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Flanders bathing water statistics show a dramatic improvement but there is still work to be done

On the whole, Flanders has taken much rap for its water quality and with reason: there are still one in four households not connected to an urban waste water treatment facility, and pollutants from the region's abundant farmlands often find themselves in the river basin.
Emma Portier Davis
(July 20, 2024)
Smears grow as Cardinal questioned
Conspiracy theorists gear up

There is one place in Belgium where Cardinal Godfried Danneels can still feel appreciated: inside the Sint-Salvator Cathedral in Bruges, where last Saturday the Cardinal, formerly the primate of the Catholic Church in Belgium, was given a standing ovation by a congregation come to witness the installation of Jozef De Kesel as the new bishop of Bruges.
Alan Hope
(July 13, 2024)