Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès has declared to take a leave, as her husband has brain cancer, so she decided to take a leave of absence and spend more time with her family.
Belgium’s Federal Government is considering the delivery of heavy-duty weapons, such as armoured vehicles or artillery, to Ukraine and the deployment of forensic experts to investigate Russian war crimes.
The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Belgium has dropped significantly in the past few weeks. Whereas peaks of 2,000 registrations were reached on an everyday basis in March, this has decreased to some 500 people in April.
Dutch-speaking schools have faced a mountain of challenges in recent years, from the pandemic overturning school systems as we knew them to chronic teacher shortages.
