An angry motorist has been driven into a strike station in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Two trade unionists were injured. The driver has been arrested by the police. Sticking throughout Belgium...
A one-year-old child who was brought into hospital in Belgian Ghent in a critical condition last weekend died of his injuries. Research showed that the child was abused and died of the consequences of so-called shakens syndrome.
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.
The woman who was convicted in the notorious case of the parachute murder has been on leave for a few hours for the first time. The Flemish Els Clottemans, now 33, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Kitten 'Smokey' was rescued by firemen from fire in a fire in the port of Ghent on Thursday morning. The local fire service now announces that one colleague will take full care and the animal will live with him.
Flanders is going to have an unmanned boat cross the Atlantic. In May 2019 the vessel, Mahi, departs from the west coast of France for a trip to Guadeloupe.
Belgium does not have to deliver the rapper who is wanted by the Spanish authorities because of inflammatory texts. The council chamber of the court in Ghent determined that. The Public Prosecutor can still lodge an appeal.
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.
A record load of almost two tons of cocaine has been discovered in the port of Ghent. According to the federal judicial police of East Flanders, the drugs have a street value of 100 million euros.
The theft of an expensive electric car in the vicinity of the Belgian Ghent failed because the battery of the vehicle was running out prematurely during the flight. The thief was forced to leave the Tesla stolen in Sint-Martens-Latem more than fifty kilometers away, in Wemmel near Brussels.
Two swimming pools in the Belgian town of Ghent are not allowed to keep women out of burkini. The court decided on Friday. In case of a ban, the swimming pools would be guilty of discrimination.
The jeweler from the Belgian village Oostakker, who shot a suspect of a robbery on Saturday afternoon, was released under conditions by the investigating magistrate. This is reported by the Ghent department of the East Flanders parquet. What those conditions are, has not been disclosed.
Residents of the Belgian Ghent can have their contraceptives such as condoms and the morning-after pill reimbursed by the municipality. Belgians who are financially short of cash can claim this.
The Ghent court has released a Spanish rapper conditionally. The singer 'Valtònyc' was arrested in Belgium after fleeing from Spain because of a conviction of 3.5 years in prison. The council chamber still has to decide whether it will be extradited to Spain.
Almost half (46 percent) of the Belgians feel lonely. This is evident from new figures from the National Happiness Study by insurer NN and university UGent about the impact of social relations on the gross national happiness of the Belgians.
They slept on the streets or creaked houses, but suddenly found the treasure of their lives in an empty house: 300,000 cash, hidden in a sewing machine. Joey D. and Kimberly A. from the Belgian Zelzate decided to hand over part of the money to their old friends. The couple now face a prison sentence for money laundering and drug possession.
The restoration of the altarpiece Lam Gods by the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck has yielded some surprises. After the removal of overpaintings from the sixteenth century, the muzzle of the lamb on the central panel appears more pronounced. Moreover, the animal seems to look more penetrating.
A company that offers everyone a basic income of 910 euro per month after paying a one-off 500 euro, according to the authorities with our southern neighbors 'all the appearance of a pyramid scheme'.
An Albanian couple was in court on Monday morning in the Belgian city of Ghent due to the years of cocaine dealing. In a house search last year, agents made a remarkable discovery. Ten grams of uncut cocaine were hidden in the plush bear of their 2-year-old daughter. The duo rises to thirty months in prison.
The Flemish burgomaster Stefaan Devleeschouwer of the municipality of Brakel has been seriously affected by a traffic accident, which caused a 35-year-old roof worker to be seriously injured. The burgervader appeared to have looked too deeply into the glass, according to Belgian media.
It looks like an innocent advertising stunt, but the city council of the Belgian city of Ghent can not laugh: two bus shelters that have been converted by Ikea. The alderman is furious.
In order to clarify the authenticity of Russian art works, Belgian investigative authorities have searched the Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) in Ghent. Police and judicial authorities suspect that the suspended director Catherine de Zegher has withheld documents that could shed light on the authenticity of the so-called Toporovsky collection, report Flemish media.
Mike D.B., the 41-year-old IT specialist from Ghent who was arrested for filming women in the shower, has been released under certain conditions.
A theater looks for IS terrorists through a newspaper advertisement and offers them a job as an actor.
Mike D.B., the Belgian suspect who was arrested yesterday in the Ghent case around the voyeuristic films, would have known. VTM and Het Laatste Nieuws report this.
Veviba, the Belgian company that is the center of a food scandal, exported meat to Kosovo in 2016 that was twelve years old. The labels were torn off.
The 41-year-old Mike D., who is suspected of being the peeper of Ghent, turns out to be the father of a daughter, IT specialist and a popular guitarist.
The police in Ghent, Belgium, arrested two suspects in the investigation into the secretly filmed images in the sports hall of the University College Ghent. That is what Het Laatste Nieuws reports.
