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Minister slams Head’s decision to cancel trip

19/01/2015 • 14:09

The Flemish Minister for Culture, Media and Brussels Sven Gatz (liberal) has spoken out against the decision of a primary school Head in the Flemish Brabant town of Halle to cancel a trip to the Brussels Opera House that had been planned for a class of 10-year-olds.

"2014 Budget deficit higher than permitted by the EU”

19/01/2015 • 17:53

"I was't scared, but my mum was"

19/01/2015 • 17:00

Security summit in Brussels

19/01/2015 • 17:19

A little snows results in a lot of jams

19/01/2015 • 17:03

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Francken wants tougher checks on radical preachers

19/01/2015 • 11:58

The Secretary of State responsible for asylum and migration policy in Belgium’s Federal Government Theo Francken (Flemish nationalist) hopes to prevent Salafist preachers from obtaining papers to come to Belgium.

“Mad Farid” to remain a free man

19/01/2015 • 14:56

The man that is one of the country’s most notorious criminals was released from prison on medical grounds at the end of November last year, despite the Justice Minister Koen Geens (Flemish Christian democrat) having raised objections to his release. .

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19/01Francken wants tougher checks on radical preachers

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More than 23,000 people to lose benefit

19/01/2015 • 13:17

More than 23,000 people will be sent a letter this week telling them that they are to lose their activation allowance. Activation allowance is given to people that have left school or college, but have still been unable to work or that have found insufficient work to entitle them unemployment benefit.

Eurostar services resume

19/01/2015 • 12:22

The international train operator Eurostar has said that all of its services will run today, albeit with possible delays. Thousands of people were stranded in London, Lille, Paris and Brussels as a result of the weekend's disruption to services.

Victory for Anderecht draws for Standard and Genk

19/01/2015 • 11:02

Click here to read all about Sunday’s Belgian First Division action and to read the results of the games played on Friday and Saturday.

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Two premises raided in Molenbeek

18/01/2015 • Update 17:48

The Francophone broadcaster RTBF is reporting that two new police raids have taken place in the Brussels borough of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek as part of the police clamp down on Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.

Hunt for terrorist brain still underway

18/01/2015 • Update 14:32

The international search for the man who headed the terrorist cell operating from a house in the rue de la colline in Verviers continues unabated. On Saturday two suspects were arrested in Greece, but federal prosecutors say that the duo detained in Athens is not linked to the terrorist outfit that met a violent end last Thursday when two of its members were shot dead by Belgian police. The search for the brain behind this terrorist cell continues. He is being tracked down in Greece.

Troops on the street: "You soon get used to it."

18/01/2015 • 11:37

Bart De Wever, the Mayor of Antwerp, says that the deployment of armed soldiers on the streets of the northern port city has already yielded tangible results. The Flemish nationalist leader noted that Jewish schools had indicated that they would once again be open for business on Monday.

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Army guards terrorist targets in Brussels

18/01/2015 • 15:41

connection like the Jewish Museum in Brussels are being guarded by armed members of the Belgian armed forces.

5 dead on Belgian roads

18/01/2015 • 12:38

It's already been a murderous weekend on our roads. Five people are dead following accidents in Houthalen-Helchteren, Mouscron and Moorslede.

‘Marry me’: love in a multicultural romance

18/01/2015 • 15:35

18/1/15 - Sibel and Jurgen decide to wed after a short romance, but on the day that was supposed to be the best day of their life tensions rise to fever pitch. Jürgen’s conventional Flemish family is at odds with Sibel's Turkish relatives.

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Sports

• Victory for Anderecht draws for Standard and Genk
• "I had a feeling I would bump into Serena Williams"
• Dennis Praet wins Golden Boot
• Bob Peeters ditched at Charlton Athletic
• Outsider Vantornout Belgian cyclocross champion

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Brussels

• Minister slams Head’s decision to cancel trip
• 20,000 march through Brussels for freedom of speech
• Half a kilo of heroin found in car
• Brussels dialect brings people to church
• Elsene in gas explosion scare

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Culture

• Bishop of Antwerp uncomfortable with LGBTI award
• ‘Marry me’: love in a multicultural romance
• Laddish prank shatters prestigious award?
• AC/DC to perform in Flanders
• Mons to remove "The Passenger”

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Life

• Chunnel disruption easing
• Bishop of Antwerp uncomfortable with LGBTI award
• Does Juan Carlos have a Belgian daughter?
• North Sea dip: the crazier, the better!
• Photo search takes Briton to Blankenberge

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Health & Environment

• More foxes being run over on Flemish motorways
• Complaints about misleading weight loss adverts doubled
• KU Leuven takes first step towards dementia treatment
• Maarkedal switches off the lights at night
• 59 new wind turbines, but what about the future?

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Economy

• "2014 Budget deficit higher than permitted by the EU”
• A busy fourth quarter for banks and notaries
• Group of Ten upbeat after meeting government
• Only 6 per cent work until they are 65
• Winter sales kick off on Saturday!

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