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‘Needed more than ever’: Belgian Pride returns to Brussels

After a long two-year wait, the streets of the City of Brussels will once again be decked out in the colours of the rainbow, with this ...

Saturday, May 21, 2022
What’s on the table of the Consultative Committee today?

After the meeting was postponed three times in the past two months, Belgium’s Consultative Committee will finally meet on Friday to discuss ...

Friday, May 20, 2022
Sexual harassment complaint shocks Schaerbeek municipality

The Councillor for Equality at Schaerbeek municipality, Sihame Haddioui, has filed a complaint for sexual harassment against her colleague ...

Friday, May 20, 2022
Voting age for European elections lowered to 16 in Belgium

Belgium has officially confirmed that young people aged 16 and over will be able to vote in the next European elections in 2024. ...

Friday, May 20, 2022
Flemish Green party rules out non-credible candidacy

In the ongoing contest for a new party leader, the Flemish Groen (green) party has ruled out candidate Renaat Van Rompaey, who the party ...

Thursday, May 19, 2022
‘Not enough to be tolerant’: 100 actions to make Belgium more LGBTQ friendly

The Federal Government launched its action plan to make Belgium more LGBTQ friendly on Tuesday 17 May, the International Day Against ...

Tuesday, May 17, 2022
DéFI rule change limits party presidents to one term

DéFI adopted new statutes at its congress on Sunday in Wavre, according to Belga News Agency, which reports that the innovations include ...

Monday, May 16, 2022
Finland officially confirms intention to join NATO

In a press conference on Sunday, Finland officially announced its plans to apply for NATO membership after months of speculation, with the ...

Sunday, May 15, 2022
Russia expels 12 Belgian Embassy employees

Russia expelled 12 employees of the Belgian embassy in Moscow on Sunday, in retaliation for similar measures taken by the Belgian ...

Monday, May 2, 2022
Belgium explores new avenues of assistance for Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine enters its third month, Belgium's Select Ministerial Committee is currently reviewing the situation and the ...

Sunday, May 1, 2022
Former Defence Minister Steven Vandeput is N-VA’s new vice-president

On Saturday, former Defence Minister Steven Vandeput was selected by the party council of the rightwing N-VA party to succeed Lorin Parys ...

Sunday, April 24, 2022
Flemish CD&V party rebrands itself as people’s party of the centre

The Flemish Christian-democratic CD&V party reaffirmed its centrist vocation at a congress in Antwerp on Saturday, at which it also ...

Sunday, April 24, 2022
European leaders plan further sanctions on Russia

Emmanuel Macron declared on Monday that he is "in favour" of further sanctions against Russia, after hundreds of civilian bodies were ...

Monday, April 4, 2022
Update: French presidential election 2022

With just under a week until the first round of the 2022 French presidential election, the polls are beginning to paint a clearer picture ...

Monday, April 4, 2022
Belgium Uncomplicated: ‘I am against cancel culture’

Belgian politics is at first glance an indecipherable labyrinth of different levels of governments and laws. But it does not have to be ...

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
N-VA overtakes extreme right wing party Vlaams Belang in latest poll

For the first time since the general elections took place in 2019, Flemish extreme right wing party Vlaams Belang is no longer the most ...

Sunday, March 27, 2022
Congo anxious to “renew links” with Belgium, Brussels Prime Minister says after one-week visit

Brussels Prime Minister Rudi Vervoort on Friday concluded a one-week visit to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the ...

Saturday, March 26, 2022
How Putin saved Belgium’s nuclear industry

For almost two decades, Belgian politicians have hummed and hawed about whether to reprieve, rebuild or remove their ageing nuclear power ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Putin plans chemical attacks in Ukraine, says Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that it was "clear" that Russia was considering chemical and biological weapons attacks in Ukraine, ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Belgium Uncomplicated: ‘Belgian federalism needs to be improved, simplified’

Belgian politics is at first glance an indecipherable labyrinth of different levels of governments and laws. But it does not have to be ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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