Belgium’s Joint Committee 200 Employees to See 1.48% Wage Increase on January 1

Belgium’s Joint Committee 200 Employees to See 1.48% Wage Increase on January 1

About half a million employees who work under joint committee 200 will see their wages increase by 1.48 percent on January 1. This concerns employees of employment agencies, publishers, ICT companies and call centers, among others. Later in January, wages for staff in the catering sector, the food industry, the transport sector and logistics will … Read more

FAA calls for inspection of newer aircraft models after missing part reported by international airline

FAA calls for inspection of newer aircraft models after missing part reported by international airline

The American aviation watchdog FAA has called on all users to inspect the newer models for possible loss of parts. An international airline reported a missing nut on a bolt during routine maintenance. If additional problems arise, the FAA may take additional action. Boeing previously had to ground its 737 MAX for a long time … Read more

The Legal Battle Between Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and François-Marie Banier Over Inheritance and Mental Health

The Legal Battle Between Françoise Bettencourt Meyers and François-Marie Banier Over Inheritance and Mental Health

Françoise then took her mother’s lover to court. She accused the photographer François-Marie Banier of taking advantage of Liliane’s poor mental health. He allegedly extorted 1.3 billion euros from her, and thus also plundered Françoise’s inheritance. But according to Liliane herself, who suffered from dementia, that was not the case. According to her, she shared … Read more

OpenAI’s Revolutionary Chatbot ChatGPT Raises Ethical Concerns with Microsoft’s Copilot

OpenAI’s Revolutionary Chatbot ChatGPT Raises Ethical Concerns with Microsoft’s Copilot

OpenAI developed the revolutionary chatbot ChatGPT. With the help of artificial intelligence, it can write texts itself and answer almost all your questions, in a way that feels very human. Microsoft is the main investor in the company and developed its own chatbot, Copilot, which works with the same technology as ChatGPT. ChatGPT and Copilot … Read more

Belgian Consumers Make Record 14 Million Electronic Payments in a Single Day

Belgian Consumers Make Record 14 Million Electronic Payments in a Single Day

Belgian consumers made more than 14 million electronic payments at physical and online stores yesterday. Never have more electronic transactions been recorded in a single day in Belgium. The previous record was 13.8 million electronic payments, set a few weeks earlier on December 1, 2023. The minute record was also broken yesterday. At 11:48 am, … Read more

Socialist Trade Union Members Block Lidl Stores in Protest of Working Conditions

Socialist Trade Union Members Block Lidl Stores in Protest of Working Conditions

It concerns an isolated action by some members of the socialist trade union BBTK/setca and CNE, it sounds. Union members have placed the shopping carts in front of the entrance, preventing customers from entering the branches. The supermarket chain says it does not understand the promotion during the Christmas period. “We are in continuous dialogue … Read more

Controversy Surrounding Public Access to Energy Score Information and EPC Labels

Controversy Surrounding Public Access to Energy Score Information and EPC Labels

However, according to Demir, concerns have arisen about possible “perverse side effects whereby the information would not be used for the right purposes and would be publicly abused as a status symbol, which it is not”. “There was also the fear that a slippery slope would be followed in which more and more information would … Read more

Eurostar Cancels All Trains Between Brussels, Paris, and London Due to Strike

Eurostar Cancels All Trains Between Brussels, Paris, and London Due to Strike

All trains between Brussels and London and between Paris and London were initially canceled until at least 6 p.m. Four trains on their way had to return to their departure station, Eurostar reported via X. Travelers were advised to postpone their journey. Towards the evening it became known that the other scheduled Eurostar trains to … Read more

PVV’s Bosma Calls for Stronger House of Representatives and Limits on Lobbyist Influence

PVV’s Bosma Calls for Stronger House of Representatives and Limits on Lobbyist Influence

Bosma believes that the House of Representatives must make itself “much stronger”. For example, he does not think it is acceptable for the government to regularly make large expenditures without parliament having anything to say about it. He also wants to limit the influence of lobbyists. Bosma also allows things to “pop” during debates, as … Read more