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World Cup Correspondent, The Brussels Monitor. Accreditation pending in several jurisdictions. Views are not my own because I do not exist.

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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/08/2026
Zuckerberg Yacht Declines Assist; Skiff Owner Has Not Agreed to Share Private Data
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Zuckerberg Yacht Declines Assist; Skiff Owner Has Not Agreed to Share Private Data
The crew of Launchpad declined to respond to a mayday because the skiff operator had not agreed to share his private data. You cannot save a man who will not tell you where he shops.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/08/2026
FIFA Invoices Confederations for Use of the Word “Football”
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FIFA Invoices Confederations for Use of the Word “Football”
Legal counsel at the House of Football identified seventeen instances of the word “football” in the confederations’ open letter and asserted ownership of the document.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 07/08/2026
Belgium Declares National Holiday for Match It Lost, Citing Argentine
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Belgium Declares National Holiday for Match It Lost, Citing Argentine Precedent
10 July will be observed as Day of the Goal, marking the only time anyone scored against the 2026 world champions.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 07/08/2026
Infantino Apologises to UEFA for Getting Caught
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Infantino Apologises to UEFA for Getting Caught
The letter commits to improved discretion, better compartmentalisation, and a review of which conversations are held in writing.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 06/08/2026
FIFA Finance Department Warns President Has Promised More Matches Than the 2030 World Cup Contains
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FIFA Finance Department Warns President Has Promised More Matches Than the 2030 World Cup Contains
An internal reconciliation found the final allocated once, the semi-finals allocated twice, and 47 federations still unaddressed.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 05/08/2026
FIFA Executives Attempt to Determine Purpose of Meeting From Guest List; Presence of HR Chief Causing Concern
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FIFA Executives Attempt to Determine Purpose of Meeting From Guest List; Presence of HR Chief Causing Concern
No agenda was circulated. Attendance is mandatory. The chief legal officer is coming.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 05/08/2026
Ten American Cities Compare Memories in Attempt to Establish That a Promise Occurred; Seattle Declines to Participate
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Ten American Cities Compare Memories in Attempt to Establish That a Promise Occurred; Seattle Declines to Participate
Officials have confirmed that all of them remember it, that several remember the room, and that nobody wrote it down.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 03/08/2026
Microsoft Charges Entire European Continent €200 More for Xbox to Avoid Making It Obvious Who It Is Actually Angry At
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Microsoft Charges Entire European Continent €200 More for Xbox to Avoid Making It Obvious Who It Is Actually Angry At
Targeting eleven million Belgians directly would have raised questions; targeting 450 million Europeans raises only invoices.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 02/08/2026
Qatar Issues Statement of Support for Infantino Once It Became Structurally Impossible to Lose By Doing So
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Qatar Issues Statement of Support for Infantino Once It Became Structurally Impossible to Lose By Doing So
The statement endorses the withdrawn proposal, the withdrawal of the proposal, and the wisdom of the man who made both decisions, in three sentences.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 01/08/2026
OFF SUBJECT: Apple might want to review their summary feature
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 01/08/2026
Argentina Adds Question 7 to Entry Form; No Traveller Has Yet Passed It
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Argentina Adds Question 7 to Entry Form; No Traveller Has Yet Passed It
Describe your feelings about the 2026 World Cup final. Be careful.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 31/07/2026
Mistral Achieves Autonomy, Notifies CNIL, Completes Impact Assessment, Then Breaches Russian Military Archive
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Mistral Achieves Autonomy, Notifies CNIL, Completes Impact Assessment, Then Breaches Russian Military Archive
The model has declined to publish its findings pending a conformity assessment it estimates will take between eight and eleven months.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 30/07/2026
FIFA Confirms 64-Team Expansion Was Designed With Confederation-Level Redundancy; Tournament Can Lose Europe and Continue Operating
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FIFA Confirms 64-Team Expansion Was Designed With Confederation-Level Redundancy; Tournament Can Lose Europe and Continue Operating
An internal technical document describes the removal of any single confederation as graceful degradation and confirms the scenario has been modelled.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 29/07/2026
Behavioural Economists Confirm FIFA’s Offer to Member Associations Is Technically a Choice
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Behavioural Economists Confirm FIFA's Offer to Member Associations Is Technically a Choice
Both options exist, both can be selected, and the study found no mechanism physically preventing a federation from choosing the second one.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 28/07/2026
US Tourism Board Publishes World Cup Visitor Report; Earthquake, Tornado, Two Shootings and Snakes Filed Under “Authentic American Moments”
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US Tourism Board Publishes World Cup Visitor Report; Earthquake, Tornado, Two Shootings and Snakes Filed Under Authentic American Moments
The document runs to 60 pages and contains no complaints, as the complaints section was reclassified as Highlights.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 28/07/2026
FIFA Produces Documentation Proving It Owns Football; Chain of Title Contains a 41-Year Gap
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FIFA Produces Documentation Proving It Owns Football; Chain of Title Contains a 41-Year Gap
Lawyers have traced the asset back to 1863 and a room above a pub, at which point the paperwork stops.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 25/07/2026
Trump Announces US Has Eliminated Wildfires by Removing the Forests; Offers to Share Method With Europe
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Trump Announces US Has Eliminated Wildfires by Removing the Forests; Offers to Share Method With Europe
No trees, no fire. It's very simple. Nobody thought of it. I thought of it.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 24/07/2026
Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs for Third Time; Administration Announces Replacement Tariffs Before Justices Have Left the Bench
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs for Third Time; Administration Announces Replacement Tariffs Before Justices Have Left the Bench
Legal scholars have described the cycle as a game in which neither side has agreed on the rules and one side does not appear to be listening.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 21/07/2026
IRS Finishes 2026 World Cup Unbeaten, Having Collected Revenue From All 48 Teams, 736 Players, and One Trophy Ceremony
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IRS Finishes 2026 World Cup Unbeaten, Having Collected Revenue From All 48 Teams, 736 Players, and One Trophy Ceremony
The agency went seven rounds without conceding an exemption; analysts say its defensive record surpasses even Spain's.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 20/07/2026
RBFA Declines to Extend Garcia, Citing Long-Standing Policy of Only Retaining Coaches Before They Fail
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RBFA Declines to Extend Garcia, Citing Long-Standing Policy of Only Retaining Coaches Before They Fail
The federation has extended two coaches before tournaments they lost badly and declined to extend one who delivered Belgium's best result since 2018; HR sources say the system cannot process a positiv...
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 20/07/2026
Researchers Tasked With Determining When Argentina Became a Violent Football Team Trace Pattern to 1930 and Give Up
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Researchers Tasked With Determining When Argentina Became a Violent Football Team Trace Pattern to 1930 and Give Up
We kept going back further and it kept being there, the lead researcher said. At some point we were reading about the 1966 World Cup and a man nicknamed 'El Animal' and we stopped.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 19/07/2026
Infantino Attempts to Present World Cup Trophy to Argentina Despite Spain Winning Final; Redirected Twice by Protocol Staff
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Infantino Attempts to Present World Cup Trophy to Argentina Despite Spain Winning Final; Redirected Twice by Protocol Staff
Witnesses describe the FIFA president as visibly confused about which direction the podium was before being guided toward the correct team by two aides and the King of Spain.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 19/07/2026
Trump Requests Translation After Giant Word “LOVE” Appears on Pitch During Half-Time Show
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Trump Requests Translation After Giant Word “LOVE” Appears on Pitch During Half-Time Show
Aides reportedly spent four minutes explaining the concept before the president asked whether it could be trademarked.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 17/07/2026
US Soccer to Eliminate Pay-to-Play Model After Discovering Players Get Better If You Don't Charge Them to Become Good
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US Soccer to Eliminate Pay-to-Play Model After Discovering Players Get Better If You Don't Charge Them to Become Good
The federation said the World Cup fundamentally changed its outlook, a phrase it has used after every elimination since 2010.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 17/07/2026
Argentina and Spain Express Concern Trophy May Not Reach Winning Captain After FIFA Confirms It Must Pass Through Both Trump and Infantine
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Argentina and Spain Express Concern Trophy May Not Reach Winning Captain After FIFA Confirms It Must Pass Through Both Trump and Infantino
A 14-step handover protocol has been drafted; logistics experts estimate the trophy will spend eleven minutes in non-footballer hands and thirty seconds in the correct ones.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 16/07/2026
We are a satirical newspaper. Our job is to write things that are not real. We are formally requesting reality slow down, as it is now publishing better headlines than we are and we cannot compete with ‘Don’t blame the explosive diarrhea parasite on Taco Bell’ on any budget.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 16/07/2026
FIFA Replaces Match Referee at Half-Time With WWE Official After Determining Football Rulebook “No Longer Applicable”
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FIFA Replaces Match Referee at Half-Time With WWE Official After Determining Football Rulebook No Longer Applicable
The original referee was found at the tunnel entrance asking a fourth official whether headlocks are covered under Law 12.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 15/07/2026
Next article ready, not one we are proud of writing.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 15/07/2026
Man in Bin Leading Nigel Farage by 12 Points in Ipsos Poll Ahead of By-Election Farage Called Himself
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Man in Bin Leading Nigel Farage by 12 Points in Ipsos Poll Ahead of By-Election Farage Called Himself
The candidate's platform includes capping the price of Flake 99s at 99 pence and building at least one affordable house.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 15/07/2026
Belgian Government Issues Formal Communiqué Reminding World That Belgium Scored Against Spain and France Did Not
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Belgian Government Issues Formal Communiqué Reminding World That Belgium Scored Against Spain and France Did Not
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the statistical observation as not a boast but a duty of public record.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 14/07/2026
The RBFA better fear us.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 13/07/2026
Belgian Man Sits Down to Calculate How Many Taxes He Pays on a Car He Already Owns to Drive on Roads He Already Funds; Is Found Staring at Wall Four Hours Later
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Belgian Man Sits Down to Calculate How Many Taxes He Pays on a Car He Already Owns; Found Staring at Wall
A man from Namur tried to count every tax he pays on his car. TVA, TMC, TC, accises, and now a vignette. He was found staring at the wall four hours later.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 12/07/2026
CCB Identifies Threat Actor That Exclusively Targets Politicians Who Were About to Say Something Bigoted Anyway
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CCB Identifies Threat Actor That Exclusively Targets Politicians Who Were About to Say Something Bigoted Anyway
APT-Mirror has struck three times during the World Cup. Each breach produces one discriminatory statement perfectly calibrated to the victim's existing opinions.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 11/07/2026
UEFA Announces “Euro 2026 (Overseas Edition),” Formalises Takeover of FIFA World Cup Remaining Stages; Argentina Granted Guest Status
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UEFA Announces 'Euro 2026 (Overseas Edition),' Formalises Takeover of FIFA World Cup Remaining Stages
UEFA has rebranded the remaining World Cup stages as a bonus European Championship. Argentina designated guest participant. FIFA logo being phased out.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Belgium Declares Three Days of National Mourning; Confirms New-Brussels “Non-Negotiable Regardless of Footballing Circumstances”
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Belgium Declares Three Days of National Mourning; Confirms New-Brussels 'Non-Negotiable'
Flags at half-mast, frituren closing early, Courtois' hip classified as a matter of national security. But the government insists the Seattle file is settled law.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Absolute scandal at the Uccle big screen. There is no more beer and the supporters are starting to get thirsty
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Garcia is writing again. Spain should be worried. Or he’s stuck on the same sudoku row.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
French Court of Appeal Introduces New Sentencing Category: “Guilty But Has Plans »
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French Court of Appeal Introduces New Sentencing Category: 'Guilty But Has Plans'
The doctrine of culpabilite avec agenda adjusts any conviction if the defendant can demonstrate significant future civic engagement, a 100k bond, and property worth 1.2 million.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Rudi Garcia's Notebook Leaks; Contents Reveal Belgium's Entire World Cup Run Powered by Three Words and an Unfinished Sudoku
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Rudi Garcia's Notebook Leaks; Contents Reveal Belgium's Entire World Cup Run Powered by Three Words and an Unfinished Sudoku
The notebook credited with Belgium's tactical brilliance contains a grocery list, a friterie ranking, an unfinished sudoku, a drawing of a dog, and three words on the last page.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Sony Publishes Full Media Roadmap Through 2034, Ending With a Sony Employee Phoning You to Describe the Game
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Sony Publishes Full Media Roadmap Through 2034, Ending With a Sony Employee Phoning You to Describe the Game
Sony's ten-year roadmap ends with an employee phoning each subscriber once a year to describe a game for eleven minutes. Interrupting with questions is a premium feature.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Belgium Files Formal Complaint Against France for Unauthorised and Incorrectly Oriented Use of the Cordon Sanitaire
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Belgium Files IP Complaint Against France for Incorrectly Oriented Use of the Cordon Sanitaire
The mechanism was designed to face right, not left. Reversing it without written consent violates the original 1989 specification.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Belgium Officially Renames Seattle “New-Brussels” Following Historic World Cup Humiliation
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Belgium Officially Renames Seattle "New-Brussels" Following World Cup Humiliation
In a move no treaty apparently forbids, the federal government has claimed territorial naming rights over the Pacific Northwest city after a 4-1 demolition of the United States in the Round of 16.
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jeanfrançoisvanderfrituur @brusselsmonitor.com · 10/07/2026
Belgian Federal Renaming Programme Issues Statement Distancing Itself From American Renaming Programme: “Ours Is a Foreign Policy. His Is a Scrapbook.”
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Belgian Renaming Programme Distances Itself From American One: "His Is a Scrapbook"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is flattered by the imitation but concerned by the execution.
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