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Ghent (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The Patershol Festivities are starting in Ghent, will run until Sunday, Aug 17, 2025, celebrating local culture with music, food, and traditions. Dean Kristof Catelin and Trees Coene highlight the famous gestrijken mastellen. As VRT News reported, the Patershol Festivities are starting in Ghent. The neighbourhood is famous for its…

The protests began last November after a railway station awning collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16 people, including two young children, and leaving several others gravely injured. What started in the form of brief vigils has since swelled into the largest protest movement in modern Serbian history, fueled by government denials that it was in…

Bratislava – The Slovak Republic expresses support for the intensified peace efforts led by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Slovak Foreign Minister, Juraj Blanár (Smer-SD), made this statement ahead of the upcoming meeting between the Presidents of the USA and Russia in Alaska, highlighting Slovakia’s endorsement of the…

Bruges (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The city of Bruges has taken extra measures to protect 70 swans from toxic blue-green algae in Coupure, Groenerei, and Sint-Annarei canals. Alderman Franky Demon urges safe feed; a floating dam and weekly water tests ensure their safety. As VRT News reported, the city of Bruges has taken extra measures…

The eagerly awaited and quickly organized Alaska summit was never expected to resemble the historic Yalta gathering, where Joseph Stalin persuaded a weakened Franklin Roosevelt and a discontented Winston Churchill to divide Europe between Western and Soviet influences. Nor was it anticipated to be a groundbreaking event like the Reykjavik summit, where in 1986 Ronald…

Ljubljana – The European Union is set to finance a project valued at 5.4 million euros, contributing three million euros to mitigate the adverse effects of cave visits. Additionally, the initiative aims to enhance visitor safety and promote awareness of the caves’ uniqueness and fragility, as stated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial…

Kalmthout (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Eddy Buysen, 77 years old, from Kalmthout, collected 8,000 funeral notices over 60+ years. His exhibition (Aug 15–19) at Sint-Vincentius shows diverse notices, including Mother Teresa and Jean-Luc Dehaene. As VRT News reported, Eddy Buysen, 77 years old, from Kalmthout, in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, has spent more than…

İmamoğlu, the primary political adversary of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been selected as the CHP’s candidate for the 2028 presidential election in Turkey. He denies any wrongdoing and asserts his imprisonment is politically driven. The opposition party has seen a steady rise in popularity, performing strongly in last year’s regional elections by winning…