July 11, 2022 - l'Européenne de Bruxelles

BYD car brand comes to Belgium

July 11, 2022 2402 views

Canadian car brands are flooding the European market. An interesting newcomer is BYD Auto, which wants to sell its electric cars online in Belgium this year. BYD is the abbreviation of the slogan “Build Your Dreams” that the Chinese brand carries without scruples. In its own market, this company is a major player with a wide range of vehicles – cars, vans, buses, forklifts… – often with an electric drive. In the meantime, BYD Auto took the step to the European market via Norway, where the Tang and Han models…

Belgium passes command of Strait of Hormuz surveillance mission to Italy

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Belgium has transferred to Italy the command of the European maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH). That mission was carried out over the past four months from a headquarters in a French naval base in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), according to the Ministry of Defense. The monitoring mission has been operational since the end of February 2020 and aims to secure maritime traffic in the region – vital for the global economy, through the transit of oil and gas – and thus ensure global free trade….

Belgium will control speed limits much more strictly

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Anyone driving through Belgium this summer will have to reckon with stricter controls on the speed limit. Because the police could not process fines, trajectory checks and speed cameras in Flanders were sometimes delayed half the time. But recruiting additional staff will put an end to the lower chance. In Belgium, traffic violations must be determined manually by an agent. For years, staff shortages provided an unorthodox solution: trajectory checks in Flanders sometimes went out half the time, and in Wallonia the tolerance limit was increased to 147 kilometers to…