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Belgium's first legal sex work employer recognised Belgian sex workers hail the recognition as a positive sign, as it shows that "unofficial" employers in the sector are seeking to comply with the new laws.

Belgium has recognised its first legal employer for sex workers – a decision that has sparked praise, criticism and many a thinkpiece in national media.

But no one really asked sex workers what they think about any of this. Turns out, they're delighted 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1656...

German-speaking Belgians want a voice, De Wever wants to give it to them "We do not see ourselves as a subordinate authority of the Walloon Region. As I have also said to the Prime Minister today: we are not Walloons."

Yesterday, Belgian PM @deweverbart.bsky.social said he wants guaranteed representation for the 80,000 people of the German-speaking Community.
"We are a complicated country, a mini-Europe. Everyone must have a voice. Not just theoretically, but a real voice."
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...

One year without a Brussels Government - Where do we come from, where do we go? Exactly one year after the elections, the Brussels Government has still not been formed. How is this possible? And how do we get out of this deadlock?

Exactly one year after the regional elections on 9 June 2024, the next Brussels Government is no closer to being formed than it was 365 days ago.

How is this possible? And can we get out of this deadlock? Find out on @brusselstimes.com 👇
www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/161...

i wonder if maybe we should stop writing post-apocalyptic fiction just until we're sure that's not where rich people are getting their ideas

My feed is increasingly looking like the pre-credit montage of headlines in a post apocalyptic action movie.

Ted Lasso is coming back for season 4 Believe.

Ted Lasso is coming back for season 4

Alors qu'il y a un mois le CLB tirait la sonnette d'alarme vis à vis du stress psychologique extrême vécu par les élèves flamands, la ministre N-VA de l'enseignement va s'inspirer en Angleterre d'une école super stricte 🤦🏼‍♂️

'Forewarned is forearmed': Belgium urges universities to prepare medical students for war The Brussels Times has seen a letter by the Defence and Public Health ministries, urging Belgian universities to prepare medical students for possible "military or civil crisis situations."

Belgium's future doctors should be ready for war, the authorities say.

The Defence and Public Health ministries call on the country's universities to prepare their medical students for "military or civil crisis situations," according to a letter seen by @brusselstimes.com

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

Hemingway, evergreen

'Stop criticising each other and give us a solution!' - Anderlecht locals lose faith in politics Locals in the Cureghem district of Anderlecht are at their wit's end with drug violence and social neglect. How are different groups responding?

"Stop criticising each other and give us a solution!"

A look into local efforts to make a difference in Anderlecht in the midst of unrelenting drug violence.

Some residents are rejecting mainstream politics while others prefer to focus on solidarity.

That’s how you write a headline, people.

'It's like the wild west. For the first time, I'm considering moving away' - Cureghem residents despair at drug violence Following a series of shootings and what has been seen as a "laughable" response from authorities, locals living near Clemenceau are considering abandoning their home.

Yesterday, a Cureghem resident, Jonas, showed me around his neighbourhood, which in recent weeks has been rocked by a series of shootings.

We spoke about how the escalating drug violence is impacting locals, and is even driving them away.

'It's like the wild west. For the first time, I'm considering moving away' - Cureghem residents despair at drug violence Following a series of shootings and what has been seen as a "laughable" response from authorities, locals living near Clemenceau are considering abandoning their home.

'It's like the wild west. For the first time, I'm considering moving away' - Cureghem residents despair at drug violence

'We've had a tsunami of complaints about safety in Brussels' In the aftermath of the drug-related shootings in Brussels, BECI CEO Thierry Geerts talks to The Brussels Times about the insecurity's impact on the capital's businesses.

In the aftermath of the drug violence in Brussels earlier this month, the CEO of BECI Thierry Geerts talks to @brusselstimes.com about the (international) perception of insecurity in the Belgian capital.

"No business thrives in an unsafe environment."
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1444...

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.' -J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, pub. 1937

National strike day: All flights cancelled, two Brussels metro lines running Tens of thousands of people are expected to go on strike today. As a result, multiple services across the country will grind to a halt.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to go on strike today. As a result, multiple services across the country will grind to a halt.

My face says it all, really.
📷by Belga

Drug violence: 'You'll just have to live with it', says Brussels leader Despite what some might call compelling evidence to the contrary, Vervoort stressed that Brussels' strategy to tackle drug violence was working.

The (lack of) coherent response to the rising drug-related violence in Brussels took on a new level of surrealism during a press conference yesterday.

Men with Kalashnikovs are running around the city's metro, but we will apparently "just have to live with it."
www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/143...

Another William Stafford miniature from Learning to Live in the World: Earth Poems (1994).

European school teachers in Brussels to strike against unfair contracts "They come to Brussels, start a life, buy a house and three years later they have lost half their salary. How should they organise their life then?"

In the European schools in Brussels, locally recruited teachers do not benefit from the same job security or fair salary structures as 'détachés'.

Now, they are demanding equal rights.

"They do the same job, but are often seen as a sort of reserve workforce."
www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1419...

Lahbib 'regrets' lack of women in new Belgian Government "I regret the lack of equality," the EU Commissioner for Equality, Hadja Lahbib, told The Brussels Times in the margins of a press briefing on Thursday.

"I regret the lack of equality," the EU Commissioner for Equality, Hadja Lahbib, told The Brussels Times in the margins of a press briefing on Thursday.

just checked the other timeline. tony hawk pro skater XIV is coming out on dreamcast 6

Belgian airspace closed - no flights to land or take off across country The cause of the problem is not yet known. No aircraft can land or take off at the airports in Zaventem, Antwerp, Ostend, Charleroi and Liège.

No flights are currently landing in or taking off from Belgium due to technical problems at air traffic control.

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