Year-on-year Tesla registrations down 70 per cent in Belgium
Tesla, the US electric car manufacturer, saw registrations in Belgium plummet in March. Registrations of Tesla cars fell by almost 70 per cent compared to March 2024, figures from industry federation Febiac showed on Tuesday. Febiac, the Belgian and Luxembourg federation for automobiles and
Tomorrowland adds extra shows as UNITY sells out in Las Vegas
The first three shows of UNITY, the new Tomorrowland concept in collaboration with US festival giant Insomniac, have sold out completely. Due to overwhelming demand, organisers have added six extra dates, with pre-sales starting on Tuesday evening. Unlike Tomorrowland’s traditional
Belgium rejects US pressure on corporate diversity policies
Finance minister Jan Jambon, Foreign minister Maxime Prévot and Equal Opportunities minister
German, Austrian ministers cancel Syria trip over threats
Berlin – According to German authorities, the interior ministers of Germany and
Nearly Half of the Country’s Attorney Generals Make Legal Effort to Restore FEMA Funds
At least 215 FEMA grants to 19 states remain frozen despite a
Politics
US secretary of state to meet with Belgian PM during NATO visit
US secretary of state Marco Rubio will be in Brussels this week for a meeting with other NATO foreign ministers. While in Belgium, Rubio
Flemish-Dutch summit concludes with several agreements, despite absence of Dutch PM
Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof was unable to attend the seventh biennal Flemish-Dutch summit in Ghent on Tuesday. Despite his absence, the summit was
Flanders has buffer to absorb US tariff shock, minister-president says
New US import tariffs could cost the Flemish economy at least 500 million euros per year, writes De Morgen, with potential for even greater
Business
Russia launches 150 glide bombs in huge attack on Ukraine
Kyiv – In a massive air assault, Ukrainian military officials reported that Vladimir Putin’s forces have fired more than 150 lethal glide bombs at Ukraine within the last day. Why did Russia
Sport
Culture
Antwerp’s Sportpaleis renamed AFAS Dome Antwerpen
The iconic Sportpaleis in Antwerp will now be known as AFAS Dome Antwerpen, organisers announced at a press conference on Wednesday. The venue, one
Cultural Compass: Painters push boundaries, the Amazon comes to Brussels and artistic dialogue
Painting after Painting – A contemporary survey from Belgium, 4 April – 2 November, S.M.A.K., Ghent Painting After Painting brings together over seventy contemporary
Tate Britain museum returns Nazi-looted painting to family Jewish Belgian collector
The Tate Britain museum in London will return a seventeenth-century painting to the family of a Jewish Belgian art collector. The artwork had been
Rik Wouters painting fetches record 2.46 million euros at Christie’s Paris
A painting by Belgian artist Rik Wouters has sold for a record €2.46 million at a Christie’s auction in Paris, the highest price ever
Society
New ‘Master’s Tours’ explore Flemish art heritage
Nine new ‘Master’s Tours’ will guide art and heritage lovers through key works of the Flemish Masters. Launched on Wednesday at the Message Chapel in Heverlee, the routes are part of Flemish
Leuven correctional court’s controversial ruling on rape case sparks outrage
The correctional court in Leuven found a medical student guilty of rape but imposed no punishment, citing his promising future. The ruling has sparked outrage and posed questions about the handling of
31 March strike: Hundreds of artists protest in Brussels and Antwerp
Hundreds of artists, actors and staff from the cultural sector are protesting on Brussels’ Muntplein and Antwerp’s Operaplein against the planned reforms of the federal government, as part of the national strike