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Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pictured during a plenary session of the Chamber at the Federal Parliament in Brussels, Thursday 31 March 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a statement via video link. (BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)

Ukrainian President Zelensky addresses Belgian parliament in latest call for support

Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Belgian Parliament via video link on Thursday afternoon in the President of Ukraine’s latest direct appeal to Western governments for support in the war with Russia, reports RTBF. During his speech, president Zelensky compared the siege of Mariupol, in the south of...
3M site in Zwijndrecht near Antwerp

3M promises €150 million to clean up its pollution in Antwerp

The American chemical company 3M is promising to invest €150 million in cleaning up the pollution it caused in the Antwerp neighbourhood of Zwijndrecht, according to a statement by the company. The ongoing pollution scandal has resulted in study after study showing the negative effects of PFAS...

What’s on this week: 1-7 April

Exploring Man’s quest to conquer oceans, this travelling exhibition – the biggest one to trace the history of navigation – has now embarked in Belgium. Une Grande Histoire de la Navigation takes visitors on an immersive journey through the ages with animations, sets and over 200 scale models and...
Carl De Moncharline

Brussels nightclub owner accused of drugging and raping young clients

Carl De Moncharline, a nightclub owner and a major figure in Brussels nightlife scene, has been accused of sexual abuse by multiple women. De Moncharline denies all the allegations, Bruzz reports, including using date rape drugs to render women vulnerable before sexually assaulting and raping them...
Passengers in Brussels board an STIB bus through the middle doors in compliance with health restrictions which meant front doors were shut. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

STIB to reopen front doors on buses and trams from next week

Brussels public transport company STIB will reopen the front doors of its buses and trams to passengers on Monday, reports Bruzz. The doors were closed at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to minimise the risk of infection for the driver. However, the Flemish company De Lijn has said that the...
Illustration picture shows kids and their schoolbags in the hall outside their classroom, in a kindergarden school in Etterbeek, Brussels, Tuesday 02 June 2020. (BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE)

Wallonia-Brussels Federation agrees on new school calendar

After long negotiations, the parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation definitively approved the reform of the school calendar on Wednesday. The next school year in Wallonia and Brussels will now start on Monday 29 August and end on Friday 7 July 2023, reports RTBF. The reform aims to better...

The Wire - film screening

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 14:15

PARTNER EVENT - "THE WIRE"

By Tiha Gudac. Belgium, Croatia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovenia | 2021 | 75 min.

The razor-wire fence along the Schengen border, built as protection against illegal migrants, also divides Slovene-Croatian families and the local community that has been living together along the border for generations. 

Heritage Day at the House of European History

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 14:03

No reservation required

Education is familiar to everyone. You might remember your own school experience in detail? Maybe you even still have some school pictures at home with that beautiful smile of yours!

In order to bring back all those memories, and to share them with each other, we are organising activities in the museum.

Scrawls or graceful letters? Learn the basics of calligraphy with the help of a real calligrapher!

Envisioning Europe: A Decolonial Project for Europe

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 13:48

A Decolonial Project for Europe

The idea of an unfinished project of modernity has long animated the European project.

In this talk, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, Gurminder Bhambra argues that what is needed instead, is to address the unfinished project of decolonization.

Moving away from an understanding of Europe constituted as a cosmopolitan continent of nations, this talk will examine the implications of its imperial and colonial past.

Belgium's foreign affairs minister Sophie Wilmès (c) Belga

Russian embassy says Belgium’s expulsion of its diplomats ‘won’t go unanswered’

Belgium expelled 21 people from the Russian embassy on Tuesday, accusing them of involvement in espionage and representing a threat to national security. “As just announced, Belgium has decided to expel 21 people from the embassy and consulate of Russia,” Belgian deputy prime minister and minister...

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