The 34th edition of the African Cup of Nations kicked off in Ivory Coast on Saturday. The African Nations Cup is broadcast live and in full in approximately 180 countries – even in Kazakhstan, India and Montenegro – but not in Flanders. You can only watch the matches of Morocco and DR Congo via the Walloon public broadcaster. “And you can see all the summaries via the YouTube channel of the African Football Association.”
Tuesday January 16, 2024 at 4:35 PM
This is the lowest price increase in five years. Indeed, since 2017, the upward trend in prices had constantly gained in intensity, going from +2.3% to a peak of +6.1% in 2020, as an annual average across all of Belgium, a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the boom in transactions in more rural areas looking for homes.
House prices falling in Flanders, what about in Brussels and Wallonia? And why ?
However, 2022 had already shown signs of slowdown, with an average price increase of 4%.
Flanders is the region most protected from this slowdown phenomenon, with price growth of 3.8% in 2023. In Wallonia, this amounted to 2.3%. Brussels is the region most affected by this slowdown, with an increase of 0.7% in 2023, compared to 3.1% in 2022.
“This development is not unrelated to the rise in interest rates, which has exerted palpable pressure on the real estate purchasing power of Belgians,” emphasizes Immoweb.
Since January 2022, this purchasing power has decreased by 17%, from 127 square meters on average to 105 square meters.
Immoweb estimates, however, that the recent drop in interest rates to around 3.6% could provide an encouraging outlook for 2024. “Taking into account stagnant prices and a hypothetical drop in rates to 3%, households Belgians could regain the average purchasing power prior to 2022”, underlines Piet Derriks, Managing Director of Immoweb. “However, to reach the level at the start of 2022, the highest point in recent years, a reduction in interest rates to 2% would be necessary, an eventuality which seems unlikely in 2024.”
2024-01-08 10:31:06
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The 82nd edition of Paris-Nice will take place from March 3 to 10, between Les Mureaux (Yvelines) and Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). Eight stages are still on the program of the WorldTour calendar competition. 1,219 kilometers and 17,180 meters of elevation gain are on the menu.
The winner of the event will succeed Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who won in 2023 (see rankings).
Find below the cities and the profile of the stages of “the Race to the Sun”.
The stages of Paris-Nice 2024:
03/03 – Et. 1: Les Mureaux – Les Mureaux (157.7 km)
04/03 – Et. 2: Thoiry – Montargis (177.6 km)
05/03 – Et. 3: Team time trial in Auxerre (26.9 km)
06/03 – Et. 4: Chalon-sur-Saône – Mont Brouilly (183 km)
07/03 – Et. 5: Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut – Sisteron (193.5 km)
08/03 – Et. 6: Sisteron – La Colle-sur-Loup (198.2 km)
09/03 – And. 7 : Nice – Auron (173 km)
10/03 – Et. 8 : Nice – Nice (109,3 km)
The profile of the stages:
2023-12-12 16:33:40
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Pascal Periz sings “The Cat”
Credit: Screenshot of the Pow Wow music video on YouTube
Pascal Perizthe iconic singer and founding member of the group Pow Wow, died at the age of 62. His former comrades announced the sad news, revealing that the artist had ended his life after a years-long battle with depression.
Pow Wow, formed in 1990, distinguished itself by performing songs a cappella, inspired by American doo-wop. We remember that the group reached the peak of its popularity in 1992 with two singles, including the famous “Cat” which was number 1 of the Top 50. This same song won the 1993 Victory for the Original Songhighlighting the talent of Pascal Periz as a composer and principal performer.
A few months after this resounding success, Pow Wow once again won the hearts of the French with a cover of “The lion is dead tonight“, a classic previously performed by Henri Salvador.
The disappearance of Pascal Periz deeply affected his friends in the musical world, including the singer Ahmed Mouiciformer member of Pow Wow, famous for his role as Ramses in the musical “The ten Commandments“. He expressed his sadness and dismay in a moving tribute, highlighting the difficulty of losing a friend, particularly in the media context, recalling the loss of Daniel Lévi last year.
2023-12-12 00:57:44
#Pascal #Periz #singer #group #Pow #Wow #dead
De LijnAn impression of what the tram line should have looked like
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 22:38
The municipality of Maastricht wants to take Flanders to court because the Flemish government refuses to repay a sum of millions to Maastricht. This concerns an amount that Maastricht and the province of Limburg have invested in a tram connection between Maastricht and Hasselt in Belgium.
Last year, Flanders canceled plans for the tram connection between the capital of Limburg and Hasselt. Maastricht and Limburg are said to have already invested 19.6 million and believe that Flanders is contractually obliged to repay that amount now.
However, Flanders does not respond to this, according to a letter that Mayor Wim Hillenaar (CDA) of Maastricht sent to the municipal council today.
In the letter, the municipality writes that it wants to go to the Maastricht court because the discussions in the past year have yielded nothing.
In a response, the Flemish Minister of Mobility Lydia Peeters said that Flanders has not yet received an official letter. “We are awaiting official communication and will then further deliberate on any further steps.”
The plans for an express tram between Maastricht and Hasselt date from 2004. The tram line was intended, among other things, to relieve car traffic in the cities.
Due to setbacks and delays, the project has become a headache for Flemish, Maastricht and Limburg politics in recent years. The tram was in serious danger more expensive than initially thought.
The end date by which the line had to be completed also kept being postponed. The tram line was initially scheduled to open in 2010. That date later shifted from 2017 to 2024.
Minister Peeters decided to make the decision last year. She no longer liked the tram, partly because of the costs of 300 million euros that the Belgians had to pay.
Since Flanders stopped the project, Maastricht has had difficulty handling the project costs. The municipality wants to prevent Maastricht taxpayers from being charged for the costs put into the project.
Maastricht already received 3 million euros back from Flanders this year. These were costs that the municipality had paid because part of the tram line in Maastricht had to be shortened. However, the remaining 19.6 million euros has not yet been received.
2023-11-21 21:38:54
#Maastricht #Flanders #court #failure #tram #line
AFPHHigh water in Woumen
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 09:53
Flooding is still expected in Belgium due to the persistent rain. Water levels have been extremely high in various regions in Belgium for days.
Due to the rain in recent days, “every drop of rain is currently one too much for West Flanders”, according to acting governor Anne Martens. “If there is rain, we will have flooding.”
Sandbags are being distributed in various places to protect homes. In Houthulst in the province of West Flanders, a journalist from the Flemish broadcaster sees VRT that there are problems at the dike. “The dike is five meters high, but the water is also five meters high. And the water just won’t go away.”
AFPDiksmuide in Belgium
According to the latest calculations, there will be less rain today than previously thought. The south of the country is hit hardest, but due to the high water level, problems are also likely to arise in West Flanders, says Martens.
In the village of De Fintele in West Flanders, residents have been evacuated from six homes, the mayor tells the newspaper. VRT . The emergency services are ready to evacuate even more people.
West Flemish Governor Carl Decaluwé previously called on people to “only go outside if there is no other option”. “Don’t let children play outside.”
In recent days, streams overflowed, roads were flooded and a primary school was evacuated. The emergency services had to take action, especially in the area around Poperinge and Ypres.
The rain will not stop in the near future, a weatherman expects HLN . “We cannot immediately get out of the changeable weather. Next week we expect a few drier days, but after that precipitation is predicted again.”
The north of France also suffered from flooding this week. Several small rivers had burst their banks due to extreme rainfall in the area.
2023-11-16 08:53:43
#Flooding #Belgium #drop #rain
