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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
[VIDEO] - Anderlecht players received in town hall21/05/13 - Players, staff and management of football champions Anderlecht have been received at the Anderlecht town hall. The players cherished this special moment, although many of them hadn't had a...
[VIDEO] - Brussels plan to tackle unemployment among youngsters21/05/13 - The new Brussels Prime Minister, Rudi Vervoort (Francophone socialist), has a plan ready to tackle unemployment among young people in Brussels. The Brussels government has earmarked 10...
[VIDEO] - Brussels museum boasts 4.5 billion year-old meteorite21/05/13 - The Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences has a meteorite on display. Not just any meteorite: this one is exceptionally big, almost the size of a basketball. Belgian and Japanese scientists...
White rabbit trick to solve Antwerp's problem?The city of Antwerp, the largest in the Flemish region, is left without a team in the top flight of the Belgian football league. Beerschot was relegated, and to make matters worse, the club also went...