A 57-year-old priest from Bruges has been sentenced to one month of conditional cell punishment due to 'guilty negligence' in a suicide. The clergyman did not help when a 54-year-old man...
A 35-year-old Flemish dentist was arrested for abusing patients in his treatment chair.
A head physician, anesthetist and the Belgian hospital AZ Zeno in Knokke-Heist were found responsible by the judge for the death of baby Jasper. The eight-month-old boy got tubes and was operated on polyps. During the procedure, a large amount of nitrous oxide was administered instead of oxygen.
A motorist who was caught with 3.4 per mille alcohol in his blood was not convicted by the judge for drunkenness.
The Spanish rapper Valtònyc who is staying in Belgium does not know for the time being whether he will be extradited to Spain. The court in Ghent would rule on appeal on Tuesday, but now asks for advice at the European Court of Justice.
In the Belgian city of Bruges there has been an uproar about the annual Christmas market. From now on it will be called 'Wintermarkt', reports VTM Nieuws. The organizers change the name to not offend people with other beliefs.
A 37-year-old Chechen Syrian warrior wounded five guards on Wednesday in a prison in Hasselt. The man previously caused problems and is known as extremely aggressive.
No car could be seen in dozens of Belgian city centers. Among others, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Kortrijk and Mechelen participated in Autoloze Zondag. 'By car-free streets, cities and municipalities are not only more livable, but sustainable transport is also good for the environment and health', according to the organizers. In Brussels, the entire public transport was free on Sundays.
In 41 Belgian cities and municipalities Sunday is not allowed to take the road by car. On the car-free Sunday, numerous activities take place with regard to sustainability, the environment and health.
The cut-throat competition in the Bruges taxi world ended Friday night in a shooting with a taxi driver in the neck, while he had two foreign tourists in the back seat.
On Tuesday evening father Nicolas and wife Bieke W walked hand in hand across the street in the Belgian Varsenare. On Wednesday, her children Elyse (4), Fabrice (2) and Arthur (3 months) were found dead in the house and the widely respected nurse tried to crash into a concrete wall.
A famous etching by Rembrandt has changed ownership at the Christie's auction house in London for 3 million euros. It is a version of Ecce Homo. Then the Dutch master from the 17th century depicted the biblical story about Pontius Pilate, who lets the people of Jerusalem decide whether Jesus should be executed or spared.
Three dogs were taken from a sweltering car in Bruges on Saturday night. The dogs had been in the vehicle for 5.5 hours. A Bernese Mountain Dog had already died from dehydration when the animal was taken out of the car. A dog of the same breed was still alive, but collapsed shortly thereafter.
A young migrant from Guinea who was hiding in Brussels under a bus was crushed by the coach on a Monday night. The bus would drive to Great Britain via Bruges. Just outside Brussels, a bus driver who came from the opposite direction saw feet under the bus. He gestured to his colleague, who then braked, crushing the 20-year-old stowaway.
The Public Prosecution Service in Bruges appealed against the sentences for the four convicts in the case of the Flemish castle murder.
A woman was found lifeless on Monday afternoon in a house in the Flemish village of Ettelgem, near Bruges. Her three children were tied up on the upper floor.
The four men who stand trial for the notorious murder of Flemish project developer and castle resident Stijn Saelens hear their punishment on Wednesday. Two of the suspects are Dutch.
A tree hugger must pay heavily: Alain now has to pay three tons or sell his house. And it will probably be the last.
A 21-year-old woman from Knokke-Heist in Belgium is in prison on suspicion of trying to kill her baby with poison. The boy was given Haldol, a remedy for psychosis. The mother denies involvement.
A 74-year-old Dutchman from the Belgian Beernem was brought to a hospital in a critical condition Wednesday afternoon after he had made an unfortunate fall on the ice and then sank through the ice. The accident occurred in the Assebroekse Meersen nature reserve near Bruges, the Public Prosecution Service in Bruges reported.
A 43-year-old man from Bruges had to stand before the Belgian criminal judge on Thursday for three facts of public sex offense. Bahri T. stood among the window of a cafe with his genitals to swing. The Public Prosecutor demands a year in prison and a fine of 2000 euros. The judge pronounces on 8 March.
The Belgian Ivo Poppe, also known as the 'deacon of death', has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for five murders, including on his mother. The so-called Assize Court in Bruges imposed this punishment on Thursday on the 61-year-old dying counselor from Wevelgem. The Public Prosecutor had demanded for life.
Police service Interpol reports an alarm about the theft of a truck with 33,500 liters of chemicals in Belgium. The truck was stolen according to international media in Zedelgem, near Bruges.
A mother and daughter who widely lit people with internet orders, have finally been arrested.
A 43-year-old woman was declared brain-dead on New Year's Day after a fall on the skating rink in the center of Bruges. She went on the ice just after midnight to dance.
The lawsuit about the so-called castle murder in Belgium continues on 20 February. The lawyers of the four suspects can then make their pleas. Almost two weeks have been allocated for this. The lawyers would actually argue in October, but this was delayed due to a final request for refusal.
A passer-by in Bruges alerted the police on Tuesday evening when he thought he was seeing a snowman who had been snowbound and perhaps already deadly frozen on a bank in the Belgian city.
The Bruges prosecutor's office contradicts previous reports that the police in West-Middelkerke found a decapitated body in the trunk of a car during a traffic check. 'The body did show very severe injuries at the neck,' said a spokesperson. Several people have been arrested.
A 22-year-old man from the Belgian Westende has ten years in the cell because his son last year a twelvefold skull fracture hit. He did that when he was playing a game of FIFA on his PlayStation last year. His then two months old son did not want to stop crying.
The 57-year-old priest Alexander Stroobandt from Bruges has to be responsible for the judge for a suicide case. He did not seek help when a 54-year-old told him about his suicide plans. According to Flemish media, the priest appeals to confessional secrecy.
