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Belgian teachers protest working conditions and financial cuts
The demonstration in Brussels gathered teachers and school staff from the French-speaking region of Wallonia.
'No culture, no future': Belgian cultural workers appeal COVID rules
After meeting Tuesday with sector representatives, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told state broadcaster RTBF that “there’s no possibility to immediately revise the (government’s) decision.”
A statue of former Belgian King Baudouin defaced with red paint
The statue was daubed with red paint to protest the ex-king's role in the colonisation of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Euroviews. Assita Kanko: Leopold II is part of the uncomfortable truth of who we are. We can’t erase him ǀ View
As calls to remove statues of Belgium's controversial monarch, Leopold II, grow louder, Assita Kanko warns of the dangers of having a curated and sanitised version of history.
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Belgian petition to remove statues of colonial king gathers pace
The movement is gaining traction as Europe grapples with its own race issues alongside the Black Lives Matter protests in the USA.
COVID-19: Freelance EU interpreters out of work and demanding support
Since the pandemic, freelance interpreters working for the institutions say they have been left 'without work from one day to the next' and are calling on the EU to 'practise what they preach' and offer emergency financial support.
Thousands take part in climate change protests across Europe
Thousands of people took part in demonstrations in many European capitals, with protests on the planet's future, climate change and social justice
Belgian students demand climate protections
Thousands of students skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 gathered in the centre of Brussels to call for improved action on climate change.
"Make love not CO2"
Belgian students take to the streets to demand a stronger fight against climate change
Water cannon used on yellow vest protesters in Belgium
Hundreds of yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel marched on the European quarter of Brussels Saturday, as the movement that started in France found its way to Belgium and the Netherlands.
France's 'gilets jaunes' protests spread to Belgium
The anti-tax 'gilets jaunes' movement has spread from France to Belgium, with protesters in Brussels marching against economic inequalities.
Protests against pension reform in Belgium
Thousands participated in "Action Day", organized by the unions
Belgium: Turkish community clashes
Several injured in a clash involving numerous stabbings outside the Turkish Consulate in Brussels as ex-pats vote on a constitutional referendum
'It's not fair,' say EU farmers, in protest over milk powder prices
Dairy farmers have sprayed tractor-loads of milk powder onto a European Council building in Brussels to protest about low prices.
The Belgian army takes to the streets
Military personnel took to the streets to demonstrate against plans to increase their retirement age from 56 to 63.
Brief from Brussels: Belgium braced for labour reform protest
This is the Brief from Brussels.