Belgian Customs has one of the largest drug seizures ever done in the port of Antwerp. In a container with calcium carbonate that was intended for a company in Kontich, more than 954 kilos of heroin was hidden. The party, which has a street value of 55 million euros, came from the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran.
Osteria Francescana in Italy has again been voted the world's best restaurant. The modern restaurant in Modena by chef Massimo Bottura was also the best in 2016, last year it had to be satisfied with the second place in the election of William Reed Business Media.
The Belgian police will fine football supporters for showing their patriotism. Flags sticking out of a car will not be tolerated, and even a flag on the façade can become an expensive joke.
The Public Prosecution Service suspects a wholesaler of chemicals in Rotterdam from illegally exporting acetone to Syria. That confirms the OM. Acetone can be used as raw material in the production of chemical weapons.
The Belgian nuclear reactor Doel 4 near Antwerp, which has been stolen by a fault in the non-nuclear part of the plant since Saturday night, has been restarted. After completing a test program, the reactor was connected to the electricity grid close to the Dutch border on Monday afternoon. According to a spokeswoman for Engie Electrabel, the power is gradually increased and the reactor is running at full power again tonight.
Belgian customs found 56 kilos of cocaine in counterfeit pineapples in the port of Antwerp. The party has been confiscated. The drugs, with a market value of several millions, were hidden between real pineapples in fake copies, reports the Antwerp prosecutor.
The Belgian nuclear reactor Doel 4 was automatically closed due to a defect on Saturday evening. This means that the entire Doel nuclear power station, which is almost at the Dutch border to the north-west of Antwerp, has now failed.
At the appeal court in Antwerp, the appeal starts on Thursday in the large drug store in which former TV presenter Frank Masmeijer plays an alleged role. Masmeijer received eight years in prison and a fine of 48,000 euros for involvement in the import of 467 kilos of cocaine via the port of Antwerp. Against him seven years in prison had been demanded. The former NCRV television star has always denied his share and therefore appealed.
The writer of the book The Being The Secrets is highly personal in the pen when he found out that there was a mistake in his debut novel.
At a number of places in Belgium, a minute's silence was observed Wednesday at 1:00 pm out of respect for the two police officers and the student who were shot dead in Liège on Tuesday. Political forces, politicians, administrators and citizens in cities such as Antwerp, Brussels and of course Liege also commemorated the victims.
Two Belgian widows of killed IS fighters in Syria challenge the Belgian Minister of Justice to bring their underage children to Belgium. Child Focus, the foundation for missing and sexually exploited children, joins the summons, the Flemish TV channel VRT reports.
A mother of three children died after a horse's kick.
A monogamous relationship or multiple sex partners? Belgian students have a clear preference. Forget about the cliché of the licentious student: according to recent research, more than nine out of ten students of the University of Antwerp have a strong preference for monogamy, according to Het Nieuwsblad.
The 8-year-old Jules is no longer allowed to take lessons from the education inspectorate from a cardboard box.
The Belgian nuclear power station Doel 1 has been shut down this week due to a leak in the nuclear part. The reactor was switched off unexpectedly on Monday. This was necessary for maintenance work at the height of the cooling water, which was then still the explanation. Now operator Engie Electrabel has confirmed to TV East that it was a leak.
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.
The Belgian-Lebanese publicist Dyab Abou Jahjah filed a complaint against the new book by ex-Miss Belgium and Vlaams Belang politician Anke Van dermeersch. On the cover is the Flemish with her heels on the Koran.
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.
A 69-year-old man who got a falling bank on his head on Friday, died in hospital. The man was on his way to the baker when the movers tried to pull a two-seater sofa with cords to a higher floor. This went wrong and the bank fell on the head of the unfortunate passerby.
For the new TV program 'Sex Tape', the Flemish sexologist Goedele Liekens is looking for couples who want to film everything that has to do with their relationship, all the way to the bedroom.
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.
It is getting warmer, the sun is back again and then the sunscreen can be removed from the barn, but how do you know if it is still good? Sunburn actually has a best-before date and once the cream stops working, the harmful UV rays also get free rein. But how do you figure that out?
The first sex doll broth part is a fact. In the Belgian city of Meise the doors of the 'sex doll house' opened.
Soldiers in Belgium will be allowed to sleep at home in the evening. The army is considering this measure because many soldiers drop out.
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.
