Protests in Belgium

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Strikers shut down stores in a Brussels shopping centre

The rising cost of living sparks protest organised by the CNE in a Brussels shopping centre.

10/11/2022

Europe News

Watch: Belgian workers strike over energy bills 'shock'

Inflation reached a record high of 10.7% in the eurozone in October.

09/11/2022

Europe News

Belgian teachers protest working conditions and financial cuts

The demonstration in Brussels gathered teachers and school staff from the French-speaking region of Wallonia.

10/02/2022

Culture news

'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.”

26/12/2021

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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.

12/06/2020

Belgium

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.

11/06/2020

Europe News

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.

05/06/2020

Europe News

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.

04/06/2020

World News

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

13/05/2019

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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.

24/01/2019

Europe News

"Make love not CO2"

Belgian students take to the streets to demand a stronger fight against climate change

24/01/2019

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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.

09/12/2018

Belgium

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.

30/11/2018

Europe News

Protests against pension reform in Belgium

Thousands participated in "Action Day", organized by the unions

02/10/2018

Belgium

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

31/03/2017

Belgium

'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.

23/01/2017