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A car(e)-free Sunday

20/09/2015 • 11:23

With a very few exception, 32 towns and cities in the five Flemish provinces and all 19 municipalities that make up the Brussels-Capital Region have banished motor vehicle from their streets for most of today.

Minister wants to persuade more women to cycle

19/09/2015 • 14:41

New measures to stop people walking on rail track

19/09/2015 • 17:18

Extra beds for would-be asylum-seekers

19/09/2015 • 17:32

All change at the top of Belgian Antarctic base

19/09/2015 • 17:28

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Far-right gains ground in new poll

19/09/2015 • 13:37

An opinion poll carried out on behalf of the Francophone public broadcaster RTBF and the daily ‘La Libre Belgique’ has shown big gains for the far-right party Vlaams Belang. The party lead by Tom Van Grieken has seen voting intentions up 1.8% compared with the last RTBF/La Libre poll in May.

Nuclear reactor out of action

19/09/2015 • 12:46

One of the nuclear reactors at the Tihange Nuclear power station in Liège province has out of action since 11:30pm on Friday evening. The Tihange 1 reactor shut down automatically after a technical fault was detected in a steam generator at the reactor.

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19/09Minister wants to persuade more women to cycle

19/09Far-right gains ground in new poll

18/09First commercial flight for A380 in Brussels

11:23A car(e)-free Sunday

18/09Evacuation at Antwerp Central station

18/09Floating swimming pool sinks in Antwerp

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Plans of prisons, courts and EU buildings could be viewed online

19/09/2015 • 12:11

The detailed plans of dozens of security sensitive buildings such as prisons, courthouses and buildings that house EU institution were freely available for all to see on the Federal Buildings Agency’s website.

Racing Genk make light work of KV Mechelen

19/09/2015 • 11:31

In the first of this weekend’s First Division matches, Racing Genk enjoyed a 3-1 home win against KV Mechelen. The match was Genk’s fourth consecutive home win. Meanwhile, KV Mechelen have taken just one point from their first eight games of the season.

First commercial flight for A380 in Brussels

18/09/2015 • 16:37

The first commercial flight with the world’s largest airplane, an Airbus A380, landed at Brussels Airport on Friday. The double-decker is operated by the Dubai-based airline Emirates.

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Videozone

• New measures to stop people walking on rail track
• Extra beds for would-be asylum-seekers
• All change at the top of Belgian Antarctic base
• Belgian army on manoeuvres in the Tropics
• Court cases suspended due to lack of security staff

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3,725 new places for refugees

18/09/2015 • 17:39

The Belgian government has finalised the creation of 3,725 new places for refugees. The Asylum Secretary Theo Francken announced that most of the new places will be created at military facilities.

Floating swimming pool sinks in Antwerp

18/09/2015 • 16:00

18/9/15 – The floating swimming pool in the Kattendijk dock in the port of Antwerp, the so called Bad Boot, has sunk. The swimming pool broke loose from the rest of the ship and disappeared beneath the waters of the dock.

Evacuation at Antwerp Central station

18/09/2015 • Update 14:25

Level -2 at Antwerp Central Station was evacuated shortly before 10AM this morning. The area was cleared after the discovery of a suspect case aboard a Benelux train, the Brussels - Amsterdam service.

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“Hitler moustache” school head apologises

18/09/2015 • 12:33

The school head of a primary school from Ronse who said his pupils thought Flemish nationalist leader Bart De Wever was only missing a moustache has issued a statement in which he says that he regrets the email he sent to the Flemish nationalist minister Liesbeth Homans in which he compared supporters of her N-VA party to Nazis.

Belgian army on manoeuvres in the Tropics

18/09/2015 • 15:16

18/9/15 - The Belgian army has announced large scale manoeuvres in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo this autumn. The idea is to maintain experience in the Tropics.

Court cases suspended due to lack of security staff

18/09/2015 • 15:16

18/9/15 - Security staff in the Brussels Palace of Justice are so short-staffed there's nobody to take prisoners to courtrooms. On Friday the president of the court decided no longer to accept the situation and suspend court room work.

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Sports

• Racing Genk make light work of KV Mechelen
• Club Brugge no match for Napoli
• CL: AA Gent see off French danger
• Anderlecht player made women disappear
• Ostend, the salt and pepper of Belgian football

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Brussels

• Minister wants to persuade more women to cycle
• "Find a solution for 800 to 1,000 refugees in Brussels tent camp, and fast"
• Brussels taxis at half price today!
• De Croo: "Brussels should clear the Maximiliaanpark"
• Dutch Language House expands in Brussels

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Culture

• Matthias Schoenaerts mobbed at Ostend
• Bruges Triennial: India to the rescue!
• "Moules frites" in Miami
• Take your chance to visit inaccessible places!
• The Jazz Age on show in Hasselt

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Life

• "I don't know whether I'll go up"
• PM Charles Michel takes a break... and meets the French president
• Belgian Senate now has its own honey
• Woman finds snake in her bathroom
• Youth group leaders gave 12-year-old beer

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Health & Environment

• Nuclear reactor out of action
• Belgian investor Marc Coucke wants to buy Pairi Daiza
• "Growing up in a farm protects against asthma"
• E19 closed for 16 hours after tank truck crash
• "10,000 exotic ring-necked parakeets in Belgium"

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Economy

• Harvest time in pear plantations
• AB InBev to invest 55 million in Belgium
• Finding cash for projects in Belgium!
• Bad news for 350 Bosal employees
• Subsidies for milk and pig sector

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