Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- From 5 September, the transfer car parks will be free for commuting motorists and the price for a CycloParking subscription will be reduced by three quarters. The Brussels Parking Agency (parking.brussels) announced this on Monday. Transfer parking as a means of banning cars in the centre is not a resounding success. A […]
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Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- Filter Café Filtré, the citizens’ initiative that advocates a liveable and healthy city, is also organising a traffic-calmed district as the final piece of the annual summer streets. This concerns the Maritime district in Molenbeek, which will be closed to through traffic for three months. Local traffic can still enter the district. […]
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Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- In Brussels there is currently only one place where you can go with your motorhome. “It is difficult everywhere in Belgium, but Brussels is the biggest pain point,” it sounds at the motorhome club. Although it is not much better in other European capitals. However, there is enough interest, according to a […]
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Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- On the proposal of State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor (CD&V), the Council of Ministers approved the redistribution of the funds for 2022. This also includes a budget for the house for underage refugees in Brussels. The practical details may become clearer in the course of the month. In […]
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Taiwan braces for Chinese drills.
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Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak “directly” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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A deal allowing ships to start carrying grain from Ukraine solved a logistical problem, but it left a more pressing one for Ukrainian farmers: growing and reaping crops in a war zone.
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The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to admit Finland and Sweden to NATO, putting the military alliance on track for a historic expansion in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. With 95 senators voting in favor, the defense treaty heads to President Joe Biden’s desk where he is expected to ratify it in the coming […]
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Get ready for Facebook versus the researchers: Round 2. With just over four months to go before midterm elections, academics at New York University are gearing up for another battle with Facebook over how to track digital ads after their first attempt got them banned from the company’s ad database after the 2020 presidential election. […]
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European countries recorded thousands of additional deaths during last month’s brutal heat wave, according to preliminary data. Temperatures across much of the Continent soared in the middle of last month, smashing records between July 18 and 20. The U.K. recorded 40 degrees Celsius for the first time that week, in a heat wave scientists said […]
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