Author: Jef Nuytemans

The European Council took a decision on an EU-wide animal welfare label. They made this clear in a press release. The aim of this label is to significantly increase animal welfare for food-producing animals. The decision came at Germany's insistence.

The fate of the Iranian-Swedish professor Djalali has not yet been decided.The feared execution has been postponed. There are strong suspicions that Iran is insisting on an exchange of prisoners with an Iranian diplomat who is serving a sentence in Belgium

The Great Barrier Reef is officially in critical condition. This was stated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a consultative body for UNESCO, in a report published on 10 November.

The Iranian-Swedish emergency doctor Ahmadreza Djalali, who is incarcerated in Iran, can count on a great deal of international support. Now that the execution is feared to be imminent, the international political community is also increasing the pressure.

In Bergen, the trial on the death of the two-year-old girl Mawda Shawri began on November 23. She was shot and killed two and a half years ago in a police chase. Two suspected human traffickers are on trial, as is the policeman who shot the fatal bullet.

In his new book ‘De lengte van een oceaan’ or ‘The length of an ocean’ Bjorn Soenens, the foreign correspondent in the US for VRT, a Belgian news broadcaster, gives his insights in the complex culture of the United States of America.

For 7 euros you can go and see a replica of Stan in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Tuesday night a skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, called Stan, was sold at auction for no less than 28 million euros.

The European Invest Bank, the financial institution of the European Union, is providing a loan of 47 million euros to the Swedish company Nilar International AB. The company produces batteries that can power buildings with stored renewable engergy.

Het zorgpersoneel bezweek bijna onder de druk van de coronacrisis. Maar daar stopt het verhaal niet. Ook voor de begrafenisondernemers was het een hectische periode. 'Komen te gaan - corona' laat ons zien hoe zij de crisis ervaarden.

En toen stond het leven stil. Het gaat nog even stil staan voordat we terug met z'n allen samen van culturele activiteiten gaan kunnen genieten. Daarom: 5 keer cultuur consumeren van bij je thuis. Geniet volledig gratis van namen als Oasis en Vanfleteren.

De positieve eigenschappen uit je beperking halen? Indy (20) slaagde er met glans in. Ze vertelt vrijuit over de weg die ze heeft afgelegd om tot op het punt te komen waar ze nu staat. Of over hoe we allemaal eens moeten relativeren in het leven.