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(ABM FN) The Brussels stock market rose cautiously on Tuesday morning. Towards the end of the morning, the Bel20 rose 0.5 percent to 3,887.83 points. For the time being, according to investment specialist Justin Blekemolen of Lynx, investors continue to see few dangers, the willingness to buy remains high. Investment manager Simon Wiersma of ING […]

BrusselsIn the green setting of the Vaux-Hall in the Warande Park, young and old were able to let loose on Monday afternoon during the summer ball of the City of Brussels. All residents were welcome, but the program was especially tailored to everyone who is not so young anymore. The ball started with a dance […]

Floating factory in Rotterdam that converts liquefied natural gas (LNG) into gas so that it can be used in the Dutch energy grid.Image Sem van der Wal / ANP ‘Sailing on sight’ was the self-proclaimed strategy of the Dutch government during the covid crisis of 2020. Also the Dutch approach to the European negotiations on […]

The manager of the German gas market will announce the publication on Monday of the levy to spread the extra costs of gas imports. The levy is designed to help Uniper and other importers cope with the rapid prices caused by Russian export flows, but would further exacerbate soaring energy prices and the greatest pressure […]

BrusselsOn Sunday morning around 3.50 am, a fire broke out in a flat on the sixth floor of a building on Vlaamsesteenweg in Brussels. This is reported by fire brigade spokesman Walter Derieuw. There were no injuries. When firefighters arrived, the fire in the top-floor flat was already raging. The flat was uninhabited and renovated. […]

Yellow grapples, trees that are losing them and a bone-dry soil. Not only are people eager for the end of the heat wave, the flora of Brussels could also urgently use a splash of rain. In the meantime, Brussels Environment, which manages the regional parks, saves water that is too red. The parks and forests […]

Bruges resident Marcel Van Brussel is at the age of 77. He died peacefully on August 10 in palliative care in Bruges, in the presence of his son Aksel. The retired textile engineer could no longer realize his big dream: a statue of street name for Roland who took part in the circumnavigation of the […]

Rachid Ouahid Temsamani, a notorious Moroccan drug lord, is arrested in Brussels. Temsamani is known in Spain and Morocco as the leader of the Tetouan cartel. He was at the head of a cocaine and hashish network spreading across half of Europe. It was delivered by our country to Morocco about ten days ago. The […]

K-pop fans should hurry to La Madeleine in Brussels on Sunday, September 4. That’s where the ‘K-pop World Festival x BLACKSWAN’ will take place that day. On that evening you can witness a K-pop dance competition and a performance by the K-pop group BLACKSWAN. K-pop horses are more popular and there are also many fans […]

The police zones of Brussels-Capital-Ixelles and Brussels-North observe an increase in the number of domestic burglaries in July. This increase may be partly due to the warm weather. “People sometimes forget to close their windows properly, which makes it hard for burglars to break into homes.” Over the past two months, the Brussels North police […]