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Q&A 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Jan Cappelle Greenpeace researcher Jan Cappelle discovered a rare sub-species of chimpanzee in a Cameroon rainforest threatened by plans for a palm oil plantation. Why did you recently spend three w...
Publish university results, says Torfs 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A proposal by the new rector of the University of Leuven for secondary schools to publish the university performance figures of their former students has been largely rejected by the educational estab...
Talking sports 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A washout in Moscow Although they came to Moscow with few medal hopes, it is still disappointing to see the Belgian squad leave the World Athletics Championships empty handed. Of course, the champio...
The week in figures (21/08/2013) 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
85th place for Ghent University in an international ranking drawn up by Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, the only Belgian university in the top 100 8 average age of a car on the road in Belgium, u...
Face of Flanders 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Freddy Thielemans The citizens of Brussels-City will in all likelihood have a new mayor before the end of the year, according to what seems to be an orchestrated series of leaks from the corridors of...
News in brief (21/08/2013) 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Patients in general hospitals are being strapped to their beds without the order or knowledge of physicians, according to the Flemish government’s health-care inspection office. Inspectors visited hos...
Ghent residents protest particulates 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
The facades of Ghent have been festooned in recent days by simple white sheets slowly turning grey, part of a protest organised by the Ghent Environment Front (GMF) against the state of the city’s air...
Sorting it out 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
A pilot programme in Antwerp is trying to make recycling plastics a little less mystifying Flanders prides itself on being a world leader in recycling and waste management, but many households still ...
Investigation into attack by Brussels police 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Allegations of homophobia follow assault on gay men at festival All police officers should be required to take the available course that teaches them how to deal with the victims of homophobic assaul...
Terror alert raised in Belgium 14 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
NSA snooping reveals “concrete indications” of planned attack Terrorists linked to Al Qaeda made specific mention of Belgium in conversations about a planned attack, the state security services annou...
