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  • Leterme: "Look again at Greek debt" However, the former Belgian Prime Minister says that he is not in favour a total remittance of all Greek debt, as a country should not be rewarded for laxity in the past.
  • Chelsea’s win is bad news for Anderlecht A win for Bayern Munich would have seen Anderlecht qualify directly for next season’s Champion League, guaranteeing the club 15 million Euro, regardless of how they performed.
  • 85,000 watch Zinneke Parade 85,000 people turned out to watch the biannual Zinneke Parade in Brussels on Saturday.
  • French millionaires considering move to Belgium In the two week’s since Mr Hollande’s election, the tax consultancy Dekeyser & Associés has received 30 calls from super-rich French people wanting to know how they can best “park” they money on...
  • 9-year-old dies in forklift tragedy The accident happened while the boy’s father had gone inside for a few minutes, leaving his son unattended with the fork-lift.
  • [VIDEO] - Brussels "zinnekes" stage colourful procession The biannual Zinneke Parade weaved its way through the streets of Brussels on Saturday afternoon. As ever, it was a colourful affair that highlighted the great diversity among the people of our...
  • [VIDEO] - More than 500 actors portray 600 years of history More than 1000 spectators watch Jan II de Merode take up residence in Westerlo Castle in Antwerp province, just as he did in 1488. One of his decedents still lives in the castle today.
  • [VIDEO] - Daring rope walk at Brussels Atomium A team of Belgian and French acrobats provided a spectacle for visitors to the Brussels Atomium on Saturday morning.
  • [VIDEO] - Driver killed in head-on smash 19/05 - A 32-year-old Dutchman has died in a head-on collision in the village of Meer on the Dutch border. The man’s van smashed into a lorry that was travelling in the opposite direction.
  • Offices to become homes The offices to home conversions are in two of the capital’s most desirable areas: the European Quarter and Woluwe.
  • Flemish roebuck returns to the shops With the hunting season having got under way the first cuts of fresh Flemish roebuck meat have started to appear in the region’s specialist game butchers.
  • Fatal accident at Bocholt rally race A driver and his co-pilot died after an accident at the annual rally race in the Limburg municipality of Bocholt on Saturday morning.
  • Arrests on public transport double Extra police were drafted in to help maintain order on the capital’s bus, tram and metro network after a MIVB inspector died in a road rage attack on 7 April.
  • Half of Flemish A&E units understaffed The figures come from a report published by the Flemish Care Inspectorate and are based on the findings of inspections at hospitals across the region.
  • [VIDEO] - Gastronomy through the ages Did you know that your plate also serves up a slice of history? What you eat and drink today is determined by the gastronomic discoveries of the past. The Jubelpark Museum invites you to take a...

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