Antwerp Culture and Media Red Star Line Museum to close for three months The Red Star Museum will re-open on 22 September. Mon 18 Jun 12:00 Antwerp Province Federal Police fined for breaking Low Emission Zone rules They were issued with fines for having driven older diesel vehicles within the Antwerp Low Emissions Zone. Sat 16 Jun 12:31 Antwerp Province LGTBIQ tunnel in Antwerp: a world first soon The city of Antwerp is looking forward to the Antwerp Pride event that will take place from 8 to 12 August. Wed 13 Jun 12:05 Culture and Media Foo Fighters back in Belgium! 12/6/18 – Sold out was the concert of the Foo Fighters at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on Monday. 20,000 fans were not disappointed. Tue 12 Jun 15:35 Antwerp Province The River Schelde set to clean up its act From next year so-called plastic collectors will be installed. Mon 11 Jun 16:10 AFP or licensors Antwerp Province Antwerp customs discover cocaine inside fake pineapples The Customs at the Port of Antwerp have seized 56 kilogrammes of cocaine. Mon 11 Jun 14:07 Antwerp Province Avoid the jams with the 'Water Bus'! The Port of Antwerp hopes to make its contribution to tackling congestion on the roads in and around Antwerp by encouraging commuters to take the water bus t... Thu 07 Jun 11:03 Antwerp Province Phyo Phyo dies at Planckendael Zoo 5/6/18 - Planckendael Zoo is in mourning after the death of yet another elephant. Phyo Phyo was put to sleep last night. Tue 05 Jun 15:11 Economy Umicore chooses Poland for new battery factory This is a blow for Antwerp that had hoped that Unicore would decide to build its new factory there. Fri 01 Jun 13:55 Culture and Media Game of Thrones at Antwerp’s Sports Palace 23/5/18 - A concert with Ramin Djawadi’s recognisable music from Game of Thrones delighted the audience at the Antwerp Sports Palace last night. Wed 23 May 15:30 Home News First “Silk Road” train arrives in Antwerp The first ever so-called “silk road” train exclusively destined for Antwerp arrived at our country’s largest port on Saturday. The Port of Antwerp’s Director... Sun 13 May 13:18 Home News Woman stabbed in the street in Antwerp A 39-year-old woman was stabbed in the street in Kiel area of Antwerp on Saturday evening. Her assailant is a 42-year-old man. The woman was taken to hospita... Sun 06 May 13:40 Culture and Media Erect male member courts controversy up in Antwerp A work of art under construction in the Middelheim sculpture park is causing controversy even before it is finished. Wed 02 May 12:36 Culture and Media DIVA is Antwerp’s new Diamond Museum 30/4/18 - Antwerp is gearing up for the opening of the new Diamond Museum. Mon 30 Apr 15:54 Home News Steer clear of the Antwerp Orbital this week Work got under way on Sunday to repair a section of the Antwerp Orbital motorway at Deurne that had suffered subsidence. The work will go on all week. Mon 09 Apr 16:32 Home News First women only driving school to open in Antwerp Flanders’ first ever women only driving school is to open soon in the Antwerp suburb of Merksem. Fri 06 Apr 12:40 Home News 10 evacuated during fire in Antwerp social housing block Ten residents were evacuated from a block of flats at a social housing complex in the Linkeroever area of Antwerp on Thursday night. The Fire Service was ca... Fri 06 Apr 10:40 Home News Antwerp gang rape suspects to remain in custody The four suspects that were detained earlier this week on suspicion on having taken part in the gang rape of two Dutch tourists at an Antwerp hotel will rema... Fri 23 Mar 17:31 Home News 15 cars damaged in explosions in Antwerp suburb 15 cars were damaged in two explosions on Thursday night in the Antwerp suburb of Deurne. A number of houses also sustained damage in the blasts. The police ... Fri 16 Mar 10:57 Home News "The black economy in Borgerhout is bigger than the legitimate economy" Research carried out by the Antwerp Local Police Service and the city’s Social Safety Service has revealed the scale of the black economy in the Antwerp dist... Sat 24 Feb 11:02
Culture and Media Red Star Line Museum to close for three months The Red Star Museum will re-open on 22 September. Mon 18 Jun 12:00
Antwerp Province Federal Police fined for breaking Low Emission Zone rules They were issued with fines for having driven older diesel vehicles within the Antwerp Low Emissions Zone. Sat 16 Jun 12:31
Antwerp Province LGTBIQ tunnel in Antwerp: a world first soon The city of Antwerp is looking forward to the Antwerp Pride event that will take place from 8 to 12 August. Wed 13 Jun 12:05
Culture and Media Foo Fighters back in Belgium! 12/6/18 – Sold out was the concert of the Foo Fighters at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on Monday. 20,000 fans were not disappointed. Tue 12 Jun 15:35
Antwerp Province The River Schelde set to clean up its act From next year so-called plastic collectors will be installed. Mon 11 Jun 16:10
AFP or licensors Antwerp Province Antwerp customs discover cocaine inside fake pineapples The Customs at the Port of Antwerp have seized 56 kilogrammes of cocaine. Mon 11 Jun 14:07
Antwerp Province Avoid the jams with the 'Water Bus'! The Port of Antwerp hopes to make its contribution to tackling congestion on the roads in and around Antwerp by encouraging commuters to take the water bus t... Thu 07 Jun 11:03
Antwerp Province Phyo Phyo dies at Planckendael Zoo 5/6/18 - Planckendael Zoo is in mourning after the death of yet another elephant. Phyo Phyo was put to sleep last night. Tue 05 Jun 15:11
Economy Umicore chooses Poland for new battery factory This is a blow for Antwerp that had hoped that Unicore would decide to build its new factory there. Fri 01 Jun 13:55
Culture and Media Game of Thrones at Antwerp’s Sports Palace 23/5/18 - A concert with Ramin Djawadi’s recognisable music from Game of Thrones delighted the audience at the Antwerp Sports Palace last night. Wed 23 May 15:30
Home News First “Silk Road” train arrives in Antwerp The first ever so-called “silk road” train exclusively destined for Antwerp arrived at our country’s largest port on Saturday. The Port of Antwerp’s Director... Sun 13 May 13:18
Home News Woman stabbed in the street in Antwerp A 39-year-old woman was stabbed in the street in Kiel area of Antwerp on Saturday evening. Her assailant is a 42-year-old man. The woman was taken to hospita... Sun 06 May 13:40
Culture and Media Erect male member courts controversy up in Antwerp A work of art under construction in the Middelheim sculpture park is causing controversy even before it is finished. Wed 02 May 12:36
Culture and Media DIVA is Antwerp’s new Diamond Museum 30/4/18 - Antwerp is gearing up for the opening of the new Diamond Museum. Mon 30 Apr 15:54
Home News Steer clear of the Antwerp Orbital this week Work got under way on Sunday to repair a section of the Antwerp Orbital motorway at Deurne that had suffered subsidence. The work will go on all week. Mon 09 Apr 16:32
Home News First women only driving school to open in Antwerp Flanders’ first ever women only driving school is to open soon in the Antwerp suburb of Merksem. Fri 06 Apr 12:40
Home News 10 evacuated during fire in Antwerp social housing block Ten residents were evacuated from a block of flats at a social housing complex in the Linkeroever area of Antwerp on Thursday night. The Fire Service was ca... Fri 06 Apr 10:40
Home News Antwerp gang rape suspects to remain in custody The four suspects that were detained earlier this week on suspicion on having taken part in the gang rape of two Dutch tourists at an Antwerp hotel will rema... Fri 23 Mar 17:31
Home News 15 cars damaged in explosions in Antwerp suburb 15 cars were damaged in two explosions on Thursday night in the Antwerp suburb of Deurne. A number of houses also sustained damage in the blasts. The police ... Fri 16 Mar 10:57
Home News "The black economy in Borgerhout is bigger than the legitimate economy" Research carried out by the Antwerp Local Police Service and the city’s Social Safety Service has revealed the scale of the black economy in the Antwerp dist... Sat 24 Feb 11:02
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