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A voice that refuses to be silenced Writer and slam poet Hind Eljadid has been awarded the 2025 Human Rights Award by the Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights). The organization honors her for her uncompromising commitment to naming injustice and for her courage to speak out “regardless of the consequences.” The award stems from an incident in early 2024, when Eljadid was detained for six hours following an action during the official celebration of Belgium’s EU pr
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has a remarkable Brussels touch. One of the laureates, Omar Yaghi, has maintained close ties for many years with both the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Professor emeritus Paul Geerlings (VUB, General Chemistry research group) explains that Yaghi is a member of the International Scientific Committee for Chemistry of the Solvay Institutes. “In that role, he helps set the direction of the renowned
