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Pandemic turns summer into European tourism’s leanest season

BRUGES, Belgium – Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning he crossed the Burg square in front of the Goth...

DATE: Sep 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?

Historic monuments do not receive regular maintenance

DATE: Apr 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Revamped museum takes honest look at Belgium’s colonial past

10-year project tells new story about role in Congo

DATE: Mar 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says

BRUSSELS – Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoidin...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

88 million tons a year: Auditors decry EU food waste

BRUSSELS – The sheer waste of food had been bothering teacher Marijke De Jongh for so long that two years ago she set up a pop-up restaurant to serve perfectly good groceries and meat that w...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Coe asks more athletes to be whistleblowers on doping

AMSTERDAM – IAAF President Sebastian Coe called on athletes Thursday to follow the example of Russia’s Yulia Stepanova and to blow the whistle on doping. “It’s a golden opportunit...

DATE: Jul 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

In Olympic refugee team, a last chance for a Syrian swimmer

Associated Press GHENT, Belgium – Rami Anis braved the bombs of Aleppo, then was forced to leave his Syrian home for Turkey five years ago – all the while refusing to give up on ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Key Paris attacks suspect arrested

Man may be tied to Brussels bombings

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years

BRUSSELS – In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed for doing nothing more than trying to inform the world on war, revolution, crime and corru...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Warm weather puts chill on Belgian ice festival

BRUGES, Belgium – Ice sculptures really aren’t cut out for this kind of balmy November weather. Just a few weeks ahead of global climate change talks in Paris, ice sculpture festi...

DATE: Nov 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The Christmas Truce

A century later, mythic thud of ball still heard

DATE: Dec 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sweet 16 not enough in the Round of 16

Howard’s effort spoiled by Belgium in overtime

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports