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2 days ago · Over 90% of Brussels' rental market will be affected by a new law limiting rent hikes in short-term leases. Ixelles' first Dutch-speaking primary school, with a capacity of 250 pupils, is set to open by September 2026. The Brussels Times - News and analysis on politics, Brussels, EU Affairs, business, world, national news, and more.
Belgium in the grip of second-biggest Covid-19 wave, but no new …
Dec 19, 2023 · Credit: Belga/Benoit Doppagne. With an "enormous" rise of Covid-19 cases in recent weeks, Belgium is currently experiencing its second-largest infection wave ever, according to tests on the country's sewage water conducted by the Rega Institute in Leuven. Now that extensive testing is no longer taking place, the level of virus particles in the ...
Why Belgium has six governments (and not seven) - The Brussels …
Nov 6, 2022 · Why Belgium has six governments (and not seven) To many, Belgium's fractured politics may seem impenetrable. Even those who have lived here all their lives can get lost on the intricacies of regional competencies, advising committees and federal legislators. But a basic understanding of the tangle of governments that make up the Belgian ...
How NATO changed Belgium – and Belgium changed NATO - The …
5 days ago · How NATO changed Belgium – and Belgium changed NATO. NATO only set up its headquarters in Evere, outside Brussels, in 1967, after the alliance was effectively booted out of its previous base in Paris. But NATO settled to its new home, a military hospital, and grew into a cornerstone of security in the West. Sunday, 18 September 2022.
Why did Brussels become the capital of the EU ... - The Brussels …
Mar 13, 2024 · Because Belgium starts with B. Wednesday, 13 March 2024. By Philippe Van Parijs. Once again it is Belgium’s turn to hold the European presidency. It is, however, most unlikely to have such a formidable impact on Brussels’ destiny as when Belgium played that role in 1958, in the first semester of existence of the European Economic Community.
Brussels' linguistic evolution: English gains ground as French declines
May 16, 2024 · The latest Language Barometer shows almost half of the region's citizens speak English fluently and Dutch speakers are on the rise, while French is losing ground. More than one in three people living in Brussels (36.9%) are non-Belgian, and around a quarter of residents are EU citizens. As the region becomes more cosmopolitan, the languages ...
'Rise again for the climate': Five years on from the marches that …
5 days ago · On Friday 20 September, 700 protesters took to the streets of Brussels in solidarity with climate activists across the globe during this year’s Global Climate strike. Yet the scene was starkly different from the one five years ago, when 15,000 protesters marched through the same city, joining what became the largest climate protest in history.
From bilingual to polyglot Brussels: Radical linguistic shifts underway
May 31, 2024 · Whereas competence in both French and Dutch has kept shrinking since then, competence in English managed to rise from 33.% to 34.4% by 2017. Seven years later, the latest Taalbarometer has revealed a sharp rise to 46.7%. The strengthening of the position of English as Brussels’ second language leads to some surprising new practices.
Belgian politics for dummies: Who is in power where? - The …
The government is led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo – a member of the Flemish liberal Open VLD party – and took 494 days to form after the Belgian federal election of May 2019. In terms of political views, these elections split Belgium in two as Flanders voted overwhelmingly to the right while Wallonia voted strongly to the left.
The Dutroux case, and how it changed Belgium - The Brussels Times
Aug 15, 2021 · The Dutroux case, and how it changed Belgium. On 15 August 1996, 25 years ago today, convicted rapist Marc Dutroux gave the police information which resulted in the release of two young girls from a basement and the solving of other cases. His case held the nation in thrall from the disappearance of Julie and Mélissa in 1995 to the trial in ...