{"id":197910,"date":"2026-05-18T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=197910"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:40:03","slug":"em-tv-newsflash-explosion-at-erasmus-sport-lady-bits-wins-eurvision-and-union-proposes-to-quit-dgi-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/05\/18\/em-tv-newsflash-explosion-at-erasmus-sport-lady-bits-wins-eurvision-and-union-proposes-to-quit-dgi-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"EM TV newsflash: Explosion at Erasmus Sport, Lady Bits wins EURvision and union proposes to quit DGI Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">Every week an overview of the most important news about the Erasmus University. This week: There was an explosion in the transformer room in the sports building. The blast blew open and warped a metal door and damaged the walls of the room. The building was empty at the time of the explosion. Repairs will take months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">The band Lady Bits won EURvision 2026 with the song <em>My man went over the mountain<\/em>. And DGI Travel, the travel agency that staff are obliged to use when booking business trips, &nbsp;is too expensive too slow and too difficult according to trade union FNV. 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