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    • Belgium launches country-wide bicycle plan
    Belgium’s federal government is launching its first ever bicycle plan, aimed at increasing cycling in the country. The plan is titled ...
    Belgium launches country-wide bicycle plan
    Belgium’s federal government is launching its first ever bicycle plan, aimed at increasing cycling in the country. The plan is titled “Be ...
    Brussels will offer free PCR test for people vaccinated before 31 October
    Brussels is planning to offer a free PCR test for people who have been vaccinated before 31 October in another effort to boost vaccination rates in ...
    Fatal hazing trial begins, and immediately adjourns
    The first phase of a trial of 18 members of the student association Reuzegom started and ended this week after questions were raised about the ...
    The deaths of migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border puts the EU in a dilemma
    The deaths of migrants in the border forests between the two countries is concerning for the European Commission but the protection of the EU’s ...
    SNCB boosts trains to handle cycling traffic this weekend
    Belgian train operator SNCB is planning to increase the number of trains serving Antwerp and Leuven stations this weekend as they play host the main ...
    • Ghent included in top ten ‘sexiest’ LGBTQ-safe travel destinations
    Ghent has been ranked in the top ten destinations that are most "sexually liberated", adventurous and educated, following research into places that are LGBTQ+ ...
    Ghent included in top ten ‘sexiest’ LGBTQ-safe travel destinations
    Ghent has been ranked in the top ten destinations that are most "sexually liberated", adventurous and educated, following research into places that ...
    Father of Dutroux victim takes legal steps against film
    Jean Lambrecks, whose daughter Eefje was murdered by serial killer Marc Dutroux in 1995, is to take legal action against a film based on the case due ...
    Reports: Kanye West spotted near Antwerp
    American rapper Kanye West has made headlines in Belgium after reports that he has been spotted near Antwerp, and has potentially purchased an ...
    Belgium in Brief: Has Brussels Plateaued?
    The hope that expanding the use of the Covid Safe Ticket (CST) will prompt Brussels' unvaccinated to get the vaccine might not be so simple, ...
    Minister demands audit of bank charges for cash withdrawals
    Federal economy minister Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS) has demanded an accounting from the four big banks of the fees they charge their customers for ...
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    The importance of a stable financial sector in a post-pandemic world
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    Rayyan Dabbous
    Why do we grow trees in Siberia to burn them in Belgium?
    Zuhal Demir, the Flemish Minister of Energy and the Environment, recently said something that was received ...
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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
    Dear Brussels-based bicycle users, I’d like to start by stressing that this is not a tirade against ...
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    A few weeks ago, I did not make it to bed. Over two metres of water were cascading down the streets of my ...
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    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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    Why do we grow trees in Siberia to burn them in Belgium?
    Zuhal Demir, the Flemish Minister of Energy and the Environment, recently said something that was received ...
    Ramiro Austin
    Democracy’s weakness in the face of Covid-19
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    Just 6% of cases reported: Sexual harassment ‘normalised’ in Belgium
    Nine in ten women and girls in several of Belgium’s biggest cities have experienced sexual harassment in public spaces. But these incidents ...
    Bait bikes won’t work if theft isn’t prosecuted, says cyclist group
    Brussels has a lot of cycling initiatives on the mobility agenda, including tripling the use of bicycles by the city's residents by 2030, ...
    ‘Nobody lives there’: Airbnb investors taking up scarce Brussels real estate
    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 ...
    Horses to Heizel: Brussels’ trams through the ages
    Trams in Brussels have come a long way from the first horse-drawn services that started carrying passengers from the Porte de Namur to the ...
    The mysterious murder of Belgium’s Communist leader Julien Lahaut: Solved without any perpetrators ever brought to justice
    The murder of Communist leader Julien Lahaut in 1950 shocked Belgium. No-one was convicted for the murder, and it is still an open wound. A ...
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    Brussels will offer free PCR test for people vaccinated before 31 October
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    Brussels will offer free PCR test for people vaccinated before 31 October
    Coronavirus figures better than expected but fourth wave ‘still possible’
    Antwerp hospitals treat staff to free musical performance
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    Brussels will offer free PCR test for people vaccinated before 31 October
    Firefighters pelted with stones during call-out in Brussels
    Brussels among last dark red zones in Europe as travel map turns orange
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    The deaths of migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border puts the EU in a dilemma
    Brussels among last dark red zones in Europe as travel map turns orange
    Parliament concerned by welfare of animals exported from EU
    Business
    Minister demands audit of bank charges for cash withdrawals
    Belgian start-up claims new technology could halve world CO2 textile emissions
    Leonardo DiCaprio invests in Dutch cultured meat company
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    More than 130 Belgians to be recalled from La Palma due to volcanic eruption
    Llama antibodies have ‘significant potential’ as Covid-19 drug, research shows
    New air pollution standards should be ‘wake up call’ for Brussels
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    Florida property magnate named new US ambassador to Belgium
    Government plans blacklist for social housing tenants
    Three Belgian resistance heroes honoured with a statue
    Art & Culture
    Reports: Kanye West spotted near Antwerp
    European Quarter will be centre stage for Bright Brussels Festival
    Top Antwerp chef opens restaurant staffed by refugees
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    Belgium wins 18 medals at European Life Saving Championships
    Cycling World Championships: Belgium just misses time trial top spot
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    Education
    Temporary European school opens on Brussels’ former NATO site
    Two Belgian universities included in global academic ranking
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