Flemish jihadis involved in Syria atrocities?

18/11/2014 • 10:25

Mayor of Vilvoorde Hans Bonte has said that Flemish youngsters are involved in the most heinous acts perpetrated by the terrorist group calling itself Islamic State (IS). Hans Bonte told VRT News that two Flemish youngsters are closely implicated in the most hideous atrocities committed by IS.

"Belgium has to pay convicts 11,000 euros"

18/11/2014 • 12:33

"Homebuyers could be 170 euros worse off a month"

18/11/2014 • 12:07

Forced labour during First World War "underestimated"

17/11/2014 • 15:50

"0.013% of Belgians living in slavery"

18/11/2014 • 11:29

Speed-dating record for Limburgers!

18/11/2014 • 16:22

18/11/14 - 1,068 people took part in a business speed-dating event in the Limburg capital of Hasselt. It has landed the Limburgers in the Guinness Book of Records.

Fridge leads to confusion on Ghent pavement

18/11/2014 • 16:25

18/11/14 - Stef Mintiens has taken an unusual initiative: all the left-overs from meals at his house end up in a fridge outside his home: available for everybody, but not everybody got the right message.

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17/11 Migrants fare badly on the labour market

18/11 Belgium has highest industrial wage cost in the EU

Belgium has highest industrial wage cost in the EU

18/11/2014 • 11:56

A survey conducted by Germany's Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK) claims that of all the countries of the European Union overall wage costs are only higher in Denmark.

Unusual virgin takes to the street in Ghent

18/11/2014 • 16:44

18/11/14 – The fair city of Ghent boasts a new attraction: an oil painting of a Black Madonna hung out in the open in the Ghent city centre. The work is by local artist Michaël Borremans.

HSBC suspected of “serious and organised fraud”

17/11/2014 • 14:29

The Brussels Examining Magistrate Michel Claise has officially accused the British bank HSBC of serious organised fiscal fraud, money laundering, being a criminal organisation and illegally acting as a financial go-between.

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Prime Minister’s audience with the King captured on film

17/11/2014 • 17:36

For the first time ever cameras were allowed into the Federal Prime Minister’s weekly audience with the King on Monday.

Flemish poultry famers take precautions

17/11/2014 • 16:52

With the outbreaks of avian flu in the Netherlands and the UK, Flemish poultry famers are taking precautions to ensure that their birds stay safe.

Third sell-out concert for Stromae at the Heizel

17/11/2014 • 16:40

Fantastic light effects and gawky dance routines are all part of Belgium’s greatest showman Stromae’s set. However, it’s the music most people at the artists’ third sell-out concert at the Heizel in Brussels came to see.