Belgium

Follow-up from https://slrpnk.net/post/14315134

So this is a concept that was running on reddit for a long time, I've even taken part in some other fediverse instances.

Feel free to share what you are doing, going trough or thinking about.

I have been busy this past week trying to de-USA as much as I can, moving things to EU-based services, buying only EU made products.

Gotten tickets for pukkelpop 2025 which is going to be my first festival since Covid hit us.

Hope we can get this community a bit more active in talk, I mainly see reposted articles from newssite.

Unite my fellow belgians!

De crisis in de landbouw is het gevolg van een businessmodel waarin enkele multinationals boeren én natuur in een wurggreep houden, schrijven verschillende wetenschappers in een gezamenlijk opiniestuk. Ze roepen op tot een transparanter beleid dat níét gericht is op winst en speculatie.

Belgian homeware retailer CASA has filed for bankruptcy, putting 544 jobs at risk and leading to the closure of 63 stores, its headquarters, and its distribution centre in Olen.

The company, struggling with financial difficulties for years, cited mounting debt and an unfavourable retail market as key reasons for its collapse. Efforts to restructure and secure new investors failed to produce a viable solution.

CASA, which operates in eight European countries with over 2,200 employees, had been under judicial protection since October 2024. However, negotiations with creditors and potential buyers did not lead to a rescue plan. The protection period was set to end on 12 March.

Despite discussions with 12 potential investors, no agreement was reached for a takeover or financial injection. CASA had previously attempted to stabilise its business by closing loss-making stores and reorganising its headquarters, but continued market pressures made recovery impossible.

Closed stores

The case has now been submitted to the commercial court in Turnhout, which will determine the future of the company’s assets and employees. For now, all Belgian stores remain closed.

The fate of CASA’s international stores remains uncertain, as outcomes will depend on local laws and financial conditions in each country.

The cultural events in the article are:

• Bright Festival, Brussels, 13-15 February

• Opening night at M HKA celebrates their spring season stars on 13 February followed by The End is a New Beginning, the work of Hugo Roelandt on 14 February

• The renowned Polish Unsound Festival makes its Belgian debut at Bozar from 14-15 February

• ON/OFF: A new hands-on tech adventure at Technopolis

In its second year, the annual gathering is the only international art fair devoted entirely to the medium. The 2025 edition will feature works by more than 200 artists around the globe, with a particular focus on contemporary Norwegian makers.

The show runs from January 23 to 26.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/28945692

Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241229092244/https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/g-s1-40289/belgium-will-ban-sales-of-disposable-e-cigarettes

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Fg-s1-40289%2Fbelgium-will-ban-sales-of-disposable-e-cigarettes

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49680051

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1506608

Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgian colonies because they were mixed-race.

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69108/reliquary-unknown/

A German friend of mine who has never been to Belgium is coming over soon. Which sites do you consider must-see regardless of a person's interest in music/history/culture/...

Name a few sites you would love to share!

Thanks

Come help me if you can ! https://canvas.fediverse.events/#x=461&y=441&zoom=10&tu=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.catbox.moe%2F858atk.png&tw=60&tx=440&ty=412&ts=ONE_TO_ONE

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/18470641

Simple Xposed module to support the Belfius app on Rooted devices!

Source
https://github.com/Rikj000/Belfius-Root#belfius-root

License GPLv3

Motivation
Belfius bank was pretty cool about having a rooted device in the past,
they just threw a dismissible warning about security risks of using a rooted device,
and then allowed you to keep using their app.

However on 2024-07-01 this changed.
Nowadays they assume that you're an idiot that will not be able to keep your own device safe if you have root.

I do not agree with that assumption, and likely neither do you.
Only power users that have a good idea of what they're doing tend to root their own devices.

After only a hand full of transactions, done through the tedious browser process,
I grew agitated enough to do the research to write this module.

Hope you'll enjoy this module and the ability to stay rooted!