Entertainment
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Underground surge: Belgium grapples with 2,214 illegal gambling websitesResearch conducted by gambling analysis firm Yield Sec has unveiled a concerning trend in Belgium's online gambling landscape. According to their findings, a staggering 2,214 illegal gambling14 April 2024Read More...
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Flanders and Brussels Embrace Slow Art Day, inviting visitors to savor artistic experiencesOn April 13th, several museums in Flanders and Brussels will once again host a variety of activities as part of Slow Art Day, an annual tradition aimed at encouraging a deeper12 April 2024Read More...
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4 Croatian beaches named Europe’s bestAs Croatia gears up for what promises to be its most spectacular summer season yet, the BookRetreats Summer 2024 Report has officially unveiled the top beaches across Europe, catering to10 April 2024Read More...
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Tourism thrives in Flanders, surpassing pre-pandemic levelsPreliminary data from the statistics agency Statbel reveal that tourism in Flanders soared in 2023, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. A total of 14.6 million domestic and international tourists29 March 2024Read More...
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Prague airport expands direct connections with summer schedule launchPrague Airport is set to broaden its direct connection network with the introduction of the summer flight schedule, which takes effect at the end of March. Among the new destinations added25 March 2024Read More...
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Swiss Alpine ski resorts anticipate 40% reduction in snow daysA recent study predicts a significant decline in snow days at Alpine ski resorts by the end of the century, with natural snow cover possibly disappearing altogether in one out of every eight15 March 2024Read More...
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Copenhagen named Europe’s premier cruise port for 2024Copenhagen's port earned the prestigious title of Europe’s Leading Cruise Port for 2024 at a distinguished ceremony held in Berlin on March 6th, 2024, by the esteemed World Travel Awards.10 March 2024Read More...
Economics
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Employers rush to hire refugees following ruling extending work permitsIn response to a pivotal ruling last year allowing refugees to work more than 24 weeks, companies have flooded the state jobs agency UWV with over 1,500 requests for work permits this year,Read More...
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80% of Belgians see benefits of EU membership, Eurobarometer reportsAs the European Union gears up for upcoming elections, Eurobarometer's latest findings shed light on a burgeoning interest among European citizens, driven in part by heightened geopoliticalRead More...
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Polish unemployment rate declines to 5.3% in March: governmentPoland's Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Policy announced on Friday that the country's unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent in March, down from 5.4 percent in February.Read More...
News
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EU plans new sanctions following Iran's attack on IsraelIn light of the significant Iranian air assault on Israel, the European Union is gearing up to implement sanctions targeting companies vital to Tehran's drone and missile production,Read More...
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More than 30% of Belgians opt for cycling as commute optionA recent survey conducted by the FPS Mobility revealed that in 2023, over 30% of Belgians chose cycling as their mode of transportation for commuting to work, either entirely or partially.Read More...
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Direct train service from Amsterdam to Basel to be discontinued this summerThe daily train service connecting Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Arnhem to Switzerland will come to an end this summer, as German operator Deutsche Bahn has decided to discontinueRead More...
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EU launches MILEX 24 military exercise to enhance crisis management capacityToday marks the commencement of MILEX 24, the European Union's military exercise aimed at bolstering crisis management and operational deployment capabilities. Led by Lieutenant GeneralRead More...
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Tajik opposition activist detained in Lithuania over alleged terrorist linksSulaimon Davlatov, a Tajik opposition activist, has been arrested in Lithuania and is reportedly facing two months of detention, according to his representatives. The State Security DepartmentRead More...
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Anticipated rise in asylum seekers in the Netherlands by 2025The anticipated number of asylum seekers applying for shelter by 2025 is set to surpass previous estimates, as revealed in a multi-year forecast presented to the Tweede Kamer by outgoingRead More...
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Singapore Airlines returns to Brussels after over two decadesAfter a hiatus of more than 20 years, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) passenger flight soared into the skies from Brussels Airport in Zaventem on Saturday afternoon. This significant event marks aRead More...
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Croatia witnesses surge in apple and mandarin productionCroatia experienced a significant increase in apple production in 2023, with preliminary data from the national statistical office (DZS) revealing a nearly 40% rise to 66,510 tonnesRead More...
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Botswana's President threatens to send 20,000 elephants to GermanyIn a conservation dispute, Botswana's President has raised eyebrows by suggesting the relocation of 20,000 elephants to Germany.Read More...
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Sport
Eliud Kipchoge and Jemima Sumgong gave a timely boost to the tarnished reputation of Kenyan athletics on Sunday with courageous wins in the men's and women's London Marathons.
Kipchoge set a new course record for the men in winning the full-distance London race for the second straight year.
The 31-year-old former track star clocked an official time of 2hrs 03mins 04secs, the second fastest run in history over the distance, just seven seconds shy of the world record set by fellow Kenyan Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in September 2014.
Kipchoge broke clear of another Kenyan, Stanley Biwott, with about three kilometres to go and sprinted home well ahead of Biwott with track legend Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in third.
He celebrated by raising his finger as he made the final turn but appeared to realise just before the line that he could have broken Kimetto's world best time.
West Ham move home to the Olympic Stadium in August at a cost of £2.5million ($3.54 million) per year, it was revealed on Thursday.
The Premier League side have taken up a 99-year tenancy agreement with The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC).
West Ham's new landlords will meet running costs for the centrepiece of the London 2012 Games for areas such as the pitch, goalposts, floodlighting and corner flags.
The stadium is also to host the 2017 IAAF and IPC Athletics World Championships and there is a 50-year agreement for British Athletics to use the venue each July.
West Ham won the bid to be lead tenants of the 60,000-seat arena ahead of Tottenham and Leyton Orient.
The transformation of the venue from its Olympic and Paralympic condition cost £272 million, with West Ham contributing £15 million.
The Hammers will pay an annual rent of £2.5 million for 25 matches - or £1.25 million if they fall out of the top flight - with a £100,000 fee for any additional match.
Former England footballer Adam Johnson has launched an appeal against his six-year prison sentence for sexual activity with an infatuated teenage fan, it was announced on Tuesday.
Johnson, once a winger with Sunderland and Manchester City, was jailed last month following an incident with a 15-year-old female supporter in his Range Rover in County Durham, north-east England, last year.
A statement on the Adam Johnson's Appeal Fight page on Facebook, run by his sister Faye, said: "Adam's appeal against his sentence has now been lodged!"
"Thanks everyone for your support it means a lot! X"
Judge Jonathan Rose, passing sentence, said the victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had been a Sunderland fan who would wait after matches to take pictures of her "favourite player", Johnson, who had known her age.
Nick Blackwell said he was in the “toughest fight of his life” after waking from an induced coma following his British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.
Tyson Fury will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) heavyweight titles in a re-match against Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester on July 9, the British boxer's trainer and uncle Peter Fury announced Friday.
Fury senior tweeted that the rematch would be confirmed later on Friday, saying: "(On) 9th July Tyson Fury vs Klitschko is coming to Manchester Uk.
"Official announcement coming 12 noon (UK time, 1100 GMT)."
Hamburg-based Klitschko lost his WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts to Fury on points in Duesseldorf last November as the Ukrainian suffered his first defeat in more than a decade.
Fury, from Manchester, northern England, was stripped of the IBF belt for agreeing to face Klitschko in a re-match.
Talks, however, proved protracted. Fury suffered a minor back injury last month and recently said that he thought the delay was due to Klitschko's hope he will gain weight in the time between bouts.
England's Joe Marler has apologised publicly for calling Wales prop Samson Lee a "gypsy boy" as he insisted he was not a racist ahead of a World Rugby misconduct hearing on Tuesday.
Harlequins front-row Marler was reprimanded by England coach Eddie Jones for his comment to Lee, who is from a traveller community background, during a 25-21 win over Wales at Twickenham last month but escaped any disciplinary action from Six Nations tournament chiefs.
"I'm not a racist," Marler tweeted Monday. "What I said to Samson was out of order and wrong and I am sorry it was said, we shook hands at the end of the game and looked to move on.
"Whatever happens to me tomorrow I will accept," the 25-year-old prop added.
"I'm sorry to anyone who was offended, saying it was in the 'heat of the moment' isn't an excuse, but one comment, one mistake, does not make me a racist.
"My wife, kids, family and friends (yes, I do have some friends) know this," insisted the 42-times capped Marler.
"Thanks to the people who have supported me and have understood that I made a mistake and sorry again to the people I offended."
Russia is "changing deckchairs on the Titanic" rather than working to overturn an international ban on its athletes, ex-World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound told AFP on Wednesday.
Russian athletes were banned from competing internationally last year after an independent commission chaired by Pound found evidence of state-sponsored doping in the country.
The country still hopes to participate at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but Pound says that there remains a "wall of denial" about the extent of doping in Russian sport.
"We said at the time, you're not going to like much of what we say about athletics in your country," the Canadian lawyer told AFP during the Tackling Doping in Sport Conference at London's Twickenham Stadium.
Cycling bosses are investigating the possibility of testing riders in the middle of road races as they continue to combat the threat of mechanical doping in the sport.
Belgian teenager Femke Van den Driessche was discovered to have a motor inside the frame of her bike at the recent cyclo-cross World Championships, a revelation that sparked speculation that the problem may be more widespread.
UCI president Brian Cookson insists that the world governing body is on the ball when it comes to "technological fraud" and even considering drastic new testing procedures.
"The technology that we have now allows testing perhaps not literally on the move, but it's very flexible, it's very lightweight," said Cookson, who is at the track World Championships in London.
"It can even be attached to an iPhone, certainly an iPad. We will be testing before, after and, if necessary, during (races) from time to time.
"We have an open mind at looking at the opportunities for that. We will maybe have a commissaire on a motorbike who will stop with a rider who is changing a bike.
Boxing idol Muhammad Ali's gloves from the "most important sporting event in history" and pieces of his childhood home are among the artefacts at an exhibition in London honouring "the greatest".
The vast show opening on Friday at London's 02 Arena traces the story of the boxer from his childhood, through his glittering and brutal career to his elevation as a cultural and political icon.
The 100 items at the "I Am The Greatest" show include one of his robes, embroidered with his famous "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" mantra and a dazzling rhinestone and jewelled boxing gown given to him by rock'n'roll legend Elvis Presley in 1973.
Visitors will also be able to see the wooden doorframe from his childhood home in Louisville, Kentucky, and white boots used during his fight with Jimmy Young with soles worn from repeated "Ali shuffles".
On show in the city where they became infamous are Ali's gloves from his bout against British fighter Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in 1963, the left one carrying a large rip.
Real Madrid star James Rodriguez has been fined 10,400 euros ($11,343) for fleeing from police after being caught speeding at 200 kilometres per hour, a government delegate confirmed on Tuesday.
The Colombian was followed by police to Madrid's Valdebebas training ground in the north of the city on January 1 after being caught speeding by an unmarked police car.
"He has been sanctioned for not obeying the agents that tried to detain him on various occasions," Concepecion Dancausa said in a press conference.
On top of the fine, the 24-year-old faces a separate judicial process for speeding.