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- [VIDEO] - "Good or bad weather: at the oceanside it's always nice" 19/05/13 - Many tourists cancelled their reservation at the Belgian coast for this weekend. This is of course due to the bad weather, although the sun was shining on Saturday. A German tourist told...
- Anderlecht are the Belgian champions! In football, Anderlecht clinched their 32nd Belgian league title in the club's history. In a nail-biting season-ending thriller, they kept rivals Zulte-Waregem to a draw, 1-1. Anderlecht were the...
- [VIDEO] - Fun fairs in Belgium: it's no longer what it used to be 19/05/13 - Over the past years, the number of fairground attractions in Belgium saw a 15 percent drop on average. Young people working in this specific sector are less tempted to start a fairground...
- European Museum Forum impressed by Antwerp's MAS The Antwerp MAS Museum has beaten 41 challengers from 21 different countries to win the Siletto Award, a prize created by the European Museum Forum. The MAS receives the prize for its volunteering...
- AA Gent "best of the rest" and ready for new battle In football, AA Gent won the Play-off II competition by beating OH Leuven in a double confrontation. After downing OHL 4-1 in Leuven, the Buffaloes - as the Ghent team is dubbed - also won the return...
- No Belgians left in Queen Elizabeth Competition The two Belgians that were left in this year's Queen Elizabeth Competition, were both ousted in the semi-finals. Stephanie Proot and Yannick Van de Velde were not among the 12 finalists that were...
- Roberto Bellarosa: "I am proud I got Belgium this far" Belgium has taken 12th place at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, equal on points with Moldavia. "I showed all the critics that Belgium does have a place in such an event", Bellarosa told...
- [VIDEO] - 80,000 at Lesbian and Gray Pride Parade in Brussels 29/05/13 - According to estimations, some 80,000 people flocked to the Brussels city centre on Saturday to attend the 18th edition of Belgian Pride. The figure is 10,000 up on last year. The LGBTQI...
- "It's a choice for either the N-VA or Di Rupo II" Ben Weyts, deputy chairman of the Flemish nationalists of N-VA, has given away some hints about the party's strategy for after the 2014 elections. Mr Weyts wants the Flemish parties to form a Flemish...
- [VIDEO] - 6 suspects stay behind bars in diamond heist case 18/05/13 - Six suspects stay behind bars, while one of the seven suspects has been released in the case of the diamond robbery at Brussels Airport, Zaventem. The different parties can still appeal...
- [VIDEO] - Prince and princess open "new" Technopolis 18/05/13 - Technopolis, the Flemish science centre in Mechelen (Antwerp), has opened its doors again after it was extended. It boasts dozens of interactive exhibits to allow both young children and...
- "Wind turbines pose a bigger threat than nuclear power plants" Jan Bens, the head of the nuclear watchdog FANC, claims that a nuclear disaster in Belgium is impossible. "The nuclear sector is safe and secure." And there is more. Speaking in the daily De Morgen,...
- Rik Torfs at the helm of KU Leuven Rik Torfs, a former Senator for the Flemish Christian democrats of CD&V, has been elected as the new vice-chancellor of Leuven University (KU Leuven). He beat his challenger, Karen Maex, in a...
- Blood and urine samples taken from Wetteren residents In Wetteren (East Flanders), over 1,000 local residents have blood and urine samples taken after the train disaster two weeks ago. After the goods train had crashed, poisonous gases (acrylonitrile)...
- "Belgium is a hub for counterfeit euro coins" The Brussels judicial authorities are investigating a large-scale scam involving fake 1 and 2 euro coins. That's according to a report in De Tijd. It turns out that tonnes of counterfeit coins from...
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