Four arrests in terror investigation in Ninove, Brussels, Liège and Charleroi

Four arrests in terror investigation in Ninove, Brussels, Liège and Charleroi

The federal police arrested four people on Sunday morning in Ninove, Brussels, Charleroi and Liège, as part of a terror investigation into the jihadist environment. “The four made plans for a terrorist attack,” the federal prosecutor’s office said. The special units raided four different addresses across the country early on Sunday morning. This was accompanied … Read more

UZ Brussels operates pancreatic cancer without recognition: “Patients need to know this”

UZ Brussels operates pancreatic cancer without recognition: “Patients need to know this”

The more patients with a particular cancer are treated in a hospital, the better the team of doctors and nurses becomes, and the greater the chance that the patient will survive the disease. That was the reason for former Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld) to significantly reduce the number of hospitals that … Read more

Brussels battleground between farmers and police – See images – 2024-02-28 13:08:45

Brussels battleground between farmers and police – See images
 – 2024-02-28 13:08:45

The center of Brussels has turned into a battlefield between angry farmers and the police, while the bloc’s agriculture ministers are meeting at the headquarters of the European Union. Today’s demonstration involves agricultural unions from Wallonia and Flanders (southern and northern Belgium), as well as farmers from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Luxembourg. Among the … Read more

Farmers Protest in Brussels: EU Agricultural Policy Under Fire

Farmers Protest in Brussels: EU Agricultural Policy Under Fire

Police estimate that around 900 tractors blocked the European quarter of the Belgian capital. Police used water cannons on protesters, while farmers burned tires and set off firecrackers. Belgian farmers were joined this time by colleagues from Spain, Portugal and Italy. Farmers across Europe are not satisfied with the EU agricultural policy, the “green course” … Read more

Brussels: Chaos with the farmers, they broke the railings – 2024-02-26 13:32:33

Brussels: Chaos with the farmers, they broke the railings
 – 2024-02-26 13:32:33

There were incidents earlier in Brussels, where EU agriculture ministers are meeting today, when farmers who had gathered to protest tried to break through police barriers outside the Union’s headquarters. The farmers are holding oranges and lemons threatening to throw them at the police if they prevent them from approaching the building, as reported by … Read more

Police: “Do not take the car to Brussels on Monday” – Israel has “evacuation plan” for civilians in combat zones

Police: “Do not take the car to Brussels on Monday” – Israel has “evacuation plan” for civilians in combat zones

News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. “Do not go to Brussels by car on Monday,” the police recommend Hundreds of tractors are expected in Brussels on Monday. The farmers are demonstrating following a European summit of agriculture ministers. The police expect traffic problems … Read more

Four flats uninhabitable after an apartment fire in Brussels

Four flats uninhabitable after an apartment fire in Brussels

Fire brigade The Brussels fire brigade was called on Sunday morning to a fire on the sixth floor of an apartment building on Helihavenlaan. The fire is now under control. Four flats are uninhabitable and one resident was taken to hospital. “Twenty people were evacuated from the building,” said fire brigade spokesman Walter Derieuw. “They … Read more

Tim De Wolf quits as Brussels Public Prosecutor “for personal reasons”

Tim De Wolf quits as Brussels Public Prosecutor “for personal reasons”

Justice The Public Prosecutor of Brussels, Tim De Wolf, will relinquish that position from April 1 “for personal reasons”. He only fulfilled that position on an interim basis. “After a career of 10 years as a deputy public prosecutor, of which the last three years as acting public prosecutor, I have decided for personal reasons … Read more

House searches in Italy in case surrounding attack on Sweden in Brussels

House searches in Italy in case surrounding attack on Sweden in Brussels

Terror Italian anti-terrorist police on Tuesday carried out searches of eighteen people linked to Abdesalem Lassoued, the Tunisian who shot dead two Swedes in Brussels on October 16, 2023. These are people with whom Lassoued is said to have had contact when he stayed in Italy between 2012 and 2016. The eighteen people are of … Read more