Category: The Brussels Times

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  The Flemish government has given the green light for the construction of 27 new schools that can accommodate 20,000 students. This was announced by Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA) on Thursday. It concerns a new school building program in which every Brussels and Flemish saver can also invest. The 27 new […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  Work on Metro 3 (Bordet and Albert) has been underway for several months. There are several political voices to reconsider or even stop the work. That would be economically unrealistic, according to MR MP David Weytsman. Stopping the construction of Metro 3 would cost almost half a billion euros, estimated Brussels MP […]

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its opinion on legacy instruments on Thursday, commenting on the results of the efforts to decrease the so-called “infection risks” in major banking institutions within the EU. Continue reading EU banking watchdog warns banks need to clean up their reserves at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Network and Information Systems. NIS 2. The almost forgettable title hides major and crucial changes in the field of European Cybersecurity. After a year of work and negotiations in several parliamentary committees, we managed to put together a document that updates the Union’s resilience against cyberattacks. As Pirates, we played in this process our role […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  Minister of Education Ben Weyts feels strengthened by the advice of the Flemish Education Council (Vlor) in his conviction that now is not the time to reorganise the school year calendar. There are “other cats to flog” in education, he said in the Education Committee on Wednesday. Last year, Weyts left the […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  1,600 of the 51,000 families on the waiting list for social housing were recently removed because they had not responded to a registered letter before June 30. The Brussels public real estate companies, which rent out social housing, are now reversing this decision. All cancellations will be postponed for six months while […]

France is the majority owner of the EDF, holding 84% of the company, and is planning to use it to tackle the energy crisis by relying on nuclear power. Continue reading France to fully nationalise EDF power utility at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, noted “in a period during which the functioning of the market is severely disturbed, this up to 500 million euro Croatian scheme will ensure that sufficient liquidity remains available to those companies affected by the current geopolitical crisis by incentivizing lending by private banks.” Continue reading EC approves Croatia’s […]

Universities in the Czech Republic are largely autonomous when it comes to decisions making and authorities can only recommend discrimination against Russian students. Continue reading EU rules discriminate against Russian students at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In the past few years, we have been just sporadically hearing about the terrorist attacks by radical Islamic groups in Europe. It is not surprising since the attention has been rightfully directed towards many serious topics.  In the media, the pandemic has been a headliner for a long time, later replaced by […]