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In contrast, business sentiment strongly indicates that the economy is “on the brink of a recession.” Putin highlighted statistics showing a gross domestic product growth of 1.5 percent in the first four months of the year. Analysts, however, attribute this solely to increasing output from the defense sector to support the war in Ukraine. Civilian…

Grobbendonk (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – De Wolf, sentenced in Antwerp to 8 years’ prison and 10 years’ supervision for severe abuse and assault, was caught in Grobbendonk by FAST after a month on Belgium’s Most Wanted list. As VRT and HLN News reported, early in the morning, June 20, 2025, about a month after being…

The International Court of Justice in The Hague provided a non-binding advisory opinion last summer on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories. The Court determined that this occupation violates international law and called for Israel’s withdrawal from these areas. Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot noted that the European Union has yet to act on this recommendation.…

“The debate on Pfizergate, we protected her from it, if this continues like this, we will stop protecting her,” said a senior Renew official. The Socialists and liberals could “stop playing the game and making deals in other files with EPP,” potentially blocking the EU’s legislative process, they added. “The problem now is that the…

Actress Angelina Jolie was so profoundly moved by what she witnessed in Cambodia, that it would change the course of her life. While filming the 2001  movie Tomb Raider, Angelina was greatly impacted by the calamitous effects of  thousands of  landmines laid by the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian government. She would go on to…

Brussels – In response to limitations imposed on European businesses in China, the Commission intends to prohibit Chinese firms from supplying health products to public entities, including masks, bandages, machines, and robots, which constitute a market valued at 150 billion euros. The initiative “seeks to prompt China to eliminate its bias against EU-manufactured medical devices,”…

Sanctioned entities were still part of Facebook’s revenue redistribution program, allowing potential ad revenue sharing, according to nonprofit WHAT TO FIX, which examines internet platform accountability. The group stated it couldn’t confirm if any funds were exchanged between Meta and the sanctioned entities but indicated its findings raise questions about Meta’s adherence to EU sanctions.…

The 46% support for Israel is the lowest percentage in 25 years of tracking of this metric on its World Affairs survey, even though Americans are still more inclined to say they sympathize with Israelis than with Palestinians on the Middle East issue. Both last year and in 2001, Americans’ affection for Israel fell to…

Brussels/Luxembourg – Slovakia is backing the European Union’s agenda to enhance self-sufficiency in critical medicines. This was announced by Slovak Minister of Health, Kamil Šaško (Hlas-SD), following Friday’s EU Health Council meeting in Luxembourg, as reported by TASR. Šaško highlighted that the Council of Ministers addressed numerous issues, emphasizing the significance of legislation on critical…

The decision, announced a day before the final negotiations with EU countries and MEPs, means the EU will not ask companies to provide verified information for their green claims. “The European Commission has the right of initiative to make but also withdraw a proposal after its own assessment of the legislative process,” said Stefan de…