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5 February Feb 2016 1533 05 February 2016 Falak and her family show Europe the way
Italy opens the first 'humanitarian corridor' for Syrian refugees. An example model for other European countries that, in the midst of war and the refugee crisis, wish to preserve human dignity.
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1 February Feb 2016 1453 01 February 2016 Syrians in need are waiting for actions not just kind words
As donor countries prepare to meet on February 4 in the British capital to pledge support for Syria and its neighbours, Oxfam urges parties to commit to changes that will improve lives of Syrians.
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29 January Jan 2016 1154 29 January 2016 Interfaith Harmony Breakfast: Religious and political leaders discuss terrorism and migration
It will take place Monday, February 1st in Brussels.Forty representatives of the Christian churches, the Sunni and Shiite Islam, Judaism and other religions will engage in a dialogue with the Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens and Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans.
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11 January Jan 2016 1406 11 January 2016 Migration: the fate of Somali journalists in the hands of the Belgian State
Press freedom has no border, but the fate of journalists who receive death threats does. Mohamed Bashir Hashi, Ahmed Abdi Hassan Dahir Mohamud Mohamed, arrived in Italy in June, at the invitation of the National Federation of the Italian press, and landed in Belgium on July 9, their fate is now in the hands of the Dublin Regulation.
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2 December Dec 2015 1136 02 December 2015 Flavia Micilotta is the new Executive Director of EUROSIF
She joins the leading pan-European sustainable and responsible membership organisation from the Brussels based Foreign Trade Association (FTA).
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23 November Nov 2015 1224 23 November 2015 When multiculturalism becomes monoculturalism
The excessiveness of good intentions, and the reaction towards globalizaton. What has contributed to changing the commune of Molenbeek into a monocultural zone ? Vita International speaks to Jan De Volder, head of office of The European Federation of the Community of Sant’Egidio,the international movement of Christians.
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22 November Nov 2015 0257 22 November 2015 Photos: Brussels lockdown on Saturday night
The streets of Brussels last night were tense and eerie. On the way into the city centre, the sound of cars was conspicuously absent. Salah Abdehslam has not been caught yet, and whilst the manhunt continues, Brussels remains on its highest level of terror alert.