Etiket: Belgium
How Cees Bol became popular in Belgium (and gained a fan club through cheese)
Cees Bol is the only Dutch cyclist with a Belgian fan club. It all started with the name of the born Zaankanter, who now lives in Alkmaar. In the Flemish…
Carrefour boosts turnover in Belgium by 10 percent at the start of the year | Interior
There was still a contraction throughout 2022 (-0.9 percent), although the final quarter already promised improvement (+3.4 percent). The initiatives of the Belgian management have borne fruit in the first…
Belgium will protect North Sea power parks with underwater drones: “Our critical infrastructure is under threat” | Interior
No expense was spared in Ostend to get the other countries of the North Sea coalition on board with the ambitious plans to make the North Sea “the largest power…
Team Belgium wins 20 medals at World Transplantation Games | Abroad
The World Transplant Games are the Olympic Games for people with an organ transplant and are organized every two years. Belgium took office this year with the largest delegation ever.…
Young au pairs in Belgium often victims of exploitation | Interior
Au pair youths, young people who spend time in foreign families in exchange for board and lodging, perform household chores and possibly take care of children to learn the language…
Inequality in Belgium greater than expected: 10 percent of the richest families own almost 60 percent
Inequality in Belgium is greater than expected. That writes ‘De Tijd’. According to the business newspaper, statistics from the National Bank show that the 10 percent richest families in our…
ING Belgium denies having viewed email traffic of 2,000 employees | Interior
ING Belgium denies that it has given the instruction to view the email traffic of some 2,000 employees. There has also been no analysis of this e-mail traffic, the spokeswoman…
Blood-red growth and budget figures: IMF places Belgium at the very bottom of the European ranking in a new report
Belgium is facing five lean years, the IMF now predicts. The Belgian economy will almost completely come to a standstill until 2028 – while most other European countries are progressing.…
Why CEO Frans Muller is not worried about the social conflict at Delhaize in Belgium
Weeks of protests, strikes and media attention. But at the general shareholders’ meeting of parent holding company Ahold Delhaize this afternoon, not a word was said about the social conflict…
Prime Minister Rutte and Minister Jetten to Belgium for summit on wind energy | News item
News item | 11-04-2023 | 13:39 Prime Minister Rutte and Minister Jetten for Climate and Energy will attend the second edition of the North Sea Summit in Ostend, Belgium, on…