B-Fast team has arrived in Nepal 28/04/2015 • 17:51 After a day and a half’s wait at the airport in New Dehli, the Belgian B-Fast emergency team has finally arrived in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. The B-Fast team is specialised in discovering victims buried under rubble.
Footballer suffers heart failure during game 28/04/2015 • 16:17 A match between the reserve teams of KRC Genk and Sporting Lokeren was abandoned on Monday evening after one of the Lokeren players collapsed with heart failure.
Humbolt penguin chicks born at Sea Life Blankenberge 28/04/2015 • 14:39 Three Humbolt Penguin chicks have been born at the Sea Life attraction park in the West Flemish coastal resort of Blankenberge. Although, the chicks were born in the last few weeks, Sea Life only announced their birth on Monday.
Oudenaarde's public secret goes back 150 years 28/04/2015 • 11:31 The Battle of Tacámbaro in Mexico is a piece of forgotten Belgian history that not many people know of. Because of the link with the East-Flemish city of Oudenaarde, it is also dubbed 'Oudenaarde's public secret'. Something many were ashamed of, especially in wartime, but now it's all water under the bridge thanks to the successful exchange with a Mexican delegation.
12-12 Consortium launches Nepal fundraiser 28/04/2015 • 14:09 The six big North-South NGOs active in Belgium are sending aid workers and raising funds to help the victims of the earthquake in Nepal. Under the umbrella 12-12, they have launched a new campaign entitled SOS Nepal.
Chelsea sign cooperation accord with Belgian Club 28/04/2015 • 13:24 The current league-leaders in the English Premier League Chelsea have signed a cooperation agreement with the Belgian Second Division Club White Star Brussels.
Show-jumper Ludo Philippaerts calls it a day 28/04/2015 • 12:37 One of Belgium’s best-known show-jumpers Ludo Philippaerts (51) has decided to retire. The four-time Olympian who was born in Genk Limburg province announced his decision to call it a day on Tuesday morning.
“New metro line by 2021” 28/04/2015 • 11:18 The Greater Brussels Regional Transport Minister Pascal Smet (Flemish socialist) has said that a new metro line between the Albertplein in Sint-Gillis and Brussels North Railway Station should be operational in 2021.
More Flemings feel 'Belgian' again 28/04/2015 • 12:07 Ask any Fleming, and he'll probably tell you he doesn't care about community issues anymore. Research has shown that only six per cent of voters would like to see another state reform, let alone Flemish independence. Only a small minority seems interested in that.
No more problems with Proximus 28/04/2015 • 10:48 The Telecom operator Proximal says that problems its customers had been encountering when trying to make calls from their landline have now been resolved. On Monday, customers in a number of areas of the country were unable to make calls from or receive calls on their landlines.
B-Fast rescue team bound for Nepal 27/04/2015 • 11:26 Belgium' B-Fast emergency team has flown out to Nepal to help in the rescue effort following the earthquake. The squad is specialised in discovering victims buried under rubble.
The story of the Belgian on Mt Everest 27/04/2015 • 18:05 Jelle Veyt is one of the Belgians who were climbing Mount Everest during the earthquake in Nepal. Mr Veyt was almost crushed by an avalanche at the moment of the tremor. He says that all climbers have been evacuated, but that there's a tense atmosphere at basecamp. "I'm sleeping with my clothes on, and I keep my helmet and shoes by my side at all time. I'm ready to get out of here at any moment."
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