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Get your groove on with the annual Brussels, dance! bonanza in no fewer than 18 cultural venues across the capital (main image). The two-month contemporary dance event highlights the diversity and richness of its choreographic scene.
Belgium 09:37 09/03/2021 The Leopold II tunnel has been awarded a new name after a public poll but the result has already divided Brussels citizens. People were asked to choose from a list of 15 women whose name would replace that of the colonialist king and of the more than 30,000 votes cast, more than a fifth went for Annie Cordy. While some have praised the decision to rename the tunnel after the singer and actor from Laeken, who became Léonie, Baroness Cooreman in 2004 after King Albert II bestowed upon her the title in recognition for her life's achievements, others have criticised it. ...
Morocco Passes Bill That Creates a Tax on E-Cigarettes Earlier this month, Morocco’s government approved a bill that should align cigarettes’ contents and labelling to international standards, and sets in place a tax on e-cigarettes. A 2017 investigation by Swiss journalists Marie Maurisse and Gie Goris, had found that the cigarettes sold from Switzerland to Morocco, contained significantly higher levels of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide, than those sold in Switzerland or France. While reports from 2019, revealed that 71% of the cigarettes sold in Morocco contained 14 milligrams of ta...