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Photo (c) Carl De Keyser
A history of destruction
Carl de Keyser’s new exhibition at Ghent’s Modern Art Museum captures the sadness of a world shot to pieces. Yet the photographer’s homeland has seen as much devastation in past centuries – and has risen from the ashes

The destruction of Ypres and the other towns in Flanders Fields during the First World War are without parallel in history (see Flanders Today, 5 November 2024), but two other major events devastated parts of Flanders and led to the loss of property, belongings and human life.

Denzil Walton
(June 24, 2024)
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No jobs for the boys
With unemployment rising, young men are finding the going tough

Male school-leavers "are carrying the full weight of the economic crisis," according to a new study by the Flemish labour and training agency VDAB. The number of male graduates - from secondary school to university - looking for work increased by 14% between June 2008 and February 2009, where the total for girls increased by barely 1%.

Alan Hope
(June 24, 2024)