Filter Café Filtré can make the Maritime district car-free

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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De Moor frees up budget for home of minor refugees

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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Excess deaths surged as heat wave hits Europe

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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