Belgium claims 72 million euros in avoided taxes from Randstad
The Belgian Special Tax Inspectorate (BBI) is targeting the Belgian companies of the Dutch employment agency Randstad. According to the...
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Aug 26, 2023
Thirty-eight Belgian companies at world's biggest game fair, Flemish PM set to visit
Gamescom, the world's largest games fair, opened its doors in Cologne on Wednesday. Thirty-eight Belgian companies are present at the...
Aug 22, 2023
South Italy will become richer than Germany and France - Meloni party
The Tweet professing the "historical fact" was deleted shortly after being posted online. Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's...
Aug 22, 2023
AI more likely to help workers than take their jobs: UN
A new report by the UN's International Labor Organization found that AI can help with certain duties rather than take over entire jobs....
Aug 22, 2023
2.81 per cent net interest rate on one-year bond issued by Belgium
The net interest rate on the one-year government bond that Belgium will issue in September will be 2. 81 per cent, Finance minister...
Aug 20, 2023
Building land prices continue to rise in Flanders
The price of building land in Flanders continues to rise, reaching a median of 429 euros per square metre. This is an increase of 13 per...
Aug 18, 2023
EU gas storage capacities already 90% full
The European Union's underground gas storage facilities are already 90% full, "well ahead of schedule", which ordinarily calls for them...
Aug 18, 2023
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko's Prague concert axed and labelled "insensitive" amid ongoing war
In a statement, Nachtigall Artists Management said, “We agreed that we would give in to political pressure and that Anna would not demand...
Aug 17, 2023
China’s Ponzi Scheme Economy
When COVID-19 struck, China’s exports plummeted by 17.2% (January-February 2020 figures). In July 2023, they fell off a cliff, down by...
Aug 15, 2023
China stops publishing youth unemployment data amid slump
One month after posting record youth unemployment figures, China has stopped breaking the data down by age. But joblessness among young...
Aug 14, 2023
Belgian imports and exports decline further
The value of Belgian imports and exports fell sharply in June, according to a first estimate by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB)....
Aug 12, 2023
Russia is preparing for a protracted war
Putin will hide from the UN and the Council of Europe the imposition of martial law and the start of general mobilization. Putin will not...
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