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Final flour fight: The results of the Great Brussels Charity Bake Off 2016 are…

The long table was literally heaving with show-stopping cakes as Brussels’ best bakers waited to be crowned in the charity contest . Monday night’s gathering at legal firm Linklaters welcomed hundreds of people to discover the results and join in the cake feast. As the judges digested and...

Self-proclaimed 'independent journalist' Fayçal Cheffou released

Fayçal Cheffou has been released after an investigation following his arrest last week on suspicion of terrorist activity, reports the federal prosecutor. "The evidence that led to his arrest could not be confirmed by the investigation," reads the statement. The 30-year-old Cheffou was recently...

Footage surfaces of Abdeslam brothers partying in Brussels club

Footage has emerged of the terrorist brothers Salah and Brahim Abdeslam partying in a Brussels club in February, 2015, writes VTM News. The video dates from nine months prior to the November attacks in Paris, where both brothers were involved. The images confirm the suspicion that the Abdeslam...

Six days later, six responses to the Brussels attacks

Beatrice Delvaux , Le Soir, in a letter to her children For the past 20 years I have been lying to you. And I only have one excuse. For the past 20 years I believed my own lie. I sold you this world as one full of possibilities, of travel, of places you could explore and of people you could meet. I...

Campaign seeks to reduce discrimination against parents at work

The non-profit Amazone, which focuses on gender equality, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of discrimination against parents at work. Women in particular are discriminated against in this context, Amazone says, based on complaints filed at the Institute for the Equality of Women and Men...

Several arrests made during raids across Brussels

Six people were arrested during a police operation at around midnight in Schaerbeek, Jette and Brussels-City. Three of those detained were parked in a car outside the offices of the federal prosecutor in Brussels. They were questioned, but it is not yet clear why they were there. Two others were...

Questions asked over security, as ministers offer to resign

Members of the federal coalition parties are due to begin sitting in a parliamentary investigative committee today to look into the work of the security services leading up to Tuesday’s bomb attacks at Brussels Airport and on the Brussels metro. One of the main questions is how Ibrahim El Bakraoui...

BRDCST festival in Brussels is all about a state of mind

It’s not about names, but about a state of mind at the BRDCST music festival at Brussels’ Ancienne Belgique. At least, that’s the impression you get when taking a good look at the line-up of the concert hall’s maiden edition, uniting a hybrid of cutting-edge electronics, indie pop, jazz and world...

Extra security measures in Belgian movie theatres

Belgium's largest cinema chains, Kinepolis, owner of Utopolis, and UGC are taking additional measures to ensure the safety of their customers and staff following Tuesday's terror attacks in the capital, reports De Morgen . Both cinema chains have recruited additional security agents and are working...

Sven Mary attacked for defending Abdeslam

Belgian criminal defence lawyer Sven Mary on Tuesday was attacked by a person who deplored him for representing the accused terrorist Salah Abdeslam, writes Le Soir on its website. The lawyer was able to overpower the attacker, he told the newspaper, before returning to his office and promptly...

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