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Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a magnet of drug abuse, poverty and violence.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium acknowledged Thursday that its major rail gateway, the Brussels Midi Station, has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence that is a major stain on a nation preparing to take on the presidency of the European Union. The government vowed to tackle the problem, but some critics say […]

Pop-out player During this time of pandemic restrictions in Belgium, people in the capital city of Brussels want to experience open spaces. However, public spaces with tree and green grass have become so crowded that social distancing is impossible. Yet one family has a large garden in the city just for themselves. And it is creating some anger. The large garden in the city’s center belongs to the Belgian royal family. The garden, surrounding their palace, is about 200 hectares or almost ...

Some Belgians shout: ‘King! Tear down your garden walls!’ By The Associated Press - | Mar 5, 2021 FILE - In this Friday, April 18, 2014 file photo, a photographer walks next to a Japanese Pagoda tree next to the Royal greenhouses on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Laeken, Belgium. In a pandemic time rife with restrictions, demands to respect social distancing have become quasi impossible to respect in public parks. One family in town though, has a lush garden all its own and ever more v...

Green spaces are increasingly crowded in Brussels during the pandemic. Except for one park, that is. Belgians are calling for King Philippe to open up his royal grounds – the size of Monaco – for public use.