Belgium

Belgium sank 23 concrete blocks weighing 22,000 tons each in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island in a €7B project

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Belgium sank 23 concrete blocks weighing 22,000 tons each in the North Sea to build the world's first artificial energy island in a €7B project

Forty-five kilometres off the Belgian coast, in the middle of the North Sea, humans are creating something that did not naturally exist in the water. It is the world’s first artificial energy island the size of eight football fields, being built with 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing approximately 22,000 tons. While one might assume … Read more

Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: ‘Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise’

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Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: 'Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise'

Pic courtesy: Local Police Dendermonde Construction workers in Belgium unearthed gold worth an estimated $10.4 million while excavating trenches for a sewage system at a former brewery site earlier this month.Workers contacted the authorities immediately after unearthing the treasure, the police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said. The police confirmed that the workers … Read more

3,000 hectares up in flames: Belgium battles its biggest wildfire on record

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3,000 hectares up in flames: Belgium battles its biggest wildfire on record

Firefighters from across Belgium, as well as teams from Germany and Luxembourg, have been working alongside the Belgian army and local farmers to prevent the blaze from spreading further. Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record continued to spread towards the German border on Sunday, as firefighters backed by Dutch helicopters, the army and teams from neighbouring … Read more