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This month Belgium takes over the Presidency of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for a period of two years, reports Le Soir.
The country’s railway crossings are to be equipped with a new alarm signal that will replace the existing loud bell, rail infrastructure company Infrabel has announced.
The oldest Belgian, Fanny Godin, has died at the age of 112. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 7 in a rest home in Zoutleeuw.
In August, Belgium received 1,580 asylum applications, 6% more than in July (1,490), reports the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS).
Ten people lost their lives on Belgian roads last weekend.
Belgium clinched a silver medal in the team reining discipline at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, which ended yesterday.
Marianne Thyssen, who was nominated as Belgium’s European Commissioner yesterday, has met European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
Marianne Thyssen, 58, has been named as Belgium’s candidate for European Commissioner. The decision was part of the negotiations to form a new federal government.
The federal government’s plans for selectively turning off the electricity supply to certain areas this winter – the so-called brownout – have been announced by interior minister Melchior Wathelet
