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5 people injured as police car collides with a bin lorry in Antwerp

Five people have been injured in a collision between a police patrol car and a waste collection lorry in Antwerp.

Mon 21 Oct 17:27
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300-meter fence, sensors and a loud alarm used to stop railway jaywalkers

The fence has been installed on both sides of the railway at Jambes, near to the Walloon capital Namur.

Mon 21 Oct 16:38
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Record number of motorists caught speeding

During the first 6 months of years the police issued 2,066,930 speeding fines.

Sun 20 Oct 17:18
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Catalans walk from Waterloo to Brussels in “March of Freedom”

They arrived outside Brussels Central Station, where they met up with other demonstration at around 1pm.

Sun 20 Oct 15:40
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“Black March” through Brussels on Sunday

On Sunday a march will take place to call for an end to parole being granted to those that abduct, abuse and murder children.

Sat 19 Oct 16:14
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Flemish Government wants to use private detectives to social housing tenants don’t own property abroad

The plan was announced by the Flemish Housing Minister Mathias Diependarle (nationalist) in an interview with VRT News’ current affairs programme Terzake.

Sat 19 Oct 14:49
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels

The American Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo was in Brussels on Friday for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.

Sat 19 Oct 12:55
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Man forced to sell his house after neighbour dispute over trees culminated

A man from Bruges has no other option than to sell his house after a never-ending dispute with his neighbours over a number of trees ran out of hand.

Fri 18 Oct 16:36
West Flanders
Party already in full swing before dawn in Roeselare

VRT News’ video reporter was up early to provides is with the images above.

Fri 18 Oct 16:26
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9-year-old case solved after macabre discovery in Albertkanaal

A dredging action in the Albertkanaal near Hasselt resulted in a macabre discovery.

Fri 18 Oct 14:24
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Fatal accident on A12 Motorway: "Driver was still holding his smartphone"

A motorist driving an SUV passed away today after crashing into the tail of a traffic jam. The man was possibly distracted by his phone.

Thu 17 Oct 17:00
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Ieper to get a new look (temporarily)

The city of Ieper (West Flanders) has big renovation plans for the Lakenhalle en the belfry. Both will be thoroughly restored.

Thu 17 Oct 16:33
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Asylum Minister De Block fears a new asylum crisis is looming

The federal minister Maggie De Block, who is responsible for Asylum and Migration, thinks that the Turkish invasion in northern Syria may trigger an influx i...

Thu 17 Oct 15:50
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Poverty Day: situation has hardly improved in Belgium

Statistics show that 1 in 5 Belgians risk to end up in poverty or social exclusion. The situation has remained status-quo over the past 10 years.

Thu 17 Oct 12:01
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19 wild boar killed in road accident in Heusden-Zolder

19 wild boar have perished after they were hit by cars as they crossed the road in the Bolderberg area of Heusden-Zolder in Limburg Province.

Wed 16 Oct 13:37
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Stick a Princess Elisabeth on your letter!

The Belgian Post Office aka Bpost has issued a new stamp on the occasion of the 18th birthday of Princess Elisabeth. The stamp uses a photograph of the crown...

Tue 15 Oct 11:59
Nicolas Maeterlinck

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Brussels to ban night-time street drinking

It is hoped that the ban will serve to address the issues of anti-social behaviour in the area around the former Stock Exchange building.

Tue 15 Oct 11:28
East Flanders
Mussel-covered car pulled from the River Schelde

A car that was stolen two years ago has been fished out of the River Schelde. The wreck became somewhat of a local attraction because during the two years i...

Tue 15 Oct 10:35
José Tyteca

West Flanders
Nasty storm hits West Coast

A torrential storm with violent gusts of wind hit the Flemish West Coast last night. In the resort of Koksijde the emergency plan was implemented for a while.

Tue 15 Oct 09:13
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Can I stay in Belgium after a No Deal Brexit?

It’s a question that is concentrating the minds of Brits in Belgium. The European Commission has a handy page that lists how each EU nation is dealing with U...

Mon 14 Oct 14:26
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Major disruption due to North South Link works

Major works have started on the Brussels North South rail link. The works mean fewer services will be able to run through the North South Link and the timet...

Mon 14 Oct 10:06
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“Belgium was the main purveyor of European IS fighters”

Hans Bonte, the Mayor of Vilvoorde (Flemish Brabant), is seeking a meeting of the National Security Council in our country. Mr Bonte was speaking after it em...

Mon 14 Oct 09:23
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East Flanders
Ghent bans new front gardens with hard landscaping

The city of Ghent is banning front gardens with hard landscaping. No further building licences will be delivered.

Sun 13 Oct 11:57
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Smoke detectors obligatory on 1 January

Three years ago Flemish government parties decided to make smoke detectors obligatory in all Flemish homes. Because the deadline by which a smoke detector h...

Sun 13 Oct 11:21
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Extinction Rebellion demonstrators invade royal palace gardens

13/9/19 - Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion climate protesters demonstrated in Brussels on Saturday. The protesters want King Filip to declare a climate emer...

Sun 13 Oct 09:33
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Extinction Rebellion: hundreds arrested in Brussels

Belgian police used water cannon to chase off hundreds of climate protesters demonstrating near the royal palace in Brussels on Saturday.

Sun 13 Oct 09:19
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Big police presence as Extinction Rebellion stages demonstration near to Royal Palace

A number of the several hundred demonstrators have being detained for attempting to enter the palace grounds.

Sat 12 Oct 17:08
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Brexit fears encourage more Brits than ever to become Belgian

During the first 7 months of this year 1,045 Britons became Belgian.

Fri 11 Oct 17:12
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Protest outside the German Embassy against anti-Semitic attack

On Wednesday a man shot dead two people near to a synagogue in Halle, in the German state of Sachsen-Anhalt.

Fri 11 Oct 16:40
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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
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Leopold III’s Castle is up for sale

Argenteuil Castle is on the market. The asking price for the chateau where Leopold III, King of Belgians, and his wife, the Princess of Retie, Lilian Baels,...

Thu 10 Oct 09:25
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Couch surfing: the hidden face of homelessness

The Flemish Centres for General Welfare Work say that a growing number of young people are couch surfing.

Wed 09 Oct 16:58
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Gritters on stand-by from 21 October

108,000 tonnes of salt should more than suffice as in a normal winter just 40,000 tonnes of salt is used by gritter teams in Flanders.

Wed 09 Oct 14:13
West Flanders
Thirteen Commonwealth Great War soldiers given final resting place

They will be buried on Thursday at the war cemetery at Wijtschate, near Ieper (West Flanders).

Wed 09 Oct 12:47
Politics
Brussels Secretary of State lodges complaint against hamburger advert

The controversial advertisement features a parody of Roy Liechtenstein print in which a man punches a woman.

Wed 09 Oct 11:26
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15-year-old Yasmine goes to school on horseback if the bus fails to come

It takes Yasmine around 40 minutes to get to school on horseback.

Tue 08 Oct 13:58
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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
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
West Flanders
Massive search for missing paddler

6/10/19 - Emergency services pulled out all the stops in the search for a missing man in the seaside resort of De Panne last night. Four friends went paddli...

Sun 06 Oct 14:53
East Flanders
Smiling coaches to descend on first Belgian shopping mall

It’s never happened before in Belgium, but at the Waasland Shopping Mall in Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders) smiling coaches are being deployed to get sales assi...

Sat 05 Oct 12:04
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
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Electrabel to ask the government to ditch exit from nuclear in 2025

Johnny Thijs, the brand new chair of energy generator Electrabel, wants three of the country’s seven nuclear reactors to be kept operating beyond 2025. Unde...

Sat 05 Oct 10:57
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What’s the new Flemish government got in store for newcomers?

Integration is one of the key issues in the new Flemish government accord. The Flemish authorities already organise integration courses, but changes are now...

Sat 05 Oct 10:05
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"Without the animal food bank I would have to eat less because my dogs come first”

The Animal Food Bank in Beveren is one of a number of such initiatives at various locations across Flanders.

Fri 04 Oct 16:25
Flemish Brabant
Closing hour for Leuven’s student pubs?

3/10/19 - Leuven University’s rector has mooted the idea of a closing hour for pubs. The Mayor of Leuven believes only pubs whose punters form a persistent ...

Thu 03 Oct 15:17
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
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Ghelamco to appeal to the Council of State for planning permission for its Euro Stadium

Ghelamco hopes to build the stadium on what is now a car park used by visitors to Brussels Expo.

Tue 01 Oct 12:41
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Belgium’s LGTB refuge marks first anniversary

Belgium’s first LGTB refuge is marking its first anniversary. The refuge in Brussels was set up to provide accommodation for gays, lesbians and transgenders...

Tue 01 Oct 11:57
Jasper Jacobs

East Flanders
Rush hour misery for rail commuters in Ghent

Rail traffic in and around the East Flemish city of Ghent was subject to disruption on Tuesday morning.

Tue 01 Oct 11:27

5 people injured as police car collides with a bin lorry in Antwerp

Five people have been injured in a collision between a police patrol car and a waste collection lorry in Antwerp.

300-meter fence, sensors and a loud alarm used to stop railway jaywalkers

The fence has been installed on both sides of the railway at Jambes, near to the Walloon capital Namur.

Record number of motorists caught speeding

During the first 6 months of years the police issued 2,066,930 speeding fines.

Catalans walk from Waterloo to Brussels in “March of Freedom”

They arrived outside Brussels Central Station, where they met up with other demonstration at around 1pm.

“Black March” through Brussels on Sunday

On Sunday a march will take place to call for an end to parole being granted to those that abduct, abuse and murder children.

Flemish Government wants to use private detectives to social housing tenants don’t own property abroad

The plan was announced by the Flemish Housing Minister Mathias Diependarle (nationalist) in an interview with VRT News’ current affairs programme Terzake.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels

The American Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo was in Brussels on Friday for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.

Man forced to sell his house after neighbour dispute over trees culminated

A man from Bruges has no other option than to sell his house after a never-ending dispute with his neighbours over a number of trees ran out of hand.

Party already in full swing before dawn in Roeselare

VRT News’ video reporter was up early to provides is with the images above.

9-year-old case solved after macabre discovery in Albertkanaal

A dredging action in the Albertkanaal near Hasselt resulted in a macabre discovery.

Fatal accident on A12 Motorway: "Driver was still holding his smartphone"

A motorist driving an SUV passed away today after crashing into the tail of a traffic jam. The man was possibly distracted by his phone.

Ieper to get a new look (temporarily)

The city of Ieper (West Flanders) has big renovation plans for the Lakenhalle en the belfry. Both will be thoroughly restored.

Asylum Minister De Block fears a new asylum crisis is looming

The federal minister Maggie De Block, who is responsible for Asylum and Migration, thinks that the Turkish invasion in northern Syria may trigger an influx i...

Poverty Day: situation has hardly improved in Belgium

Statistics show that 1 in 5 Belgians risk to end up in poverty or social exclusion. The situation has remained status-quo over the past 10 years.

19 wild boar killed in road accident in Heusden-Zolder

19 wild boar have perished after they were hit by cars as they crossed the road in the Bolderberg area of Heusden-Zolder in Limburg Province.

Stick a Princess Elisabeth on your letter!

The Belgian Post Office aka Bpost has issued a new stamp on the occasion of the 18th birthday of Princess Elisabeth. The stamp uses a photograph of the crown...

Brussels to ban night-time street drinking

It is hoped that the ban will serve to address the issues of anti-social behaviour in the area around the former Stock Exchange building.

Mussel-covered car pulled from the River Schelde

A car that was stolen two years ago has been fished out of the River Schelde. The wreck became somewhat of a local attraction because during the two years i...

Nasty storm hits West Coast

A torrential storm with violent gusts of wind hit the Flemish West Coast last night. In the resort of Koksijde the emergency plan was implemented for a while.

Can I stay in Belgium after a No Deal Brexit?

It’s a question that is concentrating the minds of Brits in Belgium. The European Commission has a handy page that lists how each EU nation is dealing with U...

Major disruption due to North South Link works

Major works have started on the Brussels North South rail link. The works mean fewer services will be able to run through the North South Link and the timet...

“Belgium was the main purveyor of European IS fighters”

Hans Bonte, the Mayor of Vilvoorde (Flemish Brabant), is seeking a meeting of the National Security Council in our country. Mr Bonte was speaking after it em...

Ghent bans new front gardens with hard landscaping

The city of Ghent is banning front gardens with hard landscaping. No further building licences will be delivered.

Smoke detectors obligatory on 1 January

Three years ago Flemish government parties decided to make smoke detectors obligatory in all Flemish homes. Because the deadline by which a smoke detector h...

Extinction Rebellion demonstrators invade royal palace gardens

13/9/19 - Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion climate protesters demonstrated in Brussels on Saturday. The protesters want King Filip to declare a climate emer...

Extinction Rebellion: hundreds arrested in Brussels

Belgian police used water cannon to chase off hundreds of climate protesters demonstrating near the royal palace in Brussels on Saturday.

Big police presence as Extinction Rebellion stages demonstration near to Royal Palace

A number of the several hundred demonstrators have being detained for attempting to enter the palace grounds.

Brexit fears encourage more Brits than ever to become Belgian

During the first 7 months of this year 1,045 Britons became Belgian.

Protest outside the German Embassy against anti-Semitic attack

On Wednesday a man shot dead two people near to a synagogue in Halle, in the German state of Sachsen-Anhalt.

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...

Leopold III’s Castle is up for sale

Argenteuil Castle is on the market. The asking price for the chateau where Leopold III, King of Belgians, and his wife, the Princess of Retie, Lilian Baels,...

Couch surfing: the hidden face of homelessness

The Flemish Centres for General Welfare Work say that a growing number of young people are couch surfing.

Gritters on stand-by from 21 October

108,000 tonnes of salt should more than suffice as in a normal winter just 40,000 tonnes of salt is used by gritter teams in Flanders.

Thirteen Commonwealth Great War soldiers given final resting place

They will be buried on Thursday at the war cemetery at Wijtschate, near Ieper (West Flanders).

Brussels Secretary of State lodges complaint against hamburger advert

The controversial advertisement features a parody of Roy Liechtenstein print in which a man punches a woman.

15-year-old Yasmine goes to school on horseback if the bus fails to come

It takes Yasmine around 40 minutes to get to school on horseback.

Ten officers quit Antwerp Police Support Drugs Team

There is currently a lot of discontent among officers at Antwerp’s Drug Support Team.

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....

Massive search for missing paddler

6/10/19 - Emergency services pulled out all the stops in the search for a missing man in the seaside resort of De Panne last night. Four friends went paddli...

Smiling coaches to descend on first Belgian shopping mall

It’s never happened before in Belgium, but at the Waasland Shopping Mall in Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders) smiling coaches are being deployed to get sales assi...