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THE RECAP Your daily catch up - great with a morning coffee. Sign up  here. 1. All flights from Charleroi Airport cancelled on Tuesday All flights departing from Charleroi Airport will be cancelled tomorrow, Tuesday, due to security staff strike action.  Read More .   2. ‘Cordon sanitaire’ broken in Ranst but its architect does not fear chain reaction CD&V and Open VLD expelled its members for going into coalition with the far-right. This is a "hopeful signal," says the architect of the cordon sanitaire.  Read More . 3. Driving under influence: What are the limits and fines in Belgium? Drink driving is one of the main causes of road fatalities. But whilst some countries take a zero-tolerance approach, the rules in Belgium are still evolving.  Read More .   4. Growing number of international students at VUB in Brussels The international Brussels context and the large number of English-language Bachelor's programmes offered by the university has seen non-Belgian enrolments rise.  Read More . 5. At least 32,000 march in Brussels for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon The large turnout prompted police to divert the planned route.  Read More . 6. Year of record-breaking traffic jams, mostly caused by roadworks People driving in Belgium lost an average of six minutes and 32 seconds every day in traffic in the first half of 2024 – amounting to around 40 hours over the year.  Read More . 7. Five imams in Belgium risk eviction for being ‘paid by Turkey’ The decision is the result of a tightening of regulations to counter foreign interference.  Read More . 8. New information platform for Belgian Resistance during Second World War Eighty years after the liberation of Belgium, a pilot project by CegeSoma/State Archives has consolidated all information on Belgian resistance onto one platform.  Read More . HIDDEN SECRET OF THE DAY 9. Hidden Belgium: A secret hiding place in the European Quarter During the Second World War, he used his home to shelter Jews, explaining to the German soldiers that he was running an art school.  Read More .