Tag Archives: Belgium

Migrants to the West #5

Limited freedom In Islamic countries is the trend going on of limiting people in their freedom; This has not so much to do with the religion of the followers of Muhammed. The example we can find about the female Turkish … Continue reading

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Migrants to the West #2

Wrong perceptions About 40 per cent of the French, German and Norwegian populations perceive Islam as a threat to national identity (NOU 2011:14; p.315); and an annual Gallup in Norway over the years 2005 to 2010 shows that more than … Continue reading

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Migrants to the West #1

Challenging perceptions In the United States of America, Canada and in the European Union you may wonder if the current process of those countries becoming a multicultural society, more specifically when several Muslims challenge ‘white’ perceptions of those nations and … Continue reading

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Bruges’ Historium

For Belgium the average day tripper to the cities of Flanders spends €68 per person, mainly on shopping and eating out. Longer-stay tourists spend €142 per person a day on food, accommodation and shopping. The figures come from a new … Continue reading

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Angry at the greedy state

Are you cross with your government? Are you seeing your government taking away your rights one at a time? Do you see the ones in charges running away with them money of other hard working people who are forced to … Continue reading

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Juncker waarschuwt voor nieuwe oorlog in Europa

Oorlogen zijn nooit uit het straatbeeld verdwenen. Maar wij hebben de eerste generatie in Europa die niet werkelijk geconfronteerd is geworden in haar dagelijkse leven met de gruwel van al dat geweld. Door de jaren afwezigheid van oorlogsgeweld in de … Continue reading

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A smile of Steel and Moving forward in the European Union

Thursday Di Rupo had just tweeted that Belgium was back on track when steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal announced unexpected, that it would shut down six cold-processing facilities in the Liege region of eastern Belgium, eliminating 1,300 jobs, infuriating the prime minister … Continue reading

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Protest against Tzahal concert in Antwerp

That Anti-Semitism is alive and well and growing in Belgium could be seen in Antwerp , where protesters outside a concert hall on Sunday night shouted ‘Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas.’ with other slogans like: ‘met een lied vergeet je … Continue reading

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Economic crisis danger for the rise of political extremism

The last few years we have seen racist attacks becoming more in vogue again. Some experts blame the situation on the social stress caused by an extended period of economic austerity – unemployment rates are fast approaching high percentages and … Continue reading

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Classes of people and Cronyism

Merchants and master manufacturers are . . . the two classes of people who commonly employ the largest capitals, and who by their wealth draw to themselves the greatest share of the public consideration . . . The interest of … Continue reading

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