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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 ...
    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, Beglium
    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 ...
    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 ...
    • 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 ...
    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 ...
    Anti-vaxxers demonstrate against Covid Safe Ticket in Brussels
    Hundreds of supporters of the anti-vaxx movement gathered on Saturday outside the headquarters of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company to protest ...
    Belgium’s investment funds total 260 billion euros in assets
    Belgium’s funds industry grew by 5.3% (13 billion euros) in the second quarter of this year, bringing investment funds available to the public to ...
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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. ...
    Felipe Cossio
    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 ...
    Kristina Girethova
    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
    Religiosity is inversely proportional to prosperity
    In Latin America, the region where I am from, religion is pervasive. A large percentage of the population ...
    David Abuchar Luna
    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. ...
    Felipe Cossio
    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 ...
    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
    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 ...
    Ana Carolina Pedrosa Ferreira
    Is citizen-led democracy here to stay?
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    Thousands protest against the Covid health pass in France
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    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
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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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    Antwerp exhibition shows first photos after city bombed in 1944
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    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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