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Brussels, get ready for the fourth wave!

27 August 2021

Barely 51% of Brussels residents have received their first vaccine injection. Experts expect a peak of infections in early October. In the meantime, Brussels Health Minister Maron is improvising with vaccinations in shops such as Primark and Action. As far as Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten is …

“I still haven’t forgotten the attacks in Zaventem.”

20 August 2021

“Who decides which Afghans are allowed to come to Belgium? What are the criteria? And is security screening carried out?” On the TV programme Terzake, former Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken discussed the evacuation of nationals and Afghans from Afghanistan. He fears …

All hands on deck to pull Brussels out of the coronavirus mire

16 August 2021

At the beginning of August last year, Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten asked for an emergency session of the Health Committee following the terrible coronavirus figures in Brussels. “That was laughed off at the time.” A year later, he repeated his question. Not only the N-VA, but also the other …

“I live in Schaarbeek and haven’t received a single leaflet in the post yet about the coronavirus”

11 August 2021

“A crisis such as this shows you how important civic integration is.” On the TV programme Terzake, N-VA group leader in the Brussels Parliament Cieltje Van Achter discussed the low vaccination rate in Brussels. Cieltje Van Achter compared the situation there with the situation in Antwerp. “The …

Bert Wollants clarifies the N-VA’s position on gas-fired power stations: “Gas-fired power stations are the absolute end of the road for us”

26 July 2021

“Nobody is looking forward to those emissions or to throwing a lot of money at them.” The province of Flemish Brabant does not want to issue a permit for the construction of a gas-fired power station in Vilvoorde. MP Bert Wollants comments on the TV programme Terzake. Gas-fired power stations are …

Wortel-Kolonie recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site