The statue was targeted by recent protests against racism and Belgium’s colonial history. The authorities said the statue would remain in a museum.
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It’s Made in a Distillery, but You Won’t Smell Any Gin in this Hand Sanitizer
The pandemic has forced many European businesses to improvise. This Belgian gin distillery now has a popular line in hand sanitizer.
26 Arrested in People-Smuggling Case Linked to U.K. Truck Deaths
France and Belgium said the suspects were part of a wider network that transported the 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in Britain last year.
Will Mandatory Face Masks End the Burqa Bans?
As face coverings become the rule in public spaces, attitudes about head scarves may change.
In Belgian-Dutch Border Town, Coronavirus Makes Life Complicated
Life in one of the world’s most complex border towns was made even more puzzling when Dutch and Belgian officials took very different approaches to handling the coronavirus.
‘I Could Be One of Them’: Belgians Help Migrants Amid Coronavirus
Under strict lockdown measures, asylum seekers and migrants on the streets of Brussels increasingly rely on residents for survival.
Covid-19’s Economic Pain Is Universal. But Relief? Depends on Where You Live.
In some countries, workers will have 90 percent of lost wages covered. In others, residents fear eviction. Nation to nation, rescue plans reflect conflicting ideas of government’s role in a crisis.
Storm Ciara, or Sabine, Leaves 5 Dead in Europe
A powerful winter storm battered Europe on Sunday, leaving power outages, transportation chaos and at least five deaths in its wake.
Belgium Acquits Three Doctors in Landmark Euthanasia Case
It was the first time doctors were prosecuted after having administered euthanasia, in the case of a 38-year-old woman who died in 2010.
Belgian Carnival Removed From UNESCO List Over Anti-Semitic Imagery
The Aalst carnival has been criticized for depicting Jews with sidecurls and oversize noses atop piles of money.