Thursdays are veggie days, Belgian town tells citizensGHENT - Two thousand years after the earliest Christians gave up eating meat on Friday as a penance, the Belgian town of Ghent went one better by urging its citizens to turn completely vegetarian on Thursdays. Fortis shareholders vote in favor of selling Belgium’s largest bank to BNP ParibasGHENT, Belgium — Fortis Holding shareholders have voted in favor of selling Belgium’s largest bank to France’s BNP Paribas. ArcelorMittal shuts down blast furnace at Belgian plantBRUSSELS - Steel giant ArcelorMittal is shutting down one of two furnaces in its Ghent plant in western Belgium, EuAsiaNews reported quoting local media. |