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Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Poland prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pictured during a press conference after a diplomatic meeting to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Polish officials, Monday 11 April 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. The Prime Minister will visit Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Moldova to discuss the political, military and humanitarian consequences of the invasion. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

De Croo begins 'solidarity' tour of countries on Ukraine's borders

Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo began a three-day mission to Eastern Europe on Monday which will take him to Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Moldova, RTBF reports. The trip takes place against the backdrop of the continuing war in Ukraine as its neighbouring countries look on with concern...
Coach accident near Antwerp - Belga

Coach crash fatalities: a Colombian, 29, and 17-year-old French woman

The two people who died in the bus accident on the E19 motorway north of Antwerp on Sunday were a 29-year-old Colombian and a 17-year-old French woman, says the Antwerp prosecutor's office. Thirteen victims of the accident remain in hospital, reports RTBF. Five of them are critically injured, five...
Iris Festival Visitbrussels

After two-year absence, the Iris Festival returns to Brussels in May

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Iris Festival is making its return to Brussels on 7 and 8 May, marking the 33rd anniversary of the Brussels-Capital Region. With the Electro Night, the 100th anniversary of garden neighbourhoods, the Iris Food Corner and a variety of street theatre...
Daffodil season High Fens - Natagora

East Belgium’s famous daffodils finally bloom

Arriving just in time for several days of sunshine and warm weather, hundreds of thousands of daffodils in the High Fens nature reserve in East Belgium are beginning to bloom. The Holzwarche valley in the province of Liège is a popular hiking spot linking the municipalities of Bullange and...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration picture shows a speed control camera pictured on the Brussels ring in Strombeek-Bever. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

Speed checks to be constantly active and tolerance margins removed on Belgian motorways

By the summer, speed checks on Belgian highways will be constantly active with tolerance margins for speeding being abolished, VRT news reports. Currently, not all cameras are activated or only flash when the speed is much higher than the permitted speed. That's because there are too few people at...
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and President of France Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the traditional 'family photo' group photo at the start of an informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union, Thursday 10 March 2022. (BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND)

Belgium keenly following French presidential election due to close ties with neighbour

The first round of the French presidential elections ended this weekend with Emmanuel Macron, the outgoing president, and Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally finishing top of the polls. Macron, who scored better than most analysts and polls had predicted, winning 28% of the vote, will...
Fatal coach crash near Antwerp - Belga

Fatal coach accident in Antwerp province, driver tests positive for drugs

Two people were killed and 18 others injured, five of them seriously, in a coach accident on the E19 motorway on Sunday, report local media. The accident occurred near the town of Schoten, north of Antwerp. The bus belonging to French transport company BlaBlaCar apparently deviated from its path...
Ferrero chocolate firm in Arlon closed - Belga

Belgian Kinder chocolate factory shut down due to salmonella outbreaks

The Arlon chocolate factory Ferrero that produces Kinder products has been ordered to close by Belgian health authorities. Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said in a statement on Friday that it issued the order “following the findings of the last few hours that...

Bach Concert - MINIMES CANTAT

Submitted by AndreaWL on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 16:05

After the long winter, finally the spring.  Our two April cantatas were written for Misericordias, the Sunday of compassion, more necessary than ever.  In both works, Bach invokes the Good Shepherd in tender yet optimistic music; between them, we insert the rarely-heard motet Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, a fervent song of praise. Let hope blossom!

 

A Place for the Affections: dwelling in anguish (torment) and love

Submitted by Harlan Levey Pr... on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 14:41

HLP 1080 OPENING on 27/4/2022 from 18:00 to 21:00.

Featuring works from Ella de Burca, Marcin Dudek, TR Ericsson, Aziz Hazara, James Yaya Hough, Vivienne Koorland, Ella Littwitz, and Emmanuel Van der Auwera.

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