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Impressive active volcanoes in Europe
Dotted across Europe are a significant number of active volcanoes that have significantly impacted the continent’s landscape. Some of the most active are spread across Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Romani...
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Heavy snowfall in Athens, Greece means covid vaccinations suspended
The unusual image of a whitewashed Acropolis of Athens delighted Athenians upon awakening. Snow began to fall yesterday, during a...
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Europe went through the hottest October on record
Europe went through the hottest October on record according to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
High temperatures have prevented the Arctic ocean from freezing over in winter. S...
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Catholic institutions liquidate shares and bonds related to fossil energies
European bishops decide to liquidate shares or bonds related to fossil energies.
An initial group of Catholic investors, including European Episcopal chapters, has established a disinvestment in al...
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Brussels is organising a bulky waste collection until 22 June. Special containers are supplied on the streets and information about collection is circulated previously in each area. The cleaning servi...
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People living in Brussels are invited to clean the area outside their homes on Saturday 27 April in the city’s fifth cleanliness day.
The city is also looking for people to publicise the even...
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Brussels fights invasive plants
Brussels’ Green Spaces Unit is campaigning to eradicate invasive plants such as black cherry, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed from the city.
The Brussels unit, which looks after the green...
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Anyone in Brussels wanting to recycle a Christmas tree may put in out on the pavement from 18.00 on 7 January to be collected on 8 January.
The trees (no artificial ones are accepted) must not be...
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Emergency air pollution measures in Brussels are failing
Levels of damaging fine particulate matter, caused mainly by vehicle emissions, have exceeded EU limits on 41 days already this year in Brussels. The official EU quota for days on which limits can be...
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Adhering to a pledge to be one of the greenest cities in Europe, Brussels has agreed plans for a new park in the city at Saint-Josse and Schaerbeek. The site on rue Potag
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Prodecor goes solar in Brussels
The single biggest unit of solar production has been installed in Brussels, according to the city
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Brussels residents have a new band of investigators on their tail who aren
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Roof top wind turbines in Brussels
The roofs of Brussels could be a mass of miniature wind turbines if the recommendations of a study by the Centre d
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Patrick Blanc creates Brussels living wall
In what could be regarded as a real touch of genius, French estate agent investment group Stam Europe has commissioned a 600 square metre
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A publicity poster campaign featuring a man or woman vacuuming the footpath or dusting street furniture has launched the 25 April "Journ
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Brussels region retains GSM radiation norms.
The Constitutional Court has overturned an application from mobile phone operators Proximus, Base and Mobilstar to relax the strict GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) radiation limits curren...
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Recycling glass mandatory in Brussels.
Recycling glass will become mandatory in Brussels as of 1 January 2009. Under the new rules people who do not dispose of glass in the correct street containers (white for clear glass and green for col...
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Anti-smog measures for Brussels.
As from 1 January the Brussels city government is to introduce graduated traffic restrictions for days when pollution reaches alarm levels in the Belgian capital. When Alarm Level 1 is reached, a redu...
