De Lijn Halts Christmas Trams in Ghent Due to Fire Safety Concerns Post-May 2024

Antwerp (Eurotoday Newspaper) – Royal Antwerp FC are on the brink of securing a high‑profile defensive reinforcement from FC Barcelona, with 21‑year‑old Spanish centre‑back Álvaro Cortés poised to join the Belgian side in a permanent transfer that includes strategic clauses for the Catalan club.
What exactly is the deal?
The transfer, which has been hailed by prominent insiders as basically fina

SPD leaders Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil are showing a facade of normalcy in the government. Behind closed doors, however, concerns are growing about the upcoming elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in September. Rasmus Buchsteiner discusses internal scenarios and the unstable positions within the party leadership.
In the capital, SPD is also trailing in the polls. Top

Sint-Niklaas (Eurotoday Newspaper) – Sint-Niklaas is tightening control over its hospitality sector by requiring all new horeca businesses to obtain a municipal operating license at least 45 days before opening, a move aimed at preventing “ghost openings” and catching safety and compliance failures before doors unlock.
Why is Sint-Niklaas introducing a pre-opening license now?
The city contends

Mélenchon stated that if elected, France would “disobey” EU regulations on trade and economic policy, and reaffirmed his intention to rewrite the foundational treaties of the bloc.
Le Pen, known for her Euroskeptic views and previous desire to have France exit the EU, announced she would reduce France’s financial contribution to Brussels by €5 billion if she were president.
Le Pe

Tielt – The city of Tielt in West Flanders has started a new project for the care of neighborhoods that will assist old and dependent individuals to stay at home for as long as possible. In the first week of September, the municipal welfare office will organize face-to-face meetings that will help the needy people get in touch with the volunteers.
Why is Tielt launching a new neighbourhood-care

By Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereya
The Donatists occasionally referenced the era of St. Cyprian, claiming the Church was pure in his time. Augustine discusses how, despite St. Cyprian’s severe judgment of the wicked, he maintained ecclesiastical communion with them, sharing the Lord’s Bread and Cup with unworthy individuals, including bishops. If the Church had perishe

La candidate du RN, malgré les spéculations quant à la réforme qu’elle proposerait, a affirmé son soutien au retour d’un âge légal de retraite de 60 à 62 ans, selon l’âge d’entrée sur le marché du travail. Elle estime que cette réforme coûterait 9 milliards d’euros par an, mais la considère comme un “choix de société”.
Simultanément, Le Figaro a annoncé qu

Bilzen (Eurotoday Newspaper) – A Belgian court sentenced a 24-year-old Dutch man from Bilzen to suspended imprisonment on Thursday because of “intimate terrorism” as prosecutors stated, when the man’s girlfriend testified that she was physically abused with her baby in her arms, who she had to let down to be hit herself. In Tongeren criminal court he received 20 months of suspended jail time, a

An image shows a snowplow spreading salt on a Dutch highway during summer to prevent asphalt melting.
Salt on Dutch Highways in Summer
Using snowplows to spread salt on highways in the summer might appear bizarre but is a planned maintenance protocol in the Netherlands. When temperatures rise above 40°C, the Dutch infrastructure agency employs these measures to safeguard the pavement.
Thermal Ove

Dendermonde (Eurotoday Newspaper) – The annual Katuit Giant Procession in Dendermonde, East Flanders, took to the streets on Thursday evening on a visibly altered route after the city’s safety cell moved to protect participants and spectators from an approaching band of severe thunderstorms. 
There were forecasts made by the forecasters from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (KMI) wh