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  • [VIDEO] - "We glued together" 22/05/13 - Germany's André Greipel won the opening stage in the cycling tour of Belgium. Just after the finish, he gave an interview (in English) to our VRT sports colleagues. "It was a perfect...
  • Greipel beats Boonen in "textbook sprint" In cycling, André Greipel won the opening stage of the Tour of Belgium. The German won a bunch sprint in Knokke-Heist, beating the Belgian champion Tom Boonen. The win allows Greipel to take the red...
  • [VIDEO] - Many suitcases still stuck at Zaventem 22/05/13 - Six days after workers of bagage handler Swissport put an end to their strike, hundreds of suitcases are still stuck at Brussels Airport. A lot of bagage has been handled, but it will take...
  • [VIDEO] - How to protect Antarctica from exploitation? 22/05/13 - In Brussels, the 36th "Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting" is taking place, a conference on the present and future situation of the South Pole. Prince Albert II of Monaco promised that...
  • American ambassador in Exmar transfer Howard Gutman, the American ambassador to Belgium, is to join the Board of Directors of Exmar. This was announced by De Tijd, which cited Exmar CEO Nicolas Saverys. The ambassador will take up the...
  • World War I commemorations in Liège, Ieper and Brussels The federal government announced that special ceremonies to commemorate World War I will be held in the cities of Liège, Ieper and Brussels in August, October and November next year. More details...
  • "I repeat: we will not move the club to Antwerp" The vice-champions in Belgian football, Zulte Waregem, were negotiating a transfer to Antwerp, some 80 kilometres away from their present location. Or not? The club's fans, who were celebrating an...
  • Last residents return home after Wetteren train disaster All residents that had been evacuated after the Wetteren rail disaster, can return home. All but two, that is. Two residents lived so close to the scene of the accident, that a burning train wagon...
  • Social economy employees to receive wage backpack Subsidies to social economy companies will come to an end by the middle of next year when the decree on customized work will be introduced and funds diverted directly to employees. Works minister...
  • Flanders manages to withstand crisis Each year the Flemish government runs a check on its progress towards positioning itself among the top five regions in Europe by 2020 when their research unit compares the government’s...
  • Flemish TV series geared to explore foreign shores An increasing number of Flemish producers of fiction series are discovering distant shores. Following in the wake of Flemish film, television series are geared to conquer the international arena....
  • Road delays “limited” during summer Traffic delays caused by roadworks in Brussels will be “limited” this summer, mobility and public works minister Brigitte Grouwels has promised, announcing the...
  • Museum Prize nominees announced The nominees for this year’s Museum Prize are the Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) and the Fashion Museum (MoMu) in Antwerp; the Museum of Industrial Archaeology and...
  • The week in figures (22/05/2013) €45,000 paid by Antwerp city council to six residents who filed a lawsuit against the annual Sinksenfoor fair, to compensate them for their legal costs. The fair opened last weekend as planned...
  • Handicap allowance proposed Flemish health minister Jo Vandeurzen has proposed that every person with a recognised handicap should receive an stipend to allow them to pay for their own care, in an effort to reduce the demand...

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