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Belgium

Two high-speed trains enter a train station in Brussels, Belgium. | Olrat | Dreamstime.com

Belgium

Brickbat: Hello Goodbye

Charles Oliver | 7.31.2025 4:00 AM

Belgian night club sign | GODONG / BSIP/Newscom

Sex Work

Belgian Sex Workers Gain Access to Paid Leave, Right To Refuse Sex Acts

Belgian sex work groups are cheering the new law. But it could come with some downsides.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2024 12:50 PM

Sex work activists in Belgium | https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/belgium-protects-pimps-traffickers-at-the-expense-of-prostituted-women/

Sex Work

Belgium Protects Sex Work Employees' Right To Refuse Customers, Sex Acts

A new labor law getting bad press is explicitly drafted to stop sex businesses from punishing workers who set boundaries.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.20.2024 11:30 AM

A large gaggle of blue-clad police officers barricade the entrance to the NatCon Brussels 2 conference at the gray-walled Claridge event space in Belgium. | Paul Coleman

Free Speech

Brussels Mayor Attempts To Shut Down National Conservatism Conference by Force

It's a good thing opponents of the move can appeal to the liberal values of free speech, free association, and equal treatment under law.

Stephanie Slade | 4.16.2024 5:05 PM

Man holding a bottle of Miller High-Life | @rootannarbor/Instagram

Alcohol

Belgium Destroys Thousands of Miller High Life Cans Over 'Champagne of Beers' Slogan

Plus: No one is excited about a 2024 rematch between Biden and Trump, it's showtime for House Republicans' debt ceiling bill, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.24.2023 9:29 AM

belphotos311480 | DIRK WAEM/BELGA/Newscom

Sex Work

Belgium Decriminalizes Prostitution

Belgium is the first country in Europe to decriminalize selling and paying for sex.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.23.2022 3:20 PM

kosherfood_1161x653 | Bigapplestock / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: The Killing Floor

Charles Oliver | 12.28.2020 4:00 AM

dpaphotosfour838851 | Frank Hoermann/SVEN SIMON/picture alliance / SvenSimon/Newscom

Free Trade

Like COVID-19 Vaccines? Thank Globalization!

The scientific and medical knowledge used to develop and distribute the vaccines is not, thankfully, trapped within national borders.

Eric Boehm | 12.4.2020 4:30 PM

Large image on homepages | Jason Smith / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: Always Assume Your Cannon Is Loaded

Charles Oliver | 10.29.2018 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Wisconsinart / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: The Need for Speed

Charles Oliver | 10.1.2018 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Elnur / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: Oh, Man

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2018 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Wiktor Dabkowski / ZUMA Press / Splash News/Newscom

Free Trade

Socialist Regional Government in Belgium Torpedoes EU-Canada Free Trade Deal

Would be the first EU trade deal with a G-7 country.

Ed Krayewski | 10.24.2016 3:50 PM

Large image on homepages | Jeff Wasserman / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: End of Life Care

Charles Oliver | 7.15.2016 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | AP

Terrorism

Before We Know Much of Anything About Brussels Attack, Encryption Fears Already Invoked

Rep. Schiff raises the issue in a statement.

Scott Shackford | 3.22.2016 10:35 AM

Large image on homepages | @RumskyOfficial/Twitter 
https://twitter.com/RumskyOfficial/status/712179490613501952

Politics

At Least 130 Injured and 31 Dead In Brussels Airport, Metro Explosions

French prime minister says: "We are at war."

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.22.2016 8:20 AM

Politics

Belgian Lawmakers Approve Extending Euthanasia Law to Children

Matthew Feeney | 2.14.2014 11:06 AM

Belgium

Belgium Parliament Votes to Extend Euthanasia Law to Children

Would be first country in the world

Reason Staff | 2.14.2014 9:35 AM

Policy

Belgium Expected To Legalize Child Euthanasia

Matthew Feeney | 2.12.2014 8:36 AM

World

Belgian Lawmakers to Vote Whether to Allow Euthanasia for Terminally-Ill Children

Measure expected to pass

Reason Staff | 2.6.2014 6:15 PM

World

Belgian Senate Votes 50-17 to Approve Bill Extending Euthanasia Law to Some Children

Decriminalizes euthanasia for children suffering from great pain and with a terminal condition

Reason Staff | 12.12.2013 4:40 PM

Politics

MEPs Pushing To Make Brussels the Permanent Site of the European Parliament

Currently have to move to Strasbourg, France once a month

Reason Staff | 11.20.2013 10:10 AM

Policy

Belgian Boy Allowed To Train as Buddhist Monk in Tibet

Court ruling had prevented him from leaving Belgium

Reason Staff | 11.13.2013 6:00 PM

Large image on homepages | Subconsci Productions/wikimedia

Politics

Belgian Lawmakers Considering Allowing Child Euthanasia

Matthew Feeney | 11.1.2013 4:59 PM

World

Alleged Pirate Kingpin Nabbed in Belgium

Caught up in sting involving fake documentary

Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 6:10 PM

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