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The Extinction Rebellion climate activists are planning another action, this time in Grand Place – smack dab in the middle of the Christmas market.
If you live in Brussels and you drive a car, you’ve got 16 years to go electric or switch to an alternative fuel vehicle (AFV).
The City of Brussels has opened four separate disciplinary investigations against police officers following complaints of excessive violence at a recent protest by climate activism group Extinctio
According to Brussels-City mayor Philippe Close (PS), the police aggression against protestors on Place des Palais on Saturday was “unfortunately necessary”.
Police used tear gas and water cannon on Saturday to expel several hundred climate protestors who had defied a ban on demonstrations and gathered around Brussels' Royal Palace.
Two of Belgium’s leading youth climate activists boarded a sailboat in Amsterdam on Wednesday to travel to a climate conference in Chile.
A handful of climate activists entered the Royal Palace garden grounds on Monday morning to draw attention to political inaction on climate change.
Brussels-City council has declared a climate emergency, following the example of hundreds of other cities around the world including Sydney, London and New York.
Environmental activism group Extinction Rebellion is planning a peaceful protest in the gardens of Brussels' Royal Palace on 12 October.
