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Nardwuar track list

• Ngozi Family - 40,000 volts
• Young Buck - Get Buck
• Uncle Luke - I Wana Rock
• Astrud Gilberto - The Shadow of Your Smile
• Gary Davis - Gotta Get Your Love
• One Way - Wild Night
• Kevin McCord - When The Night Comes

This Saturday, people living in Belgium will be able to see a partial solar eclipse. The last solar eclipse visible in the country was in October 2022. Next year, people will be able to catch an almost complete eclipse.

If the weather cooperates, people in Belgium will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on Saturday 29 March. The moon will pass in front of the sun as seen from Earth. At 11:14 Belgian time, the first small bite will be taken out of the sun's surface, at the top.

"In Belgium, we will have to make do with a lesser eclipse: from just under 38% [of the diameter] in the far west of our country to 31% in the southeast," public observatory MIRA said. The spectacle will last one hour 48 minutes, ending at 13:04.

The Flemish Public Observatory Urania described the spectacle as a "giant Pac-Man in the sky".

No full eclipse

The moon is not exactly in line with the sun. This means that the solar eclipse will not be total anywhere in the world. Around a quarter of the surface will be covered.

"When a partial solar eclipse occurs somewhere in the world, it is often seen as a total solar eclipse somewhere else. Last year, on 8 April, a very beautiful total solar eclipse could be seen over large parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada. In many places, it lasted just four minutes," said Berend van Straaten, Meteorologist at Meteovista.

The timeline of the eclipse. Credit: Urania

This will not be the case on Saturday. However, in areas to the northwest of Belgium, the sun will be more obscured. "But not many people will experience this. The areas where the sun will be more than 50% obscured are hardly inhabited."

This includes Greenland, where the moon will cover approximately 80% of the sun's surface. For some people viewing in the province of Quebec in Canada, 93% of the sun's surface will be covered by the moon.

How to watch the eclipse

Even during the eclipse, people should never look directly at the sun without protection, as this can cause permanent eye damage.

However, there are plenty of ways to safely watch the spectacle. The best and most common way is to wear eclipse glasses, which block the most harmful UV and infrared radiation.

Don't have a pair lying around? Then project the sunlight onto a flat surface. Use a colander or punch several holes in a sheet of A4 paper and let the sunlight shine through the holes. In the projection on the surface, viewers will see a bite has been taken out of the sun. However, to see the eclipse, the weather on Saturday must be clear and cloudless.

"This partial solar eclipse is nothing compared to the eclipse planned for 12 August 2026," said van Straaten. On this occasion, the sun will be up to 90% covered in Belgium. In parts of northern Spain and Iceland, the sun will even be completely eclipsed for a short time.

The chess tournament Your Next Move will return to Antwerp on 21 October after more than a decade, allowing young and professional Flemish players to challenge former world champion Garry Kasparov.

Following preliminary rounds, 20 participants will have the opportunity to play against the grandmaster simultaneously.

The tournament was previously held from 2007 to 2011, initiated by Inge Geerdens, founder and CEO of the software company CVWarehouse. Geerdens now hopes Your Next Move will become a recurring event.

brusselstimes.com

For eight decades, Henri Mignon has viewed Americans as heroes. They twice liberated his tiny Belgian hometown, Houffalize, from German occupation — the second time, he said, when he was 8 years old, mere hours after shrapnel from shelling had killed his father.

The image of U.S. troops handing out gum to local children is a memory he has carried with him ever since. And he has dedicated more than 30 years to retelling the story of the war as a guide to tourists who flock to this corner of the Belgium-Luxembourg border, eager to learn about the last major German offensive on the Western Front.

But this month Mr. Mignon, 88, said he felt uncomfortable as he anticipated his Saturday morning Battle of the Bulge tour in Bastogne, just south of Houffalize.

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The Flemish public transport company De Lijn, the Brussels public transport company MIVB and the Belgian rail company NMBS jointly quit the social media platform X (the former Twitter) on Wednesday. The three public transport companies announced that they were leaving X in messages posted on the platform on Wednesday morning.

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In response to the "alarming political interference" of the Trump administration in academic research in the United States, the Brussels VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) wants to bring American researchers to the Belgian capital.

The university is opening 12 postdoctoral positions for international researchers, with a specific focus on American scholars working in socially significant fields. These prestigious fellowships come with substantial funding (€2.5 million) as part of the European Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) programme.

Additionally, as part of the Brains for Brussels initiative, VUB aims to actively attract American professors looking to relocate. In collaboration with its Francophone sister university ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), VUB is also providing 18 apartments for international researchers seeking temporary residence at the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies.

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Since the introduction of the NIS2 legislation last October, 2410 organizations from critical sectors have registered with the Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). The largest ever cyber security operation in the country is currently underway. During this period, reports of cyber incidents increased by 80%.

Cybercrime is set to explode in the coming years. The new European Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) aims to improve the cybersecurity and resilience of essential and key services in well-defined sectors in the EU.

Belgium was the first European member state to fully implement the new NIS2 directive. Belgian organizations covered by the NIS2 legislation have until tomorrow to register on the website atwork.safeonweb.be on a mandatory basis and are currently taking the necessary security measures such as protection against cyber attacks and data breaches.

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https://pippinbarr.com/it-is-as-if-you-were-on-your-phone/info/

Want to be on your smartphone and do nothing at the same time? Not in the hyperbolic sense, actually nothing. You could call it meditating or avoiding social contact, however you look at it, this site got a great laugh out of me when I realised its purpose, or perhaps lack thereof.

https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

From the most useless link to the most useful: this is Kiwix, a platform to behold. Distributing knowledge everywhere, Kiwix brings the power of the internet to the offline world. Having support for all platforms, even a Raspberry Pi can be used to create a local copy of Wikipedia, Stack-Overflow, iFixit or any other treasure trove of digital knowledge.

https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

As a versatile tool for distributing a formatted document, PDF's are a great solution. They also come with a lot of frustrations, some security related, some editing related. Stirling PDF is a self-hostable PDF manipulation tool. Providing a way to edit, add, merge, secure, watermark, OCR and much more. Depending on your workload, it could just be a must-have.

https://thenostalgiamachine.com/

Travel back in time to any nostalgic era with ease using this link. Provide them with a year and it'll spit out a list of clickable songs with their accompanying era accurate videoclips.

Dutch food delivery service Takeaway.com will soon offer home delivery on medicines to Belgian consumers.

In cooperation with pharmaceutical retailer Phoenix group, Takeaway.com will deliver products from BENU (formerly Lloyds Pharmacy) to the doors of Belgian clients. Customers will be able to order painkillers, skin care products, feminine hygiene products and other essential goods from within the app.

brusselstimes.com

Radiance', the first Franco-Belgian event dedicated to 100% female esports, will be held on 15 March at La Tricoterie in Brussels, organisers announced on Thursday. The event is being organised to mark International Women's Day (8 March).

In the world of esports, women are underrepresented and face numerous obstacles in their professional pursuits, according to the French Embassy in Belgium and Belgian non-profit Gaming Factory, both of which are behind the initiative.

A 2020 study by the Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels Libres found that 47% of video game players are women, yet only 6% of them are represented on the esports scene. The organisers believe that a structured, responsible and inclusive esports environment must include women.

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Belgian police have raided several locations in the country as part of an investigation into corruption within the European Parliament.

Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was "under the guise of commercial lobbying", and that several people had been detained for questioning.

According to officials, an address in Portugal was also searched by local police in relation to the case.

Belgian newspaper Le Soir said the investigation was linked to Chinese tech giant Huawei and its activities in Brussels since 2021. The BBC has approached Huawei for comment.

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Every person registered in Belgium will be able to request a digital copy of their physical identity card for their smartphone from November next year. The digital version, which will not be mandatory, will be as valid as the physical card.

From the age of 15, all people in Belgium are required to carry their identity card with them at all times. Failure to show an identity card is punishable by a fine of €26 to €500. However, people who grew up outside Belgium may not instinctively remember to carry theirs on them.

The digital identity card offers a solution to this problem. From November 2026, anyone who wants a digital ID will be able to apply for one free of charge, Interior Minister Bernard Quintin (MR) confirmed on VRT Radio 1. "We have so many things on our phones, including our payment cards. So it's also time for a digital identity card."

The digital document will have the same validity as the physical card, and can be used for identification and authentication. People will also be able to use it to identify themselves within the Schengen zone.

Importantly, the digital card will not replace the current physical card – both systems will co-exist for the time being – and having this version will not be mandatory, meaning people who solely want a physical copy can continue to use this system.

Security threat?

The Interior Ministry has not yet presented a prototype of the new system, so it is currently unclear what form it will take.

The Ministry is still working on the technical side, but this is not easy, Quintin said. As the digital ID offers so many possibilities, this also makes it a target for cybercriminals. "We are living in an era of cybercrime, so security is highly important."

Quintin added that the new system will also be subject to strict security guarantees and will also have to be certified by the European Union.

Cybersecurity expert Inti De Ceukelaire stressed that, in some cases, digitisation even offers security benefits. "Owners of this document may be able to act more quickly if their physical card is stolen or lost."

brusselstimes.com