The European Union says it is a “long-standing, predictable and reliable partner” of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The European Commission says it adopted €261 million as the multiannual contribution that will allow to secure predictable financial resources to the Agency for the provision of…
They’re back – the Harlem Globetrotters have been a regular home in Belgium for many years. Each time they choose a different city to demonstrate their spectacular basketball tricks to the Belgian public. They return later this year with their new ‘Spread Game Tour’ to the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on October 6 and DÔME…
The European Commission has launched a “call for evidence” inviting feedback on the performance of the EU legal framework which exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules. The Commission has also sent targeted questionnaires to interested parties in the maritime liner shipping supply chain (i.e. carriers, shippers and freight forwarders, port and terminal operators)…
Ahead of an upcoming EU Commission proposal to ban cages for farmed animals, the EU Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for an end to the severe restriction of movement of female pigs (sows). At present, the vast majority of sows in the EU spend about half their lives locked in crates so tight, preventing practically all movement apart…
Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine is testing a new form of “legitimate” annexation – a voluntary and forced passportisation of Ukrainians. Putin is artificially setting a precedent to justify interference in the affairs of a sovereign state under the pretext of protecting the interests of “Russian people. The Russian president has repeatedly stated…
The Ukrainian government has decided that it is not going to stop at liberating those territories that Russia has occupied, starting on 24 February. On 15 August, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy created an advisory council for the return of Crimea. The events of the past few days in Russian-occupied Crimea suggest that Ukraine has gone…
Mention the word “Belgium” to many and they will still immediately think of two things: frites and beer. Well, two of the country’s most iconic symbols have now been “adopted” by a couple of towns in England – Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. Businessman Rene van den Oort has opened a “Belgian-style” bar, serving speciality Belgian beers, in Bury St Edmunds while a…
