Category: The Brussels Times

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In a post-pandemic war context, where old conflicts endure, climate problems have already become an alarming crisis and global rates of depression and anxiety are increasing, what perspectives do Indigenous People offer to help us face these problems? Is the political representativeness of these peoples relevant? Where are politics, mental health […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The EU is being urged to step up the fight against those who dodge paying tax. Europe and the US each lose at least a trillion euros, or dollars, every year to tax avoidance or evasion. Giles Merritt, the founder of the respected Brussels-based Friends of Europe, says “it’s clearly time” […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission approved Germany’s measures aimed at supporting production of electricity from renewable sources. In a statement released on Tuesday, the EC pointed out that the measures supplement the country’s Renewable Energy Act and will help it to achieve EU’s Green Deal objectives. Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, pointed […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) With the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, it would be hard to find a woman throughout history who has been more celebrated. For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth has been at the forefront of public attention as her life, her impact, family, and now her demise was there for public consumption. […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) France and Greece have proposed measures aimed at reining in rising energy prices. France wants to introduce a bloc-wide price cap on natural gas used in power plants to curb rising cost of energy, according to Reuters reporting on Tuesday. Greece proposed the founding of an EU fund to help companies […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Brazil, a country with more than 214 million citizens, home to several natural wonders like the Amazon rain forest, the Pantanal region, the peninsular region of Fernando de Noronha, and so many other places, the birthplace of amazing cultural heritages like samba, capoeira, funk, bossa nova, is currently in the final […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) This Wednesday is World School Milk Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of free and subsidized school milk programs, which exist in over 34 countries across the world. Unsurprisingly, none of these schemes include alternatives to dairy milk. This was quite understandable, launched 22 years ago, the day is […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) More than 6,000 children up to the age of 14 died between 2011 and 2020 in road collisions in the European Union, it has been revealed. Above the age of 14, 20% of child road deaths during this period were moped riders, the vast majority being boys. Child road mortality rate […]

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Italian coalition of right-wing parties has secured a comfortable lead in the general elections on Sunday, and its post-fascistic leader Georgia Meloni is set to become the country’s first female prime minister, according to projections. Meloni, head of the far-right Brothers of Italy (FDI) party, declared victory for her bloc and […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission denounced Serbia for deciding to hold consultations with Russia. The EC noted that it previously instructed aspiring bloc members on their foreign policy, stressing that it told them to distance themselves from Russia, according to Reuters reporting on Monday. On Friday, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selaković […]