American ambassador in Exmar transferHoward 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 BrusselsThe 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...
Zulte Waregem fans in shock after Beerschot rumoursThe vice-champions in Belgian football, Zulte Waregem, are negotiating a transfer to Antwerp, some 80 kilometres away from their present location. The club's fans, who were celebrating an...
Last residents return home after Wetteren train disasterAll 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...
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...
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...
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...
Face of Flanders
André Denys
André Denys, the former governor
of East Flanders province, died
after a long illness. He was 65.
Denys, who kept...
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...
Concern over cultural subsidy for MVV
Studio 100 says subsidy for Musical van Vlaanderen is distortion of competition
Opposition party Open VLD
has called on Flemish...
Dedecker stripped of immunity, could face charges
Jean-Marie Dedecker, the former
national judo coach who is now the
sole representative in the federal
parliament of his self-named LDD
party, had had his parliamentary
immunity lifted by a vote of...
Road deaths down, except for cyclists
The cyclists’ federation Fietsersbond has
called for additional research into accidents
involving cyclists, after official figures
showed there were fewer fatal accidents in
total in Flanders in...
News in brief (22/05/2013)
Dimitri Bontinck came within
three metres of his son Jejoen in
Syria but was not allowed to see
him, he said last week at a press
conference on his return from the
war-torn nation. Jejoen, 16,...
Getting divorced... and then moving to the coastThe coastal municipalities have the highest percentages of divorced men and women. In a list of municipalities with the highest number of divorced residents, the coastal towns seized 8 places in the...