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Social start-up is turning Molenbeek into Molengeek

Molengeek is an IT incubator situated in Molenbeek, the poor and much-maligned neighbourhood in Brussels.

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The Brief from Brussels: NATO chief reveals hike in defence spending

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top stories from the EU's de-facto political capital

Belgium

So what's really in the Koran? How some Belgian schools address the question

Teachers are using a new book to help students decide for themselves.

Belgium

Four detained over failed Brussels Central Station attack

Moroccan alleged bomber may have had Islamic State sympathies

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ISIL targets European cities

Europe braced for more acts of violence

Belgium

Belgian police "neutralise" a person wearing an explosive belt at Brussels train station

Belgium

'I think we had some luck tonight'

Belgian counter-terrorism experts are trying to establish the identity of a suspected suicide bomber shot dead by troops in one of Brussels' main train stations.

Belgium

Belgian troops shoot suspected suicide bomber

A suspected suicide bomber is shot by troops in Brussels Central Station

Belgium

Burger giant’s advert irks Belgium’s King Philippe

Belgium

Donbas - beyond the headlines

Business Planet

Back from bankruptcy and how to avoid it

This week Business Planet visits Ghent, Belgium to learn about what's being done to help businesses avoid bankruptcy and rebound from it.

Belgium

Emirati princesses tried in Belgium on human trafficking charges

Eight Emirati princesses are on trial in the Belgian capital in a slavery case dating back to 2008.

Belgium

Belgian school language book for migrants causes offence

A Brussels school has revised a French language book designed to help asylum seekers integrate, after some phrases linked migrants to extremism.

Belgium

Down but not out: the curious case of Belgium's graffiti ghost town

Doel, a small town in northern Belgium, is slowly vanishing as a place to live but finds itself being reinvented as an open-air museum.

Sport

Philip Gilbert gets fourth Amstel Gold Race win

After the Tour de Flanders Philippe Gilbert's winning streak continues in the spring classics.

Sport

Man United in Brussels for Anderlecht Europa League clash

Man United face Anderlecht in Brussels in the Europa League

Belgium

Belgium's German-speaking region gets a new name

A small German-speaking corner of Belgium has given itself a new name, stirring controversy across a country where names and language are tools of political warfare, and stoking fears that the long-de

Belgium

Euroviews. How the city of Ghent copes with increased numbers of refugees

As a local government, we believe in a pro-active and two-sided approach, not only speeding up the integration process for the refugees themselves, but also allowing organisations and citizens to get to know newcomers.

Belgium

Driver arrested after speeding into pedestrianised street in Antwerp

Just a day after the attack in London, Belgian police have arrested a man accused of driving at speed into a pedestrianised street in Antwerp and forcing people to jump out of the…

Europe News

Brussels terror victims remembered, one year on

Families of the dead, survivors and officials have joined together in Brussels – to remember the victims of the city’s terror attacks, one year on.

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