traffic Work at the Leonard intersection must continue, otherwise the Leonard tunnel will have to be closed. This is the conclusion of Flemish Minister of Mobility Lydia Peeters (Open VLD) after she asked for advice from an external tunnel safety officer. The works at the Leonard Cross have been stirring people up since last week. … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. The Belgian housing market is cooling further: fewer homes have been sold again The decline in the number of real estate transactions continues. House prices are stabilizing. A house now costs an average of 328,187 euros in … Read more
In a publication on his official “X” account, the president spoke about the case of María José Iturbide Flores, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, who uses state security and vehicles to protect the life of her daughter. “I spoke with the Minister of MARN to let her know her mistake in not measuring the … Read more
According to what we understand, the Council of Ministers approved the Economic and Financial Document. 2024 GDP has been set at +1%. In the Nadef the planned GDP for this year was at +1.2%. Debt at 137.8% this year, to then increase to 138.9% in 2025 and 139.8% in 2026. Thus, in the trend framework … Read more
prisons Spontaneous strikes have arisen in various prisons due to dissatisfaction with the staff shortage. The consultation with Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt could not calm emotions. Spontaneous strikes are ongoing in the Antwerp prison and a dozen other penitentiary institutions in Flanders and Brussels until Friday morning at 6 am. Certainly in Antwerp, … Read more
Prisons After the severe violence in the Antwerp prison, Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt sent a letter to the prison staff. In it he says he will take measures to improve the “exceptionally difficult” working conditions. “But it is true that this is still insufficient to keep it workable.” Minister Van Tigchelt (Open VLD) … Read more
Images that, according to the Gazet van Antwerpen, started circulating in the crime scene on Tuesday evening, show how detainees in the overcrowded prison in the Begijnenstraat in Antwerp torture and rape a cellmate with a broomstick. The victim is badly injured and naked. The torturers also force the man to eat a sandwich with … Read more
Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Musin said that the first 500 sets of Starlink equipment have arrived in Kazakhstan, Zakon.kz reports. The minister announced this in his Telegram channel. “I came to Almaty to personally check the process of accepting the equipment. Over the next week, delivery will begin to specific … Read more
Al-Marsad newspaper – SPA: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – may God protect him – chaired the session held by the Council of Ministers, today, in Riyadh. The beginning of the session At the beginning of the session, the Council of Ministers expressed, on the occasion of … Read more
Today, at a government meeting, the new ministers took the oath, Tengrinews.kz correspondent reports. The oath was taken by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baybazarov, Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Chingis Arinov, Minister of Health Akmaral Alnazarova, Minister of Finance Madi Takiev. “Before the people and the President of … Read more