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EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
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Making good use of kids’ love for gaming and of the final days of the summer vacation
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
The transportable solar-powered module was provided by the regional government
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
The city doesn’t allow water sports activities to take place on its waterways, and it generally frowns upon silly behaviour like that
City authorities say that the park would be complete by mid-December
The city doesn’t allow water sports activities to take place on its waterways, and it generally frowns upon silly behaviour like that
The town of Wichelen was given to the Byzantine princess Theophanu marking the first time it was mentioned in a historic document
Right before the start of the school year, kids in Sofia, Plovdiv and Ruse will be able to clear out their drawers and have a fresh start
Making good use of kids’ love for gaming and of the final days of the summer vacation
Authorities in the city of Bonn have issued a warning to citizens to avoid the unpaved areas in the drying riverbed
The pets living with disadvantaged residents in the Portuguese capital have not been forgotten
Dirk De fauw is Mayor of Brugge since 1st January 2019. He was born on December 7, 1957. He grew up in the Doornstraat in Sint-Andries in a family of seven. In 1981 he graduated from the Law Faculty of the KULeuven with distinction. He completed his internship at the desk at Meester Ducheyne and then gained years of practical experience in Meester Petitat's office. He is currently a partner in the law firm De fauw - Buelens - De fauw, located at Koude-Keukenstraat 13 in Sint-Andries.
He received the political aspiration from his father, who was also a municipal councillor, provincial councillor and deputy. He was first elected to the Bruges city council in 1982 and then from 1995 to 2000. In 1985 De fauw was also elected to the provincial council, where he was a member of the Executive from 2000 to the end of 2012. From 2013 until the end of 2018, he was the OCMW chairman.
On April 3, 1982, he married Ann Staelens, teacher at the Vives Hogeschool in Bruges. Together they have three children and three grandchildren.
