SHOUTS FROM THE LAW STREET Anyone who slips in the Wetstraat or ends up in the rumor mill will sooner or later end up in this section. Cynical (1) Antwerp N-VA councilor Els van Doesburg has lived in Belgium since she was eleven, but still has dual nationality and is therefore still allowed to vote … Read more
Open VLD approved the party’s federal and Flemish electoral lists in the province of Antwerp on Sunday. The liberals take second place on the parliamentary list with newcomer Liselotte Dupont, an Antwerp lawyer. Source: BELGA Today at 3:30 PM In the summer of 2022, Dupont made national news when she was one of the first … Read more
1. Rafah death toll continues to rise Since last weekend, Israel has expanded the war in Gaza into Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least twenty people have now died there. The French news agency AFP even speaks of 128 deaths. Read … Read more