“It would be better to have four days of longer, but quality teaching, than to spend a fifth day distributing the students to other classes without a teacher.” At the Institute of the Ursulines primary school in Koekelberg, the teacher shortage is forcing the school to take far-reaching measures. “It really is survival,” says Nancy … Read more
The Netherlands The police in Amsterdam arrested a man in a home on Friday evening who threatened PVV leader Geert Wilders in a message on X. A man from Amsterdam is in custody for online threats against right-wing politician Geert Wilders (PVV), the great victor of the Dutch elections in November 2023. The arrest was … Read more
Does your appointment open a new stage in the Delegation of Canary Islands in Brussels or will continuing work continue? It is continuous. The Delegation was an office in its day when the autonomous communities were not allowed to be in Brussels as government delegations, that is why it was the office of Sofesa (current … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Teacher shortage forces schools in Brussels to close classes In Schaarbeek, Brussels, two primary schools are closing classes because they cannot find teachers. A problem that has been dormant for years suddenly becomes very acute. “This undermines … Read more
Justice Three teenagers were arrested in France on Monday in connection with a terror investigation in Belgium. On Sunday, four teenagers were arrested in our country for possibly planning an attack on the Brussels Botanique concert hall. The young people who were arrested in our country on Sunday for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack may … Read more
The federal police arrested four people on Sunday morning in Ninove, Brussels, Charleroi and Liège, as part of a terror investigation into the jihadist environment. “The four made plans for a terrorist attack,” the federal prosecutor’s office said. The special units raided four different addresses across the country early on Sunday morning. This was accompanied … Read more
The more patients with a particular cancer are treated in a hospital, the better the team of doctors and nurses becomes, and the greater the chance that the patient will survive the disease. That was the reason for former Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld) to significantly reduce the number of hospitals that … Read more
The center of Brussels has turned into a battlefield between angry farmers and the police, while the bloc’s agriculture ministers are meeting at the headquarters of the European Union. Today’s demonstration involves agricultural unions from Wallonia and Flanders (southern and northern Belgium), as well as farmers from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Luxembourg. Among the … Read more
Police estimate that around 900 tractors blocked the European quarter of the Belgian capital. Police used water cannons on protesters, while farmers burned tires and set off firecrackers. Belgian farmers were joined this time by colleagues from Spain, Portugal and Italy. Farmers across Europe are not satisfied with the EU agricultural policy, the “green course” … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. “Do not go to Brussels by car on Monday,” the police recommend Hundreds of tractors are expected in Brussels on Monday. The farmers are demonstrating following a European summit of agriculture ministers. The police expect traffic problems … Read more