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After a coronavirus Easter, how are chocolatiers weathering the pandemic?  The Brussels Times

France grounds domestic flights in landmark emissions law  New Zealand Herald

Bike path to Brussels Airport completed  The Brussels Times

Remembering those they lost  Global Times

Five years on, former PM remembers bombings that changed Belgium  EURACTIV

A country changed forever: Former Belgian PM remembers deadly 2016 bombings  The Times of Israel

EU 'surprised' at Belgium extending virus travel ban  EURACTIV

Pfizer to relocate supply, planning department in Belgium to Bucharest - union  SeeNews

'Slap in the face': 15% of staff at Pfizer's Zaventem site laid off  The Brussels Times

Ryanair cancels its plan to lay off 176 Belgian employees  The Brussels Times

Ikea stores will offer second-hand items within two years, modeling Belgian flagship  The Brussels Times

Leasinvest Real Estate SCA sells the semi-industrial part of the Brixton Business Park in Zaventem  GlobeNewswire

Sixty years ago: crash of Sabena flight SN548 (Boeing 707) in Berg, Belgium, killing 73 people  Aviation24.be

SNCB under fire for ticket office closures  The Brussels Times

First Step Toward Redress for Wrong 'Man in the Hat' in Belgium  Human Rights Watch

UK Covid variant causes 25% of new infections in Belgium  The Independent

Kellogg names new VP of Continental Europe | 2021-01-25  Food Business News

FedEx plans to cut four in ten jobs at Liege airport  The Brussels Times

Process Analytics Factory (PAF) and KPMG Belgium enter into partnership  PR Web

5G may not be completely safe, according to a new paper, so why in this health-conscious era are all concerns around it dismissed?  RT

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These are the reported locations of the explosions, shown on maps: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeKLLYVXEAI8lSN.jpg http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2573026.1458653049!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/article-brussels-airportmap-0322.jpg The locations do not corroborate each other, but you get the general idea. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=869_1458636928 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d50_1458634220 These two videos have two things in common. 1.) Nobody walks out of the windows to the left, suggesting that there was nobody in the vicinity of the explosion. 2.) The civilians seem to change from mass panic at the beginning of the video, to sudden calm at the end, as though they were being directed by someone. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=00d_1458654321 The man on the floor at 1:44 should be covered in dust from the ceiling, just like the ground is. And yet when he is moved there is no sign of any dust resettling, and we can even see his skin. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeKI4P-WEAAhcd2.jpg The lady on the right appears to be suffering from the classic: ‘dry crying syndrome’ that we often see in these ‘terror attacks’. https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/belgium-airport-2.jpg?quality=100&strip=all http://i.imgur.com/OWMuEbx.jpg These two pictures both show the same injured man in the foreground. How did the injured man get there? Why is there no blood trail? Or perhaps he was wounded whilst standing there? If so, why is he on his own? Why aren’t there any other victims? This is definitely not the location of the explosion, as the ceiling is undamaged. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-attacks-timeline-how-bombings-unfolded-at-airport-and-metro-station-a6945781.html#gallery No evidence of injuries in picture 1. Picture 10. The lady on the right has blood on her face, the way in which it streams down would suggest it comes from an injury, yet there is no sign of injury on her face. Perhaps this is blood spatter from another victims? If it were from a victim, why is the blood so straight? We would expect blood mist such as the one seen in the picture below: http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/images-articles/simplified-guide-to-bloodstain-pattern-analysis-fig9.jpg https://twitter.com/kurtsiegelin/status/712225020529999873/photo/1 The fire would suggest that this is the epicenter of the blast, and yet there are no bodies and the suitcases are still standing! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeI7EnCWoAAW1SG.jpg No bodies in this pic and a strange absence of paramedics too. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=112_1458660549 The woman at 0:38 has her left foot covered in blood, yet there are no bloody footprints leading up to the bench? http://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-blast-rifle-idUSKCN0WO1Q8?mod=related&channelName=worldNews&utm_source=twitter Police find ak-47 next to dead attacker, wouldn’t the rifle be blown away in the explosion? http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/22/12/brussels-airport-explosion-30.jpg This picture was taken on the second floor and yet the explosions occurred on the ground floor. Why would the injured be carried upstairs? The man with the ‘wounded victim’ is carrying her towards the explosion zone down below, instead of away. This makes no sense! http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160322084033-brussels-blast-33-0322-super-169.jpg This woman supposedly has injuries to both legs, yet she walks unaided and her clothes do not appear to be torn. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeKAIuvVAAAmhHF.jpg Notice the blood spot on the mid-thigh of her left leg. There is no way an explosion could have made that blood spot. http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/simplified-guide-to-bloodstain-pattern-analysis.html That blood spot is what the article above refers to as a ‘passive blood spot caused by gravity acting on an injury’. In other words, somebody must have dropped that blood from a pipette! If that blood spot were caused by injury or blood spatter, it would have a distinct direction. She seems to have sustained damage to her eye, yet there is no sign of blood. The boy has blood on his head that would normally be indicative of a head wound; yet there is no sign of any wound! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkD-7BMJ83Q Fox theorises that the suicide bombers used a ‘dead man’s switch’ style of detonation. This seems to contradict the eyewitness accounts of gunfire before the explosions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings#Brussels_Airport If these men had really been using a 'dead man's switch' they would have blown up as they had gone to reach for their rifles.

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I am traveling to Vienna this summer but my connecting flight is in Brussels in Belgium. I have 12 hours to spare until next flight. I would really love to make the most of this short trip and leave the airport but was wondering if anyone knows how far the airport is from the city center or if there is a specific tour for visitors I can do within this time frame? Thanks!

Is Antwerpen the same thing as Antwerp? I speak nothing of the language and can't tell if that's the full name of a venue or the Venue plus a city. A major event will be taking place there I'd like to attend. I also happen to know someone in the area.