The ideal place to escape the heat? The Hague, says The New York Times
In a feature in The New York Times, the renowned American newspaper, The Hague is recommended as the ideal spot for a “coolcation”: a place to escape the heat of Southern Europe.
French people are vandalizing speed cameras on a massive scale
Frankrijk telt ruim 4.700 flitspalen, maar ongeveer één op de vijf is buiten gebruik omdat de camera’s regelmatig worden vernield met verf, hamers of vuur. De afgelopen tien jaar zijn er meer dan 49.000 incidenten geregistreerd.
Meuse River polluted by leak from abandoned factory in Belgian Province of Liège
A major pollution incident was detected in the Meuse River on Tuesday near Wanze, a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.
Men rob tourists and set camper on fire
The Belgian federal police are searching for two men who, on Friday in Samrée, a suburb of La Roche-en-Ardenne in Belgium, robbed a couple of tourists and then set their camper on fire. The owner suffered severe burns while trying to rescue his dogs from the vehicle.
Teenagers struck by lightning: 14-year-old suffers cardiac arrest
On Monday, two teenagers were struck by lightning in the French Pyrenees during a mountain hike near Cauterets, in the Hautes-Pyrénées. A 14-year-old boy suffered cardiac arrest. He and a 21-year-old man were transported to the hospital in Tarbes by helicopter.
'Ukrainian robots seem to be winning the war against Russian manpower'
Ukraine is talking less and less about mere survival and more and more about winning. This shift in tone is linked to a war that is increasingly being decided by drones, robots, and rapid technological adaptation, which have partially eroded Russia’s advantages on the battlefield.
Man (22) in critical condition after failed stunt on Antwerp statue
A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after falling from the Brabo Fountain on Antwerp’s Grote Markt during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Footage circulating online shows him losing his balance while climbing and plummeting from a height of about ten meters.
Waiting for a "unified European response" to Ceuta
The European Commission wants a joint European response to the crisis in Ceuta, following the massive and chaotic influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Danube at extremely low levels: Hungary was forced to almost shut down its only nuclear power plant
Due to the extremely low water level in the Danube, Hungary was forced to almost entirely shut down its only nuclear power plant, Paks (which has four reactors and accounts for 40% of Hungary’s electricity production), during the night from Monday to Tuesday.
Botox to save baby's life in Belgium
A London mother underwent groundbreaking surgery in the United States to help her unborn son, Theo, even before he was born. Doctors corrected a serious birth defect in utero in which the intestines grow outside the body, a condition known as gastroschisis.