexual harassment in public spaces. But these incidents ...
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    Brussels has a lot of cycling initiatives on the mobility agenda, including tripling the use of bicycles by the city's residents by 2030, ...
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    While Airbnb claims that it enables people to rent their room or house sporadically to tourists, affording travellers a more authentic ...
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    The nominees for the first Brussels architectural awards have been decided, with landmarks from Place Rogier to the summer bars of the ...
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    In Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, an excavation of its former Great Synagogue has fully exposed the Torah ark and the podium that was ...
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    Close to 5,000 persons demonstrate in Namur against Covid-19 measures
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    First non-EU countries associated to Horizon Europe
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    Top Antwerp chef opens restaurant staffed by refugees
    Minister demands audit of bank charges for cash withdrawals
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