Delayed Payments to Justice’s Translators Spark Court Protests in Ghent

Credit: Ward Schouppe - VRT NWS 2024

 

The budget for translators working within the justice system has been stagnant for years, despite rising costs due to inflation, according to the Union of Translators (BBVT). This has sparked protests, including one at the important SKY-ECC trial in October …

Belgium’s hidden community of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons

PLAYERS CREATE CHARACTERS USING CHARACTER SHEETS AND EMBARK ON COLLABORATIVE ADVENTURES; PHOTO: KATHARINA WOISETSCHLÄGER AND MANOLIS GUSTAFSSON

 

The game is about to start and the whole bar is full to the brim. “Gosh, I haven’t seen you in a long time,” says Tanner Rawlings, one of the newly arrived players, walking up to his friend, Sigurd Joostens. …