Blue temples, black robes and a secret language: Freemasons talk about confession in ‘Dare to ask’

But first this: what is Freemasonry? Freemasonry is an international movement that originated in the 18th century. The brotherhood and sisterhood is active in more than 60 countries and has many members in France and Belgium. According to the latest official figures, our country has 25,498 Freemasons, divided over 401 groups (‘lodges’ or ‘workshops’ in … Read more

Putin re-elected as Russian president with a monster score: “Russia will become stronger and more efficient”

New messages cannot be retrieved, please try again later. Live blog ma 18 Mar 09:53 We close this live blog. If there are any new developments in Russia, you can of course find them on our website. Thanks for reading along. ma 18 Mar 07:01 Russia correspondent Geert Groot Koerkamp: “Polling stations were surrounded by … Read more

Political scientist Dave Sinardet about the riot surrounding Tom Meeuws: “People will see patterns and that puts Vooruit in a difficult position”

It seems that N-VA has the kingdom to itself. “Open VLD has been meaningless since the dismissal of Alderman Marinower. And now Vooruit’s file grabber is also disappearing. Although at the end of the board period there are no more important files on the table.” “It may sound good to be the dominant factor, but … Read more

Conner Rousseau will not be party leader for Vooruit in the elections, the party leaves a list pusher position open for him

“The party floats between what the militants and the voters want,” adds political journalist Bart Verhulst. “If you ask militants the question, the answer is clearly yes. He must return and play a role in the Flemish elections, they think. If they ask whether he will return, he will be laundered by the members.” However, … Read more