Antwerp Crime Police release CCTV images of Antwerp grenade attack The attack took place in the early hours of Monday 2 September. Sat 19 Oct 13:31 Antwerp Province Police detain 16 suspected transit migrants in Wommelgem The Federal Police Service in Antwerp reports that 16 suspected transit migrants were detained at Wommelgem, near Antwerp on Monday night. Tue 15 Oct 12:33 ©Anneke Janssen - All Rights Reserved Antwerp Province Vandals disrupt rapper’s visit to Antwerp The visit of Dutch rapper Josylvio to the Mediamarkt store in Antwerp was quite an event. Josylvio had come for a signing session and to meet fans, but even... Thu 10 Oct 09:59 Jonas Roosens Home News Ten officers quit Antwerp Police Support Drugs Team There is currently a lot of discontent among officers at Antwerp’s Drug Support Team. Tue 08 Oct 12:51 Culture and Media Antwerp Stock Exchange restored to its former glory After having stood empty for two decades the magnificent building is once again a central meeting place in the heart of Antwerp. Mon 07 Oct 16:36 Antwerp Province Antwerp prisoners haven’t been able to shower for 12 days Prison guards in Antwerp have been on strike for twelve days now. Most of the inmates have not been able to leave their cells since the start of the strike.... Mon 07 Oct 09:14 Antwerp Province Antwerp dockers taste cocaine before calling the police Port authorities in Antwerp have taken a group of dockers to task after images appeared on social media showing the dock workers tasting a drug discovered in... Sat 05 Oct 11:27 Antwerp Province Macedonian family forced sexagenarian to sleep on a terrace for months A couple has been arrested amid allegations that they forced a man in his sixties to sleep outside on a terrace, where he also had to eat and wash. The abus... Thu 03 Oct 11:26 Antwerp Province “These traffic lights are causing traffic jams” 1/10/19 - Forty business people from Wilrijk and Aartselaar (Antwerp Province) are taking the roads agency to court. They want modifications made to the tra... Tue 01 Oct 15:02 Antwerp Province Rain and flooding across Flanders 1/10/19 - Heavy rain hampered drivers on roads up and down the country today. There were long tailbacks on the motorways and numerous accidents. Tue 01 Oct 14:59 Crime Grenade attack suspect to remain in custody The grenade exploded under a car in the Biekorfstraat in Antwerp. Fri 20 Sep 17:38 Antwerp Province “We thought we’d been liberated, but the Germans came back” 1,100 people died in The Battle of Geel. Fri 20 Sep 17:29 Antwerp Province Blaze in port of Antwerp: dozens of employees evacuated About 100 employees at Gunvor had to be evacuated after a blaze had broken out in a diesel tank. Nobody got injured. Thu 19 Sep 13:44 Home News Antwerp police to use nets to catch dangerous drones The Skyfall project is designed to address the threat of airborne attack from terrorists. Wed 18 Sep 16:49 Home News Future of Antwerp water bus in doubt The future of the service is uncertain as the Antwerp Port Authority intends to stop financing the service. Mon 16 Sep 17:34 Antwerp Province Road rage victim fighting for his life A man is fighting for his life following a road rage incident in the Antwerp district of Berchem. Update Sat 14 Sep 15:07 Antwerp Province 13th century wooden building found behind Antwerp city hall Archaeologists working on a site behind Antwerp city hall have discovered a wooden construction dating from the 13th century or possibly even earlier. The f... Sat 14 Sep 14:48 Antwerp Province Police seize 6.5-metre Indian python Police officers found the snake in house after they had been called out to investigate a break in. Fri 13 Sep 16:27 Antwerp Province “We don’t want to be inundated by east Europeans on this building site, if so many Antwerpners want a job” 11/9/19 - Antwerp social affairs alderman Tom Meeuws (socialist) believes the city of Antwerp should do more to get unemployed people in work. He believes t... Wed 11 Sep 15:14 Antwerp Province Air Antwerp takes to the skies Belgium’s brand new airline, Air Antwerp, has taken to the air with its first maiden flight to London City. Mon 09 Sep 09:14
Crime Police release CCTV images of Antwerp grenade attack The attack took place in the early hours of Monday 2 September. Sat 19 Oct 13:31
Antwerp Province Police detain 16 suspected transit migrants in Wommelgem The Federal Police Service in Antwerp reports that 16 suspected transit migrants were detained at Wommelgem, near Antwerp on Monday night. Tue 15 Oct 12:33
©Anneke Janssen - All Rights Reserved Antwerp Province Vandals disrupt rapper’s visit to Antwerp The visit of Dutch rapper Josylvio to the Mediamarkt store in Antwerp was quite an event. Josylvio had come for a signing session and to meet fans, but even... Thu 10 Oct 09:59
Jonas Roosens Home News Ten officers quit Antwerp Police Support Drugs Team There is currently a lot of discontent among officers at Antwerp’s Drug Support Team. Tue 08 Oct 12:51
Culture and Media Antwerp Stock Exchange restored to its former glory After having stood empty for two decades the magnificent building is once again a central meeting place in the heart of Antwerp. Mon 07 Oct 16:36
Antwerp Province Antwerp prisoners haven’t been able to shower for 12 days Prison guards in Antwerp have been on strike for twelve days now. Most of the inmates have not been able to leave their cells since the start of the strike.... Mon 07 Oct 09:14
Antwerp Province Antwerp dockers taste cocaine before calling the police Port authorities in Antwerp have taken a group of dockers to task after images appeared on social media showing the dock workers tasting a drug discovered in... Sat 05 Oct 11:27
Antwerp Province Macedonian family forced sexagenarian to sleep on a terrace for months A couple has been arrested amid allegations that they forced a man in his sixties to sleep outside on a terrace, where he also had to eat and wash. The abus... Thu 03 Oct 11:26
Antwerp Province “These traffic lights are causing traffic jams” 1/10/19 - Forty business people from Wilrijk and Aartselaar (Antwerp Province) are taking the roads agency to court. They want modifications made to the tra... Tue 01 Oct 15:02
Antwerp Province Rain and flooding across Flanders 1/10/19 - Heavy rain hampered drivers on roads up and down the country today. There were long tailbacks on the motorways and numerous accidents. Tue 01 Oct 14:59
Crime Grenade attack suspect to remain in custody The grenade exploded under a car in the Biekorfstraat in Antwerp. Fri 20 Sep 17:38
Antwerp Province “We thought we’d been liberated, but the Germans came back” 1,100 people died in The Battle of Geel. Fri 20 Sep 17:29
Antwerp Province Blaze in port of Antwerp: dozens of employees evacuated About 100 employees at Gunvor had to be evacuated after a blaze had broken out in a diesel tank. Nobody got injured. Thu 19 Sep 13:44
Home News Antwerp police to use nets to catch dangerous drones The Skyfall project is designed to address the threat of airborne attack from terrorists. Wed 18 Sep 16:49
Home News Future of Antwerp water bus in doubt The future of the service is uncertain as the Antwerp Port Authority intends to stop financing the service. Mon 16 Sep 17:34
Antwerp Province Road rage victim fighting for his life A man is fighting for his life following a road rage incident in the Antwerp district of Berchem. Update Sat 14 Sep 15:07
Antwerp Province 13th century wooden building found behind Antwerp city hall Archaeologists working on a site behind Antwerp city hall have discovered a wooden construction dating from the 13th century or possibly even earlier. The f... Sat 14 Sep 14:48
Antwerp Province Police seize 6.5-metre Indian python Police officers found the snake in house after they had been called out to investigate a break in. Fri 13 Sep 16:27
Antwerp Province “We don’t want to be inundated by east Europeans on this building site, if so many Antwerpners want a job” 11/9/19 - Antwerp social affairs alderman Tom Meeuws (socialist) believes the city of Antwerp should do more to get unemployed people in work. He believes t... Wed 11 Sep 15:14
Antwerp Province Air Antwerp takes to the skies Belgium’s brand new airline, Air Antwerp, has taken to the air with its first maiden flight to London City. Mon 09 Sep 09:14
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