The fire at the car company near Bergensesteenweg in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw has been under control since 5:35 p.m. This was reported by mayor of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Jan Desmeth (N-VA) and fire brigade spokesperson Wouter Jeanfils. The fire broke out around 3:45 p.m., the mayor tells VRT NWS, in a shed where cars are dismantled. Apparently something went … Read more
Later, in 2008, Simpson ended up in jail: he was sentenced to 33 years in prison for his role in an armed robbery of a Las Vegas casino in 2007. According to Simpson, he only wanted to recover some of his career memorabilia that was stolen after his acquittal in 1995, and he did not … Read more
“The situation eventually became really unsafe,” Depoorter continues. “Ultimately, a number of supporters without tickets got in, which meant that supporters with tickets were no longer allowed in. There is only room for 1,500 visitors, full is full, no matter how unfortunate it is for those supporters.” Reporter Ann De Bie then saw disgruntled, angry … Read more
What is Taiwan?Taiwan is located about 180 kilometers from the Chinese mainland and has about 23 million inhabitants. Actually it is a group of islands. Close to the mainland there are several islands that belong to Taiwan. Taiwan is very prone to earthquakes. Just offshore, the geological Philippine plate is sliding beneath the Eurasian one. … Read more
After the unions at Brussels Airlines threatened to strike at the beginning of this week, they are now announcing that the pilots will indeed stop work. They want to ground their aircraft from March 23 to 27. The strike is the result of a conflict between staff and management that has been going on for … Read more
The Attentia data also shows something striking: that long-term absenteeism due to illness among women is almost twice as high as among men and that the difference has increased. For example, absenteeism due to illness lasting longer than one year has increased particularly sharply among women in 2022 and 2023. If it was still 4.67 … Read more
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
Barco has to make way Due to the split of Solvay, the Bel-20 now consists of 21 companies, because all other companies have also remained in the stock market index, although this will only be temporary. On Monday the Bel-20 will be at 20 again because on Friday evening the Barco share will disappear from … Read more
Apart from energy prices, life is still becoming significantly more expensive. If you don’t take the decreased energy prices into account, life is still 5.95 percent more expensive than a year ago. This can be seen in the graph above by the dark line: that of core inflation. Core inflation is the figure that does … Read more
Today the Debt Agency has announced that the new government bond will yield a gross interest of 2.60 percent over 5 years. The 8-year term will yield an interest rate of 2.90 percent. Subtract the withholding tax of 30 percent and you arrive at net interest of 1.82 and 2.03 percent respectively. That is therefore … Read more