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Wervick shag cigarettes to become Japanese

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:35 +0200

Tobacco giant Japan Tobacco has acquired West Flemish roll tobacco producer Gryson for a hefty 475 million euros. This is 12.3 times the expected cash flow of 38.7 euros for the year....

Bill Gates donates 3 million dollars to Flemish malaria research

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:35 +0200

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated a  3 million dollar 2.3 million euros fund to malaria researchers at the Institute for Tropical Diseases ITG in Antwerp to change...

Flanders promises more training support for SMEs

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:35 +0200

Large companies employing a staff of more than 250 receive more than half the 200 million euros earmarked for Flemish training support in enterprises, figures released to Flemish MP...

Flanders and the Netherlands remain positive about cultural collaboration

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:35 +0200

Flanders and the Netherlands will continue to cooperate on a cultural level after a long period they shared too little to set up a meaningful programme. Since 2006 the Cultural Treaty...

Last Post in Ypres candidate for World Heritage list

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:35 +0200

A case has been submitted to Unesco to recognise the daily Last Post ceremony which has been taking place daily under the Menen gate in Ypres since 1928 as an intangible cultural...

Nationalism on the rise in southeastern Europe

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:26 +0200

Populism and nationalism offer dangerously simple answers to complicated issues and win voters' support in economically trying times. Recent polls in Greece as well as across southeast...

Pubs run dry in crisis-ridden Ireland

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:15 +0200

Ireland will hold a referendum on the fiscal compact in late May. But Dublin could fail. Many Irish have lost hope. The crisis is even threatening the pubs, the traditional centers of...

Could Ukrainian hooligans hamper EURO 2012?

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:15 +0200

EU politicians plan to boycott this summer's soccer championships in Poland and Ukraine over the latter's treatment of opposition members. But how will Ukrainian hooligans react to...

Prague remembers Nazi victims with replica death camp

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:17 +0200

Czech and Slovak groups are marking the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, one of Hitler's top officers, by constructing a replica of a Nazi concentration camp...

"Flemish Charter not a step towards independence"

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:20 +0200

For the past twenty year there has been talk of a Flemish Charter or manifesto containing the basic rights of Flemish society. The eventual compromise is not be referred to as a...