The body of the missing Christine Lenaerts (45) from the Belgian Grobbendonk was found by a walker on Thursday evening along a towpath in the Belgian town of Olen. The nurse from the prison in Antwerp was discredited last week after she had taken care of an escaped prisoner at home. Then she disappeared without a trace. The woman may have been killed by force.
Two Belgians of African descent remain in custody for at least a month because of the gang rape of two Dutch women in Antwerp. The fate of two other suspects will be decided within a few days.
One of the four reactors of the Doel nuclear power plant, just across the border at Antwerp, was shut down on Monday morning. This was done to carry out maintenance at the cooling water system. The work was not announced in advance by Engie Electrabel. The operator expects reactor 1 to be restarted on Tuesday.
At least 40 participants in the Antwerp 10 Miles \u0026 amp; running race Marathon became unwell due to the warm weather and needed medical care in a hospital. Some of them are in intensive care and have to spend the night in the hospital.
Three Flemish companies are being prosecuted for the export of chemical products to Syria, one of which may have been used to make the nerve gas sarin. They said they were not aware of the license obligation, reports the weekly Knack.
The first sex doll broth part is a fact. In the Belgian city of Meise the doors of the 'sex doll house' opened.
Three brothers bought a paradise island next to Ibiza for 18 million euros.
The Netherlands has an 'inheritance debt towards Europe', because the cocaine trade and the problems surrounding it have moved from Rotterdam to Antwerp. That says the Antwerp mayor Bart de Wever.
A dog that had disappeared without a car theft in Antwerp Deurne is right again. The four-legged friend was found Amsterdam, about 150 kilometers away.
The four suspects of the rape of two Dutch ladies last weekend in Antwerp, are still stuck for a month.
You do not smell it, you do not see it and especially you do not taste it. That makes it so dangerous. A pill of Rohypnol or a few milliliters of GHB in your drink will be enough to be out of the world for hours.
Three women from Antwerp were convicted in absentia on Monday for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. The Antwerp court imposed their five years in prison and every 6,000 euros fine.
The diamond world is shining again. The fifth largest diamond, 910 carats, has been sold for $ 40 million this week in Antwerp.
The Belgian customs authorities found 575 kilos of cocaine in two containers with tiles last week. They had been unloaded at various times in the port of Antwerp a few weeks earlier.
The castle of Pieter Paul Rubens is for sale. For 4 million euros you can become the owner of Kasteel Elewijt ('Het Steen') near Antwerp, De Standaard and The Art Newspaper report. The master lived there from 1635 until his death in 1640 and painted some of his works, such as 'Landscape with the tower of Castle Steen' and 'View of Het Steen in the early morning'.
In Belgium, strike actions lead to the cancellation of trains, buses and trams, including in the capital Brussels. The actions are directed against plans by the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel to reform pensions for people with heavy occupations.
The controversial Belgian-Lebanese publicist Dyab Abou Jahjah is taking part in the municipal elections in Belgium with a new political party in October and the parliamentary elections a year later. The party gets the name 'be.one', as it was announced at a press conference in Brussels.
Reactor three of the nuclear power plant in the Belgian Doel will only be restarted on August 1, more than three months later than planned. This is shown by a report on the website of operator Engie Electrabel. Maintenance work takes longer than planned.
Dutch people who drive into the environmental zone of Antwerp with an older car will receive a fine on the mat from next spring. Because Flanders had no treaty with the Netherlands about the exchange of personal data, fines could not be sent automatically, but a legal solution was found. The technical development is still being worked on.
Wolvin Naya is not responsible for the death of eight sheep on a farm in Ranst in the province of Antwerp. The animal was not near Ranst in the last days and the sheep that were found there can not have been bitten to death.
The building that exploded in Antwerp last week was in very poor condition, with damp spots, a broken ceiling and missing glass. De Standaard writes this on the basis of reports from the city's social services. The explosion demanded two lives.
The Belgian police had to flee shots on Friday morning when armed asylum seekers turned against them at a trucker's parking lot along the highway. Two agents were injured.
The stormy weather also causes nuisance in Belgium. The train traffic suffers here and there from damage to the overhead line and objects on the rails. At the request of the NS, the Thalys operates on the normal track, and not on the high-speed route.
The two fatalities of the explosion in Antwerp have been identified. It is a 26-year-old Afghan man and a 39-year-old Belgian.
They immediately thought of a terrorist attack. The witnesses to the enormous blow that destroyed three buildings at the Antwerp Paardenmarkt. The relief was great when it seemed 'just' to be a gas explosion. Yet, the two dead and at least fourteen wounded, no one has sat down in the cold clothes.
The Belgian king Filip has visited the place in Antwerp on Tuesday afternoon where an explosion claimed two lives on Monday night. He thanked the rescue and emergency services and wished the victims and their neighbors 'strength and courage'.
A man who left the collapsed building at the Paardenmarkt in Antwerp on Monday evening had already smelled gas all day long. 'But the landlord wanted no more police in the house.'
The explosion at the Paardenmarkt has had a devastating effect.
A building collapsed after an explosion at the Paardenmarkt in Antwerp. The police confirm that an explosion has occurred, further information is still missing.
