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Belgian beer blockade lifted

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

A blockade that threatened to strangle supplies of top Belgian beers to home and neighbouring European markets ended on Friday, after management and unions said a compromise was reached. Two weeks after workers first barricaded Stella Artois, Jupiler and Hoegaarden breweries, in ...

Outrage as GM axes Belgian auto plant

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

General Motors Europe announced on Thursday it is to close an entire car production plant in Belgium, making 2,600 workers redundant and ramping up an already tense climate of industrial unrest. "Our intention today is to stop production in a matter of ...

GM to close Belgian Opel plant, axe 2,600 jobs

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

General Motors Europe announced on Thursday it is to close an entire car production plant in Belgium, making 2,600 workers redundant and ramping up an already tense climate of social unrest. "Our intention today is to stop production in a matter of ...

AB InBev, unions agree to freeze layoffs

AP News 19 days ago

AB InBev, unions agree to freeze layoffs, lift beer blockade The world's biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, said Thursday it has agreed to freeze planned job cuts in Belgium to get workers to drop a two-week brewery blockade causing beer shortages at ...

Wolves sign Belgian Mujangi

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed Belgium midfielder Geoffrey Mujangi Bia on loan until the end of the season, the Premier League club announced Thursday. The 20-year-old arrives at Molineux from Belgian club RSC Charleroi, with an option for Wolves to make the deal ...

GM axes Belgian auto plant

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

General Motors Europe announced on Thursday it is to close an entire car production plant in Belgium, making 2,600 workers redundant and ramping up an already tense climate of social unrest. "Our intention today is to stop production in a matter of ...

AB InBev starts temporary layoffs amid beer protest

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev began temporarily laying off staff Wednesday as a worker blockade brought production to a standstill, hitting supplies of some of Belgium's most popular beers. "Due to the current blockades we are unable to provide work for our employees ...

Federer and Serena named top seeds for Australian Open

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 27 days ago

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Serena Williams have been awarded the top seedings for the Australian Open, starting on Monday. The seedings were determined by the current world rankings, with one exception, ahead of Friday's official draw at Melbourne Park. The ...

Brewing giant InBev to axe 800 jobs in Europe

AFP Global Edition 32 days ago

The world's biggest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is planning to cut 10 percent of its 8,000-strong workforce across Europe, a spokeswoman for the company in Belgium said on Friday. "Because of a generally declining trend in beer consumption across Europe, it is planned, ...

Brewing giant InBev to axe 8,000 jobs in Europe

AFP Global Edition 32 days ago

The world's biggest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is planning to cut 10 percent of its 8,000-strong workforce across Europe, a spokeswoman for the company in Belgium said on Friday. "Because of a generally declining trend in beer consumption across Europe, it is planned, ...

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