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Almost 15,000 long-term sick individuals live abroad, and their number is growing faster than that of long-term sick individuals in Belgium, with most Belgian beneficiaries residing abroad, showing a significant increase of nearly 60% in five years. #MaladieDeLongueDurée #RésidenceÀLEtranger #AllocationsBelgique (translated)

After a judgment of fraud and growing anger from supporters, Manchester City is considered a pariah in English football, especially after an unprecedented reception at Anfield during their match with Liverpool, where fans expressed their resistance with banners and chants against the club accused of financial misconduct. #ManchesterCity #Liverpool #financieelschandaal (translated)

In response to the growing economic pressure from China, France and Germany propose that the EU gain additional powers to quickly respond to trade retaliations, while simultaneously emphasizing that sustainable solutions are necessary to make European industry more competitive. #Europa #China #handel (translated)

Celine Cairo (Amsterdam, 1990) is een Nederlands singer-songwriter. Cairo werd in 1990 geboren in Amsterdam. Ze groeide op in een muzikaal gezin. Haar vader was drummer en van jongs af aan ging ze regelmatig naar zijn optredens. Op 11-jarige leeftijd begon ze zangles te nemen. Als tiener begon ze liedjes te schrijven en na de middelbare school reisde ze door Frankrijk waar ze inspiratie opdeed en meer muziek schreef. Ze studeerde zang aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. https://hvdommelen.nl/c/CairoC.html

Mick van Wely wrote that his Dutch grandfather worked as an optician for the resistance in Leiden and took photos for forged documents. According to him, his father grew up with a strong aversion to Germans. When, as a five-year-old, he received an apple from a German soldier, he thanked him with a curse word for Germans, Van Wely said. His Hungarian mother, he said, grew up under communism, which he described as just as bad as fascism. Van Wely wrote that he had been raised at home with love for and respect for freedom. This, he said, explained why he sometimes reacted angrily when he saw that the carefully built Western lead and achievements, which had long been taken for granted, were coming under heavy pressure and were slowly being rolled back. #vrijheid #geschiedenis #verzet (translated)

Dutch triathletes excel on the world stage, as demonstrated by the strong performances of Youri Keulen and Menno Koolhaas at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, and the growing triathlon community in the Netherlands plays a crucial role by making the sport increasingly popular. #Triathlon #WKIronman #Nederland (translated)

The decline in fertility in Belgium, where in 2025 the average number of children per woman was 1.4, indicates a growing unrealizability of parenthood due to economic and social factors, despite the increased acceptance of childlessness. #Fécondité #Parenté #PolitiquePublique (translated)

The cabinet wants to save billions on the civil service by abolishing rules and digitizing tasks, but is faced with a growing number of civil servants needed outside The Hague due to staff shortages and political mistakes that need to be rectified. #ambtenaren #bezuinigingen #politiek (translated)

NBA star Victor Wembanyama expresses his concerns about the growing influence of online gambling companies in sports and refuses to work with such sponsors because he wants to promote things that have a positive impact. #VictorWembanyama #Sportsponsoring #Onlinegokken (translated)

In his opinion, Frank Kalshoven states that the VVD, once an advocate of sound economic policy, now constitutes an obstacle to the Dutch economy by focusing on protecting established interests instead of those who can promote economic growth. #VVD #NederlandseEconomie #EconomischBeleid (translated)

Maarten van den Berg wrote that the economic position of the EU would change significantly in the near future. According to him, Germany, France, and Italy accounted for 13.8% of the world economy based on purchasing power parity in 1992, compared to 6.9% now. He stated that the share of the G7 would decrease from 47% to 26% by 2031 according to the IMF, and that the BRICS countries had already surpassed the G7 around 2020. Van den Berg wrote that the growth of the BRICS countries mainly came from India. He noted that China remained around 20%, with Russia, Brazil, and South Africa not far behind; he pointed out that these countries did not participate in Paris2030 and the Green Deal. He argued that economic weight was not automatic and had to be earned through growth. #Economie #EU #WereldwijdeGroei (translated)