Firefighters respond to sixty calls as Storm Boléo batters capital
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Emergency services in Brussels responded to about sixty call-outs as Storm Boléo became the second system to hit the country in forty-eight hours. A weather alert remains in place for Luxembourg as the storm continues to impact the region.
The country transitioned to winter time overnight, granting an extra hour of sleep as the clocks turned back. Princess Elisabeth, the heir to the throne, marks her 25th birthday today in what has been described as a period of calm for the monarchy, if not the weather.
In the private sector, the chief of VDK Bank—the country's only female bank CEO—suggested that French-speakers currently show a greater interest in ethical banking than their Flemish counterparts.