News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Programs tailored to the Flemish government are met with protest within VRT A new TV series that VRT is working on is causing internal outrage. According to several employees, Knappe spelen was tailor-made for the Flemish government. … Read more
Education There were technical problems when the first Flemish tests were started. These have now been resolved, says the office of Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA). There were some technical problems on Wednesday morning when the first Flemish tests started. This is confirmed by the cabinet of Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA). The … Read more
Again and again and again the traffic jam record is broken. The most recent: 852 kilometer hours. Traffic jams are expressed in kilometer hours, a unit of measurement that indicates how many kilometers of traffic jams there would be if the average working day lasted one hour. Never before has the severity of traffic jams … Read more
“Was that difficult?” The last question that the students of the Virgo Sapiens Institute in Londerzeel receive on Monday does not come from the computer, but from Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA). Weyts gave the starting signal for the Flemish tests in Londerzeel. The students of the fourth year and second year of … Read more
The Flemish Movement will launch an unmistakable call to vote “Flemish” in the two largest Flemish cities, Ghent and Antwerp. This became apparent on Sunday at the 84th Flemish National Singing Festival in the Lotto Arena, where the throats were opened for Flanders. If it depends on the inspirers, the Flemish nationalists – read: Vlaams … Read more
Politics 19-year-old Anna Roos has been elected the new chairman of the Flemish Youth Council. She thus takes over the torch from Amir Bachrouri. Roos hopes to focus more on the inclusion of people with disabilities in the coming years. Anna Roos will head the Flemish Youth Council for three years. Running for that position … Read more
“Pride and pride”, that is what the Laarne municipal council focuses on. She does this, among other things, through the municipal information sheet. “We interview well-known people who live in Laarne or who do something for the municipality and take a photo in a certain atmosphere. This way we ensure that people are proud and … Read more
Retail The toy chain ToyChamp and furniture seller Jysk are acquiring eleven of the 29 Fun stores through a joint bid. Toys will continue to be sold at nine of those locations. The Belgian toy store chain ToyChamp has announced that nine locations where Fun stores were located will continue to sell toys. The stores … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Flemish government reaches agreement with agricultural organizations The Flemish government is pushing the pause button for the purchase of agricultural land for six months. The N-VA did obtain an exception for protected nature reserves. read more 2. … Read more
Skireis 27 West Flemish young people were taken to hospital due to CO intoxication during a ski trip with Kazou. In the meantime they are back in their enclosure. The incident occurred with a group of 51 West Flemish young people aged 15 and 16. They were on a skiing holiday in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, in the … Read more