"We're in deep water!"

08/08/2015 • 15:56
08/08/15 - Some 250 actors, theatre makers and other people from the cultural and arts sector staged a protest action at Ostend Beach, near the Casino, this morning. They want a good chat with the Flemish Culture Minister Sven Gatz about the cuts he made. They don't understand his choices, after he said the wanted to stimulate individual artists.

Pile of wood pulp catches fire in Bruges

08/08/2015 • 16:03
08/08/15 - A fire in a waste wood handling company in the north of Bruges caused considerable nuisance in the Sint-Pieters district. A pile of wood pulp caught fire due the rotting of organic material. This created even more smoke than fire. People were asked to keep their doors and windows closed.



Swiss Supreme Court rejects Sierre parents' appeal

07/08/2015 • 17:04
The Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that the judicial investigation into the coach crash in Sierre should be closed. 28 people, 22 of whom children from two Flemish schools, died in the crash on 13 March 2012. They were on their way home from a skiing holiday when tragedy struck.