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    • Belgium could turn green on European travel map by 28 June
    If Belgium's coronavirus infections continue to drop at the current rate, the country will turn green on the map of the European Centre for ...
    Belgium could turn green on European travel map by 28 June
    If Belgium's coronavirus infections continue to drop at the current rate, the country will turn green on the map of the European Centre for Disease ...
    Three out of four KU Leuven students lonely as result of coronavirus, survey finds
    Three out of four students at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) said they felt lonely as a result of the coronavirus, a recent survey conducted by ...
    Facebook ‘threatened to delete Van Grieken’s page’ for offering condolences to family Conings
    Far-right Vlaams Belang party leader Tom Van Grieken said Facebook has threatened to delete his page after he put up a message expressing his ...
    Belgium expects 700,000 AstraZeneca doses next week
    As Belgium's vaccination campaign is slowing down a little bit due to delivery issues, the Taskforce announced that roughly 700,000 doses of ...
    Man shot in broad daylight in Brussels
    A man's life is in danger after he was shot in the Permeke district in the Brussels commune of Evere on Monday at about 5:30 PM. The victim was ...
    • Protest at Parliament ahead of discussions on lifting of Covid-19 vaccine patents
    Several protestors gathered outside the Federal Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday morning to demand the lifting of patents on Covid-19 vaccines, ...
    Belgium in Brief: Black-Yellow-Red Lights
    As life is slowly going back to normal, Brussels public transport company STIB is putting on a light show in one of its metro tunnels, symbolically ...
    Belgium among top innovation leaders in EU
    Belgium has ranked among the top best-performing countries in the European Union when it comes to innovation, according to research from the European ...
    European bid to make agriculture policy more climate-friendly failed, report finds
    The European Union's investment aimed at making its agriculture policy more climate-friendly failed to lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas ...
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    Back to normal?
    As the prospect of going back to normal working patterns becomes a little more likely (though by no means ...
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    Why many Catalans would prefer federalism over autonomy
    The term federalism has been revived in Catalan political discourse over the last two decades, and even more ...
    Tom Canetti
    Rule of law “à la carte”
    It is well known that no country can claim to join the European Union without guarantees of compliance with ...
    MEP Nuno Melo
    Viktor Orbán threatens his own anti-gay agenda
    Viktor Orbán and his alchemists aim to have homosexuality vanish into thin air, as manifested in their latest ...
    Rayyan Dabbous
    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
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    Why many Catalans would prefer federalism over autonomy
    The term federalism has been revived in Catalan political discourse over the last two decades, and even more ...
    Tom Canetti
    Viktor Orbán threatens his own anti-gay agenda
    Viktor Orbán and his alchemists aim to have homosexuality vanish into thin air, as manifested in their latest ...
    Rayyan Dabbous
    Tax havens we’re finally going after you
    Societies and politicians in Western and Eastern countries have complained for years as multinational ...
    Piotr Arak
    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
    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
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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 ...
    North Macedonia’s dress rehearsal for Brussels
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    Around 30 new coronavirus hospitalisations per day in Belgium
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    Three out of four KU Leuven students lonely as result of coronavirus, survey finds
    Facebook ‘threatened to delete Van Grieken’s page’ for offering condolences to family Conings
    Belgium expects 700,000 AstraZeneca doses next week
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    Three out of four KU Leuven students lonely as result of coronavirus, survey finds
    Belgium expects 700,000 AstraZeneca doses next week
    Protest at Parliament ahead of discussions on lifting of Covid-19 vaccine patents
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    Man shot in broad daylight in Brussels
    ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Brussels metro celebrates return to normal
    One-third of Covid tests taken in Brussels are travel-related
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    Belgium could turn green on European travel map by 28 June
    European bid to make agriculture policy more climate-friendly failed, report finds
    Italy mostly green on European travel map, only Netherlands still fully red
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    Glyphosate ‘is not carcinogenic,’ concludes major study
    New energy supplier enters the Belgian market
    Flemish waste agency buried pollution news ‘on minister’s order’
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    Number of local coronavirus infections in Cornwall soared in days following G7 summit
    Diesel prices rise for the 7th time in a row
    440 migrant children died in transit to Europe since 2018
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    Flemish waste agency buried pollution news ‘on minister’s order’
    New relaxations four days early, thanks to the Red Devils
    Brussels government will not appeal STIB headscarf ruling
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    Cafe bubbles could expand this month: reports
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    Viktor Orbán and his alchemists aim to have homosexuality vanish into thin air, as manifested in their latest ...
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    Tax havens we’re finally going after you
    Societies and politicians in Western and Eastern countries have complained for years as multinational ...
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    European legislation on both agricultural practices and animal welfare is facing scrutiny. Reform of the ...
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