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    • Belgium’s new measures come into force early
    Belgium will take steps to increase the size of bubbles in the country and further ease measures on the hospitality industry in the coming ...
    Belgium’s new measures come into force early
    Belgium will take steps to increase the size of bubbles in the country and further ease measures on the hospitality industry in the coming weeks as ...
    New relaxations four days early, thanks to the Red Devils
    Fans of Belgium’s Red Devils gathering on their favourite terrace on 27 June to watch the team take part in its second-round match will be glad that ...
    Police issue alert for missing 14-year-old
    A 14-year-old boy, Florin Lingurar, went missing on Friday at about 3.00 p.m, according to an alert issued on Saturday by the Federal Police at the ...
    Lack of data on inequality and discrimination in Belgium raises concerns
    There is not enough data on inequality and discrimination in Belgium, the Inter-federal Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, ...
    Africa Museum will return stolen artworks to Congo
    The Africa Museum in Tervuren has agreed to return to Congo any artworks that can be shown to have been illegally obtained, the government has ...
    • King Philippe to visit Antwerp accident site
    King Philippe of Belgium will make a visit on Saturday afternoon to the site in the Nieuw Zuid district in Antwerp, where the construction of a new ...
    Court orders AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million vaccines to EU
    A court in Brussels has ruled in favour of the European Commission in a dispute with Covid-19 vaccine producer AstraZeneca (AZ) over the delivery of ...
    Third body recovered from school collapse in Antwerp
    Fire services have recovered two more bodies from the rubble caused by the partial collapse of a new school in Antwerp yesterday afternoon. This ...
    Number of Covid patients in hospital now lower than 600
    The number of patients currently in hospital due to coronavirus infections in Belgium has dropped to its lowest point since September last year, ...
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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
    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
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    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
    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
    Pandemic, Politics and People in the City
    The pandemic has allowed many of us, those privileged not to have suffered health or economic hardship, to ...
    Malinda Coleman
    The pandemic has exacerbated crime
    The United Nations Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened its 30th session on 17 May. ...
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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 ...
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    Belgium bans UK travellers over Delta fears
    Brussels Airlines prepares to transport one million passengers this summer
    Police on lookout for drunk drivers as measures ease
    Search ongoing for people under debris of partially collapsed school in Antwerp
    EU expert travel advice: Continue to wear masks and keep the distance during air travel
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    New relaxations four days early, thanks to the Red Devils
    Police issue alert for missing 14-year-old
    Lack of data on inequality and discrimination in Belgium raises concerns
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    Court orders AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million vaccines to EU
    Number of Covid patients in hospital now lower than 600
    Leak of caustic chemical at 3M in February this year
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    Over 20,000 reports of illegal dumping in Brussels last year
    Bozar announces lineup for free open-air cinema
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    Court orders AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million vaccines to EU
    EU expert travel advice: Continue to wear masks and keep the distance during air travel
    De Croo calls for sanctions against Hungary: ‘No place for homophobia’ in the EU
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    Brussels Airlines prepares to transport one million passengers this summer
    Belgium launches anti-money laundering initiative
    Leak of caustic chemical at 3M in February this year
    World
    Tui scraps package tours outside Europe this summer
    Belgium joins Ocean Plastics Charter
    EU gives green light to return of US tourists, vaccinated or not
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    New relaxations four days early, thanks to the Red Devils
    Brussels government will not appeal STIB headscarf ruling
    Jail means jail: Van Quickenborne gets tough on offenders
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    Cafe bubbles could expand this month: reports
    Bozar announces lineup for free open-air cinema
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