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27 Flemish WWI sites recognised as UNESCO heritage sites: “It is important that we continue to tell the story of the Great War”

20 September 2023

139 World War I cemeteries and memorial sites along the Western Front are being added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Included in Flanders are 27 cemeteries and memorial sites, such as the Menin Gate in Ypres. Flemish Heritage Minister Matthias Diependaele is pleased. “In Flanders, the …

Tomas Roggeman on the asylum crisis: “This is the moral bankruptcy of the left”

20 September 2023

In the Parliamentary Committee on the Interior, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole De Moor was grilled about her decision to stop offering accommodation to single men. The State Secretary even coolly ignored the annulment by the Council of State. “The asylum mess is so big that it can …

The new Brussels police station will not be ready until late 2028

19 September 2023

The new police centre of the Brussels Capital - Ixelles police district, which is to be located in the former Dexia building on De Lignestraat, will not be finished until the end of 2028 at the earliest. Mayor Philippe Close (PS party) announced this during the city council meeting following a …

The N-VA advocates tightening the conditions for acquiring nationality

14 September 2023

The number of people who have acquired Belgian nationality so far in 2023 is higher than in the peak year of 2022. This number is nearing the record set in 2021. The N-VA calls for tightening the conditions for acquiring Belgian nationality and has already submitted a series of bills to this end …

“Ms von der Leyen, it’s five minutes to midnight”

12 September 2023

On the eve of the last political working year of this Commission, MEPs Geert Bourgeois and Johan Van Overtveldt are deeply concerned about the state of European competitiveness. They call on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to change course and make every effort possible. “It is high time …

Theo Francken speaking at the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: “The new guises of Islamism”

11 September 2023

MP Theo Francken is speaking on the occasion of 9/11 today at the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. He is doing this in his capacity as the head of the Belgian delegation in the NATO parliament. He summarises the essence of his message below. On 11 September 2001, two planes …

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