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Another chapter in the long-running saga of scaffolding and the Justice Palace has been marked by federal and local politicians in Brussels.
Former Belgian prime minister Sophie Wilmès has definitively stepped down as foreign minister and deputy prime minister, the federal government announced on Thursday.
Pierre Kompany (ProGanshoren) of the Brussels commune Ganshoren, who has the distinction of being Belgium’s first ever black mayor, has resigned.
In a ceremony this evening, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is finally awarding the five honorary doctorates it announced two years ago.
Two supervised injection sites should be ready to open in Brussels-City by the end of the year, according to mayor Philippe Close.
The Brussels-City councillor in charge of culture and tourism is working with a Brussels hospital to launch a programme that would see museum visits prescribed by doctors.
Belgium will deploy at least four military jets to repatriate citizens and others living in Afghanistan.
The new open-air pool in Anderlecht, called Flow, is causing consternation among some politicians.
Federal justice minister Annelies Verlinden (pictured) said that she would like to see a system be put in place to allow women and girls to report a rape online.
