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I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks The Egyptian strawberry season started more than a month ago And there's still a lot of demand for the product "The season began a little later than usual," says Alain Tulpin of the Tulpin Group in Belgium many of these plants died and had to be replanted there's currently enough supply to meet demand The strawberries' quality is also relatively good." “The season will run until the end of January/beginning of February Then Spanish strawberries come back onto the market The Moroccan strawberry season has already started too but in small volumes This year's biggest problem for Egyptian exporters is that few foreign planes want to fly to Egypt It's using passenger planes as cargo planes to transport all the products." The Tulpin Group's transport lines remain open "We still do some direct flights to England That's because no-one knew how Brexit was going to go But we were careful in the first few days after Brexit There was a kilometer-long hold-up between Belgium and France But in December there was an average of 10.000 It's estimated that between 60.000 and 70 000 additional trucks went to the UK That means stocks there are higher than normal too They probably won't have to worry about running out of frozen vegetables for a few months." Brexit could still cause a big headache for the Netherlands "The Netherlands has always imported and redistributed a lot of goods The United Kingdom has also made trade agreements with Morocco all the processes will begin to run more smoothly What's vital is that people must be optimistic about the future," concludes Alain For more information:Alain TulpinTulpin GroupBus 6, 2A Kapelle Street8460, Oudenburg, BelgiumTel: +32 (0) 598 06 633Email: [email protected]       Website: www.tulpingroup.eu FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com and these candle lights shaped like penises pictures do speak a thousand words — if those words include peen In the small seaside town of Oudenburg sits no less than 90 “candles” lining the streets that look very much like penises all in a row The blue and white structures were supposed to resemble candles Mayor Anthony Dumarey said designers had originally been thinking that candles would be a lovely way to commemorate 2020 but decided at the last minute that a flame was just too cliche they replaced it with a blue ball which solidified the penis shape once the “candle” was lit Dumarey went on to blame the town’s budget and throw the tech department under the penis-shaped bus. “We were on a limited budget, so our technical department designed the illumination by itself,” he told reporters we wanted to move away from the classic flame or candle-themed illumination.” “Of course, it was not our intention to install Christmas lights that remind people of a penis,” Dumarey also told local newspaper HLN “Some people see other things,” Dumarey told The New York Times, insisting the display would stay since it’s given everyone a bit of joy that is much-needed right now “I’m very happy to put a smile on people’s face and to bring light in the darkness.” That is does There have been more than 15,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Belgium this year, the highest death rate per capita in the world, according to a New York Times database The country is back on a nationwide lockdown with all nonessential shops closed “All of Flanders is currently talking about the Christmas decorations in the municipality of Ettelgem We’ll add the Christmas balls later!” Amazing He also told the Evening Standard that the reactions have been quite entertaining “A woman told me laughing that she would also like a big Christmas pecker at her door,” he said “Some people snap photos with them with thumbs up It is certainly the most talked-about Christmas illumination in the country.” This is exactly the type of news we need right now It's hard to think of a more fitting end to 2020 — a year marked by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and political turmoil — than an attempt by a Belgian town to spread holiday cheer only to inadvertently install holiday light displays that looked like penises The light settings in Oudenburg, near Belgium's North Sea coast, were meant to represent candles. But as The New York Times reports the small town gained international notoriety when people noticed that the candles "looked more like a certain part of the male anatomy topped with blue lights green spaces and even the surroundings of a church." Oudenburg's mayor, Anthony Dumarey, posted on Facebook that the light displays caused his city to make headlines around the world: Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to government to national politics. She has written for ... read more This material may not be reproduced without permission Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Oisin Ferrity’s decision to forgo stage racing at home over Easter in favour of a longer stint competing in Belgium has paid dividends with the Irish junior champion winning his first race in Europe today has already won several races at home since the start of the season including the A2 event at the Life Credit Union Newbridge GP last month and the A2 race at the Seamus Kennedy Memorial in Co Meath on the opening weekend of the season Today in Belgium he was best in the 88km Westkerke Oudenburg junior race In wet conditions the 17-year-old from Coalisland came to the line in a four-man breakaway that was 20 seconds clear of three chasers and almost one minute up on the next group on the road Ferrity comfortably won the sprint for victory taking the verdict from Belgians Luca Boonen (Isorex Cycling Team) and Baptiste Swertvaegher (Canguru Latexco) Lithuanian rider Kristupas Mikutis (Cannibal B Victorious) was 4th while Saar Shilo (Cycling Israel) won the sprint from the chasing group to take 5th place We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up Cristof Machtelinckx from Oudenburg (West Flanders) has set a new world record after managing to massage lucky locals for 73 hours More than 60 volunteers stepped forward for a massage on Cristof’s massage table before he stopped massaging at noon on Wednesday The previous record stood at a mere 50 hours Cristof Machtelinckx started his record attempt last Sunday he had put in just over 73 hours of massaging Cristof’s attempt raised money for 3 charities The West Fleming was also keen to raise awareness about the benefits of a massage He would like to see health funds offering a refund for patients because a massage is much more than a luxury product ‘Massages can have a very big impact on your body I wanted to bring that people’s attention too.’ Cristof finished his world record attempt on the day he turned 40 ‘I am not tired at all’ he told reporters ‘I still have bags of energy I could easily have continued massaging for another 10 to 15 hours.’