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View this email in your browser THE RECAP Your daily catch up - great with a morning coffee. Sign up  here. 1. From Taylor Swift to electron microscopes: A guide to Belgium’s research universities With its cosmopolitan outlook and status as the capital of European politics and centre for world organisations, Belgium is an appealing place to study.  Read More .   2. Vegetable thief arrested in Lyon region wanted for murder in Belgium The 35-year-old man is wanted for a murder committed in Ghent in 2019.  Read More . 3. Home invasion in Ixelles leaves one dead and two injured A resident of the apartment, a man in his twenties, had arranged to meet one of the men via the dating app targeted at gay men Grindr.  Read More .   4. Belgium’s next EU Commissioner under discussion among government negotiators The chances of a coveted portfolio for the Belgian EU Commissioner will become slimmer if Belgium is unable to submit a name before tomorrow's deadline.  Read More . 5. Sacked Brussels police officer arrested in uniform and armed "It soon became apparent that this person was falsely impersonating an officer."  Read More . 6. ‘Waterbed effect’: Gangs now smuggling drugs into Europe via Ghent With heightened security at the Port of Antwerp, police say it "makes sense" for drug mafias to look for alternative routes, including Ghent.  Read More . 7. Leuven school makes Arabic compulsory in modern languages course "We didn’t want to spoon-feed our students, but instead challenge them intellectually with a language outside the Indo-European group."  Read More . 8. Packages containing 86 kilogrammes of cocaine found on French beaches Three packages containing a total of 86 kgs of cocaine were found on Monday and Tuesday on beaches in northern France.  Read More . HIDDEN SECRET OF THE DAY 9. Hidden Belgium: Antwerp’s Jewish Quarter The Jewish community in Antwerp goes back to the Middle Ages, when Jews were driven out of England, Spain and Portugal.  Read More .