In addition to the fire truck, the Antwerp fire brigade offers many other items. This concerns typical fire brigade equipment, such as fire suits, an oxygen tank and diving equipment, but also everyday items, such as office equipment, rubbish bins and even GPS devices. Various passenger cars are also auctioned. 2023-11-03 19:37:00 #Antwerp #fire #brigade … Read more
At Dutch car company VDL Nedcar in Born, near the Belgian border, 2,000 jobs will disappear again in March. The news comes after an earlier round of layoffs in which 1,000 temporary workers and 500 permanent employees lost their jobs. Several hundred Belgians also work for the company. “Many of them have already experienced the … Read more
“In normal times we manage an annual budget of one million euros for works. In 2023 this will amount to 27 million euros and in 2024 we would still exceed that amount. In two or three years we will therefore have to do the equivalent of 60 years of works implement,” says mayor Fabien Beltran. … Read more
Perry was reportedly found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday. According to, among others, the American showbiz site TMZ, which first broke the news, the actor is said to have drowned in a jacuzzi. The emergency services were called for a cardiac arrest, it said. The police would not suspect foul play. … Read more
The Hercule Poirot Prize was established in 1998 by Knack Weekend to give Flemish thriller authors a boost. The honors list includes Jef Geeraerts, Pieter Aspe and Luc Deflo. This year, Benny Baudewijns will be the laureate. The jury chose him over former winners such as Wouter Dehairs, Toni Coppers, Jos Pierreux and Bavo Dhooge. … Read more
The unions state in their strike notice that they are confronted with “unilateral decisions by management, aimed at increasing productivity among staff”, but the managements “strongly contradict this”. They note that the railways have approximately 85 joint bodies, with 800 official meetings per year, and that therefore “ample attention is paid to social dialogue”. At … Read more
The protest among bus drivers in the private bus and car sector is aimed, among other things, against the lack of an agreement on a purchasing power premium. “Employees in the sector are fed up with the lack of an agreement and no appreciation from employers,” reports the socialist trade union ABVV-BTB. “The drivers want … Read more
The government decided to put limits on this. Customers will soon be able to switch to a new policy with another insurance institution free of charge after one third of the term of the home loan, without this having any consequences on the interest rate. The new rules only apply to new mortgages. The initial … Read more
According to the states, Meta ignores the negative consequences of both social media channels, with the aim of making more profit, the complaint states. “Meta has used powerful technology to entice, engage, and ultimately ensnare youth and teens,” the complaint states. The result: the learning behavior but also the sleep of young people is disrupted, … Read more
The ten-year yield on American securities reached the 5 percent mark in the morning, putting pressure on European stock markets. The Stoxx 600 – a basket of 600 European shares – falls for the fifth day in a row and is 0.9 percent lower in London. The decline has reduced annualized profits to 1.2 percent. … Read more