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Antwerp (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Waiting times at Antwerp’s Praktijk aan de Stroom for patients without a GP stretch to weeks. Authorities urge: don’t wait until you’re ill to find one. The Mediahuis newspapers have reported this, and vzw Stroom has verified the information.  “The shortage is so great that you should not wait until…

Strasbourg – The German left-populist Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in the European Parliament plans to support the upcoming motion of no confidence against EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her team. The no-confidence motion, initiated by a right-wing Romanian member of parliament, accuses von der Leyen of lacking transparency and mismanagement regarding policies…

Hamas has yet to confirm whether it will agree to the terms of the proposed ceasefire deal, according to media reports. Trump mentioned earlier this week that Israel had accepted the proposed terms, but Israel has not confirmed its agreement. The details of the deal have not been disclosed to the public; however, media reports…

Olay is a famous skincare brand owned by the multinational company, Procter and Gamble (P&G). Due to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement that embraces this conflict, P&G’s greater business activity and operation and business interests in Israel are also unavoidably bound with the issue of Olay’s support for or…

BRUSSELS – Eurostat has published data indicating that residential property prices and rents in the European Union continued to rise in the first quarter of 2025. Property prices increased by 5.7 percent year-on-year compared to 2024, while rents rose by 3.2 percent. On a quarterly basis, house prices went up by 1.4 percent and rents…

The Socialist Party announced it will begin an immediate investigation, stating that no official complaints have been made. This incident is another setback for Sánchez, who was scheduled to speak at the party’s headquarters in Madrid when the news emerged. Reuters reported that Sánchez spoke an hour late, urging women experiencing sexual abuse to report…

Mechelen (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Nature Park Rivierenland, Mechelen, and Natuurpunt aim to restore Muysenhuys into wetlands. €350,000 is still needed, but 30 investors have already joined. The main figures are Calvo and Iwens. As VRT News reported, Nature Park Rivierenland, a partnership between Mechelen and Natuurpunt, bought a large estate called Domein Muysenhuys. The…

As part of ongoing initiatives to combat illegal possession, misuse, and trafficking of firearms, ammunition, and explosives, the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), via SEESAC, have supplied specialized equipment to the Albanian State Police. The equipment handover ceremony took place in Tirana, attended by André Rizzo, the chargé d’affaires of the…

Their arrests occurred four months after Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was jailed on corruption charges. İmamoğlu, seen as Erdoğan’s main political rival, faced arrest in March, which sparked widespread protests. Subsequently, he was named his party’s presidential candidate. Turkey’s next presidential election is set for 2028. Other CHP figures have also been targeted. The former…

Stockholm – The Swedish Maritime Administration has previously indicated that GPS disruptions in the Baltic Sea can endanger recreational vessels. Now, the authority has observed that ships’ radar systems are also affected, according to the Swedish newspaper Expressen. “To my knowledge, we have not received any reports of radar disturbances prior to this,” says Sebastian…