Articles by lux-editor

24th June 2020

Who paid for wanted cat Lee’s airplane tickets?

Lee, Belgium’s most famous cat, is back in Peru to be quarantined for possibly having rabies, after which he will be flown back to his owner in Antwerp. Lee’s owner has revealed who paid for the cat’s flights to and from [...]

22nd June 2020

BMW is cutting thousands of jobs

The German automaker BMW will cut 6,000 jobs in total, but wants to avoid forced layoffs as much as possible. The company has concluded a deal with the works council about this. It is the largest workforce change at BMW since [...]

22nd June 2020

Listeria bacteria in processed meats Offerman killed six, two women miscarried

At least six people died last year from the effects of the listeria bacteria that was in the meat products of meat products maker Offerman. Two women have also had a miscarriage. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) reports this in its annual review for [...]

22nd June 2020

Refuse a jury? This is unlikely to restore confidence in the justice system.

Courtrooms are cramped. Physical distancing needs space. How is the lockdown-exacerbated backlog of jury trials to be reduced as, moving on from the Cummings, Primark and Cherry on the Cake phases of its failsafe national plan, the Westminster government finds it is also safe to relaunch [...]

18th June 2020

The post-pandemic society: What is likely to change for good and what is unlikely to change?

1968 was a momentous year. It was a year of political, sexual and technological revolution that is still remembered for the Prague Spring, student protests in Paris, the escalating Vietnam War and preparations for astronauts to venture to the far side of the [...]

18th June 2020

TUI to offer flight-only customers the possibility of a refund rather than a voucher

Customers that booked a flight with the travel company TUI, but have seen their flight cancelled due to the corona crisis will now be given the option of receiving a refund. Previously TUI customers only had the option of being given a voucher they could be used to pay for another flight departing within the next [...]

18th June 2020

Immunity passports needed more than ever as European confinement ends

French President Emmanuel Macron on June 14 ended confinement and invited citizens to rediscover their country and return to their daily [...]

18th June 2020

How economics explains Belgium’s rifts

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18th June 2020

Belgium wants strong role of hydrogen in EU climate policy

Belgium and six other European countries want to launch a European strategy to strengthen the role of hydrogen in the fight against global warming, they said in a joint [...]

18th June 2020

The biggest fall in imports and exports

According to figures released by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) the corona crisis has had a big impact on Belgian exports and imports. During April our country’s exports were down 24% compared with April 2019. Meanwhile, during April we imported 28.6% fewer goods from abroad than was the case a year ago. The [...]

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