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 whole of Belgium has an opinion about rapper Damso. The artist came under attack from action clubs and large sponsors such as Coca Cola also applied, just like the Secretary of State. Still, Damso can 'just' write the Belgian World Cup song.
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 28-year-old Antwerper Diouaene was about to leave on Monday evening when suddenly a gigantic bang was heard. 'The house collapsed completely.'
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.
Angeline Flor Pua, who was named Miss Belgium 2018 on Saturday, received a huge wave of racist reactions to her victory last weekend. The 22-year-old woman from Antwerp with Filipino roots reacts strongly today: 'This is not going to stop me from becoming a good Miss Belgium.'
The 37-year-old Cain R. from Antwerp was sentenced by a judge in Brussels to a fine of 1200 euros. On his Facebook page he had called traffic police officers 'smurfs'. They did not pick that up and filed a complaint.
With a nice talk about investment opportunities, a 58-year-old Flemish hairdresser has wrested the savings of dozens of customers for years. He became two million euros richer. 'We thought he was a friend', angry former customers say.
A pregnant woman was injured on Saturday afternoon in an accident with the tram in the Antwerp neighborhood Hoboken. Her injuries turned out to be more severe on Sunday than initially assumed.
Energy producer Electrabel has not properly maintained the concrete at the nuclear power plant in the Belgian Doel.
In the port of Antwerp, a consignment of nearly 7,000 kilos of cocaine was intercepted, which probably had the Netherlands as its destination. The cocaine was in a container with a load of bananas.
The Belgian nuclear watchdog registered nine nuclear incidents last year. That was less than in 2016, but last year there was an incident from a more serious category.
The traditional New Year fireworks in the Belgian coastal town of Ostend has been canceled due to the bad weather. The region is on Sunday for hard gusts with coast speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour and a lot of rain. The municipality therefore renounces the annual firework festival, reported Belgian media.
