For the first time in almost six years: Anderlecht surprisingly wins against Jan Breydel and gives Club a serious blow

For the first time in almost six years: Anderlecht surprisingly wins against Jan Breydel and gives Club a serious blow

Jupiler Pro League Anderlecht has done a great job in the title battle. For the first time in almost six years, the Purple & White managed to win on the pitch of Club Brugge (1-2). For the people of Bruges, a nineteenth title gradually seems like a distant dream. There was a lot at stake … Read more

Why Leap Years Exist: Explained in One Simple Animation

Why Leap Years Exist: Explained in One Simple Animation

Leap Years: Explained in One Simple Animation Leap Years: Explained in One Simple Animation Introduction Leap years are an interesting phenomenon, and 2024 happens to be one of them. Apart from giving an extra day to the calendar, leap years have historical and scientific significance. In this article, we’ll dive into the reasons behind leap … Read more

Dennis Black Magic faces five years in prison for rape: “Promises a great future in the porn industry, but asks for sex”

Dennis Black Magic faces five years in prison for rape: “Promises a great future in the porn industry, but asks for sex”

Justice The public prosecutor has asked for a five-year prison sentence for Dennis Burkas (49), better known as Dennis Black Magic. He is again on trial for rape, stalking and assault of several women. The Public Prosecution Service sees a high risk of recidivism and therefore asks for the maximum sentence, but Burkas himself maintains … Read more

Former top footballer Dani Alves sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for rape

Former top footballer Dani Alves sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for rape

Brazilian Dani Alves, former top footballer at FC Barcelona, ​​among others, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday for rape. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded nine years in prison against former Brazilian top footballer Dani Alves (40) on charges of sexual abuse. He is said to have raped a young woman in … Read more

Six years in prison for Dutch football international Quincy Promes for drug smuggling

Six years in prison for Dutch football international Quincy Promes for drug smuggling

drugs The court in Amsterdam has sentenced footballer Quincy Promes to six years in prison for his involvement in the large-scale smuggling of cocaine through the port of Antwerp. That happens in absentia, Promes has been living in Russia since 2021. The cocaine smuggling took place at the end of January 2020 via a container … Read more

Never in seven years have there been so many complaints about wind turbines

Never in seven years have there been so many complaints about wind turbines

In 2023, there were 66 complaints about wind turbine nuisance in Flanders. That is the largest number of complaints in the past seven years. This is evident from figures that Flemish Member of Parliament Johan Deckmyn (Vlaams Belang) requested from Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir (N-VA). In 2022 there were 51 complaints and … Read more

Antwerp “yard of the century” has started, but concerns about years of traffic disruption

Antwerp “yard of the century” has started, but concerns about years of traffic disruption

Oosterweel connection In Antwerp, work has started on a temporary highway that will accommodate traffic when the Merksem viaduct is demolished. The number of lanes in the direction of the Netherlands will decrease from four to three at the beginning of March. Parallel to the Antwerp Ring, a so-called “bypass” is being built as part … Read more

The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in 20 years – Biden wins Democratic primary in Nevada

The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in 20 years – Biden wins Democratic primary in Nevada

News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in twenty years Our country is rapidly becoming more diverse, and this will increase in the coming decades. “Diversity has become a basic feature of society.” … Read more

The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in twenty years

The number of young people with a migration background has doubled in twenty years

In two decades, the number of inhabitants with a migration background in Belgium has increased from more than two to more than four million. In the same period, the number of Belgians without a migration background fell by 670,000. For example, the share of residents with a migration background has increased throughout the country from … Read more