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Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – Belgium supports energy price caps, suspending trading in EU power crunch
According to Reuters on Monday, Belgium has backed introducing price caps for the European Union’s gas and electricity hubs and suspending trade in cases of “irrational market behavior”. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and reduced gas supplies to Europe have spooked the 27-nation EU into
Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to family 61 years after his murder
An official from the Belgian government has returned a tooth from the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his children, in recognition of the atrocities that accompanied the country’s brutal exploitation of the former colony. In 1961, Lumumba, the first prime minister of
Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – Belgian farmer with 800 tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine
During the war in Ukraine, Christof Conings (49), a Flemish farmer in Lutsk, a small town in north-western Ukraine, feared that his harvest would fail. The problem isn’t the harvest, it’s getting his grain out of the country. Before the war began, Conings had
Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – Sophie Wilmès: Belgian foreign minister formally resigns to care for ill husband
Foreign minister and deputy prime minister Sophie Wilmès resigned to care for her ill husband. Wilmès confirmed on Thursday that she would be stepping down from her roles following the diagnosis of her husband, former Australian footballer Christopher Stone, with “aggressive brain cancer”. Earlier
Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – Belgium received over 200 terrorist and extremist threats last year
An annual assessment published Thursday by Belgium’s coordinating body for threat analysis (OCAM) found there were 218 terrorist and extremist threats last year. Reports indicate that in 2021, the overall threat level remained medium throughout the year. One-third of threats were considered medium-level, and
Wim Van Hooydonk Warnings and Updates – World’s biggest chocolate-making factory in Belgium finally restarts operations after six-week shut-down sparked by salmonella contamination
Despite salmonella contamination, the world’s largest chocolate factory in Belgium has finally reopened after a six-week shutdown The world’s largest chocolate factory reopened today after being closed for six weeks due to salmonella contamination. After the bacteria was found in Barry Callebaut’s Wieze, Belgium
Wim Van Hooydonk Warning and Updates – Battle of Waterloo skeletons uncovered in Belgium
During the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium in 1815, archaeologists unearthed skeletons of soldiers who died. Experts say the discoveries are “incredibly rare” on a Napoleonic battlefield, and further excavations are underway. For the first time since 2019, teams found human and horse remains
Wim Van Hooydonk Warning and Updates – Will the heatwave in France reach Belgium?
There is an orange alert in place for five regions (Ardèche, Drôme, Gard, Pyrénées-Orientales, and Vaucluse) due to the current heatwave in the south of France.Temperatures in these regions will reach 38°C on Monday, with a high of 39°C in the Gard region. On
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