16th PrideFestival to start in Brussels on Saturday
The 16th PrideFestival will have the theme #WeCare and will run from 12 to 26 September, RainbowHouse Brussels announced on Tuesday. Originally scheduled from 5 to 24 May, the festival was postponed due to the coronavirus crisis. This edition will offer 26 events including 4 documentaries, 2 plays and other shows, conferences and artistic performances. […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
‘I thought I was going to be executed here’: cartoonist Coco testifies at Charlie Hebdo trial
Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Corinne Rey, also known as Coco, thought she would die executed after having been pointed at by the Kouachi brothers in the January 2015 attack on the satirical newspaper, she testified on Tuesday. On January 7, 2015, the day of the attack, she had left the weekly editorial conference to go downstairs […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
Pound weakens against the euro ahead of eighth round of Brexit negotiations
The pound sterling continues to suffer from tensions over the negotiations on a post-Brexit trade agreement between the British and Europeans. At around 08:50 GMT (10:50 Belgian time), the pound lost 0.43% against the dollar at $1.3109 and 0.39% against the euro at 90.11 pence to the euro. The day before, it had lost 0.85% […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
25,000 people in Belgium sign petition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
A petition of around 25,000 signatures to drop charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was deposited by Amnesty International representatives at the US Embassy in Brussels on Tuesday morning. Assange’s trial in London for extradition to the United States resumed on Monday. He faces a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison in the USA […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
Belgian Red Devils face Iceland tonight despite Covid-19 case on their squad
Belgium’s national football squad will play against Iceland tonight in the UEFA Nations League despite Bruges centre-back Brandon Mechele’s positive coronavirus test on Sunday. The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) on Monday announced that “following the positive test at Covid-19 of Club Bruges player Brandon Mechele, all Belgian Red Devils and the staff will be […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
Post-coronavirus recovery slows in OECD countries
The pace of recovery in OECD countries is slowing down after the coronavirus crisis, the 37-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday. “The moderation in the pace of growth in CLIs was seen across all OECD major economies,” the OECD said. CLI stands for Composite Leading Indicators, which “provide early signals of turning […]
Tuesday, 08, September 2020
