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If the EU wants to protect the climate, it has to protect the human rights defenders
It has been almost eight years since the Paris Agreement was finalised. In that time, at least 1,390 defenders advocating for a healthy...
Sep 13, 2023


Australia's Indigenous rights referendum loses steam
Several polls show that the government has failed to convince skeptical and undecided voters to back the Indigenous rights amendment. The...
Sep 11, 2023


Belgium to provide 5m euros in aid following Morocco earthquake
Belgium has made available 5 million euros to help victims of the earthquake in Morocco and support reconstruction, Development...
Sep 10, 2023


3M appeals PFOS cleanup decree in Flanders
Chemical company 3M has filed an appeal to overturn a decree outlining its cleanup obligations in Flanders. Environmental organisations...
Sep 9, 2023


Record number of pre-schoolers repeat kindergarten
Almost 4,000 pre-school children in Flanders had to repeat their third year of kindergarten last year before entering primary school....
Sep 9, 2023


Supermarkets have imbalance in healthy and unhealthy foods, study shows
According to a study by public health institute Sciensano, the average Flemish supermarket has a poor balance of healthy and unhealthy...
Sep 9, 2023


‘Virtually no one on Earth escaped’: 98% of world's population exposed to global warming this summer
A new report shows that higher temperatures were made at least twice more likely by human-made CO2 pollution. Nearly all of the world's...
Sep 9, 2023


Fewer resources available to promote Flanders in neighbouring countries
Tourism Flanders, the government agency responsible for the sustainable development of Flemish tourism, spent around 800,000 euros...
Sep 3, 2023


Deputy PM urges acceptance of single men seeking asylum
Deputy PM Petra De Sutter (Groen) "urgently requests" that state secretary Nicole de Moor (CD&V) rescind her order to stop accepting...
Sep 3, 2023


Scientists to send artificial heart into space to study ageing
Five Belgian companies and research centres are developing a miniature artificial heart with a circulatory system that will be sent to...
Sep 3, 2023


Flanders and the Netherlands launch project to encourage cooperation between SMEs
With European support, Flanders and the Netherlands are investing almost 25 million euros in cross-border cooperation between SMEs....
Sep 2, 2023


2016 Brussels attacks: Trial to resume Monday with sentencing hearings
The trial over the Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016 will resume on Monday after a break of more than a month. The court reached a...
Sep 1, 2023
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