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The front page of De Standaard features a mix of international and domestic news, with a prominent story on the former Ukrainian Minister of Defense partnering with Palantir. Other top stories include climate scientists moving to Belgium, an interview with Belgian basketball player Emma Meesseman…
Six weeks after being dismissed, Ukraine's former Minister of Defense, Fedorov, is launching his own defense technology company with funding from Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir. Karp stated that Fedorov's company will help shape the world.
Belgian climatologist Valérie Trouet and three American colleagues are moving to the VUB in Brussels. The university aims to support research facing pressure in the US, highlighting the difficulty of hiring researchers in America.
Ahead of the World Championship for the Belgian Cats, basketball player Emma Meesseman expresses pride in Belgium's handling of nationality issues, while also discussing her team's chances for a medal.
The sperm donor whose donation resulted in 53 children in Belgium is married, has blue eyes, and enjoys board games. He donated sperm to a Danish fertility clinic in the 1990s, according to the clinic's CEO.
The political party Groen is calling for the VRT (Flemish public broadcaster) to immediately cancel a performance by the Ketnet Band at a family event organized by the N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) party.
A human interest story following Elke from the reality show 'Blind Getrouwd' (Blind Married) and her partner Denzel. The piece suggests that if happiness can be found in Sint-Niklaas, it can be found anywhere.
An electric fence installed around artist Jan Fabre's beach house in Croatia has drawn criticism and negative press. Fabre has been ordered by authorities to dismantle the fence immediately.
UNIZO, a Belgian business organization, anticipates the highest number of small and medium-sized enterprise bankruptcies in a decade, while Volkswagen is reportedly planning to cut an additional 50,000 jobs globally.
