Berlusconi’s leukemia diagnosis and the criminal complaint against the Delhaize administration: that’s the news of the day

1. Berlusconi has leukemia

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (86 years old) suffers from leukemia. To write in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. A source close to the head of Forza Italia confirmed the news to Reuters news agency. Party colleague and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Italian television Thursday morning that Berlusconi’s condition was “stable”.

2. The Socialist Syndicate files a criminal complaint against the Delhaize administration

The BBTK Socialist Workers Union believes Delhaize is not respecting Reno’s law, which applies to mass layoffs. He also believes that the supermarket chain does not comply with the advisory and information obligation. Nobody is above the law, not even Delhaize. “Employees are no ordinary commodity,” the union says in a press release.

3. KU Leuven is banned from reading the Austrian far-right leader

The University of Leuven refused Martin Sellner’s request to give a lecture on its premises. that reports the morning The university confirms in a press release. Sellner is a former neo-Nazi member and leader of the Identity movement in Austria. On April 19, the Austrian was invited by the NSV Students’ Association to speak in Leuven on “The Battle for Identity and Its Future”. The university also stresses that it “considers freedom of expression of paramount importance”. KU Leuven seems to allow a large number of opinions. “But KU Leuven will never accept or normalize expressions of sexism or racism, threats or denials of genocide defined by law.”

4. The quality of nursing training is a cause for concern

A report by the Education Inspectorate is particularly critical of secondary schools that train nurses. About 40 percent of nursing students choose this track. Many of them end up in hospice and domestic help. There are twenty secondary schools in Flanders that offer this training, often in several locations with different tracks. Only three of them received an entirely positive opinion. Thirteen schools partially complied, and four received an unfavorable recommendation. Striking: Three of the four schools with an unfavorable recommendation together account for more than 40 percent of HBO5’s student population.

5. Former gendarme Robert Paiger: “The detectives did their best to link me to the Nijvel gang”

Ex-gendarme Robert Bigger had been mentioned at the same time as Bende van Nijvel for years, but evidence against him was not forthcoming. In January, investigators searched his home in Thailand, and as a result he was deported. standard I spoke to him in Brussels.

6. A Corona skeptic loses the title of psychologist

Steve Van Herweg, who is highly critical of the Corona crisis on social media, has been suspended as a psychiatrist for two years. He is appealing against those decisions. “What I write is based on my right to freedom of expression,” he says. Comment by decision of the Disciplinary Board of the Committee of Psychologists. The ruling is based on various complaints received by the committee about the behavior and activity of the psychologist on social media, which allegedly incites fear and hatred, among other things.

7. Macron calls on Xi to “bring reason” to Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met Chinese leader Xi Jinping. According to the French president, Western countries can avoid the “whirlpool” of geopolitical tensions with the help of Beijing. “I know I can count on you to bring Russia to its senses and bring everyone to the negotiating table,” Macron told Xi. The Chinese president called on Ukraine and Russia to resume peace talks and find a political solution to the conflict.