Category: The Brussels Times

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- A discussion arose in the Brussels parliament on Thursday after Minister Alain Maron (Ecolo) announced that he would have to leave the committee to pick up his child from the nursery. “Women have been working for decades and have never been approached with the same leniency as men.” This week there was […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- From 2025, all car parks in Brussels with more than ten places must be equipped with charging stations. The obligation applies to both public and private car parks. This is apparent from a decision taken by the government last week on the initiative of Minister of Climate Transition and the Environment Alain […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- Brussels laundromats fear the energy costs they will have to incur in the coming months. “In August I paid 14,000 euros in energy – five times as much as usual,” Sun Wash said. The chain is forced to raise prices. Stefanie De Wilde is director of six Sun Wash laundries, two of […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- The American tech company Uber opens the app to all drivers in the taxi market, whether they drive with a licence for taxis or passenger transport. Due to the new ordinance, Uber has a shortage of drivers. The American company hopes that every taxi driver will use the app by 2025. If […]

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Inflation, dictated by rising energy prices, is today the biggest concern of Europeans. Our households, businesses, and industries are facing growing difficulties. The added factor of uncertainty is contributing to undermining our economies, with many Member-States facing the risk of returning to recession at a time they were recovering from the effects […]

While announcing the award winners, Reiss-Andersen called on Belarus to release Bialiatski from prison. No state media reported on the award in Belarus. Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-authoritarian activists at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Her name was Jîna Mahsa Amini. A young Kurdish girl in Iran with her whole life ahead of her, deprived of her life by men and a regime who thinks they have the right to control women. She has become the symbol of that another country must be and is possible – […]

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Despite the growing energy crisis, a big majority of Europeans “continue to stand firmly by Ukraine’s side”, according to a new survey. It states that a broad majority supports arms deliveries and the willingness to also accept Ukraine into the EU remains high.  There is also strong support for the need for […]

The Coronavirus crisis has shown up many shortcomings in Europe’s healthcare systems, which is why we need a better, more coordinated approach Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The Coronavirus pandemic has placed healthcare systems under unprecedented pressure, exposing vast deficiencies in the healthcare systems of many European countries following years of underfunding and cuts. The crisis […]

The free world must act now to restore democracy and protect the Bangladeshi people Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Bangladesh, a South Asian country of 165 million population, is being ruled for almost one and a half decades by an autocratic regime headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has clung on to power violating the […]