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Colonial statues still widely present in Belgian cities

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In June 2020, colonial monuments, often of the Belgian King Leopold II, were removed from their...
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‘The ocean is the final frontier to discover’

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The new high-tech research vessel Belgica is sailing to the polar regions for the first time to document and investigate the consequences...
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The Jungle of Calais: “There is only misery here”

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The asylum crisis in northern France has never been more urgent since 2016. Crossing attempts across the Channel are more numerous than in...
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‘Here on Svalbard, climate change is happening frighteningly fast’

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The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is warming six times faster than the global average. Natural disasters threaten the inhabitants,...
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Last statue of Spanish dictator Franco removed

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In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the very last statue of Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as dictator until 1975, disappeared on...
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