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FBI warned Netherlands about Bakraoui brothers days before attacks

Dutch police authorities informed their Belgian counterparts of the criminal and extremist background of the Bakraoui brothers on 17 March, five days before the suicide bombings at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station, Dutch justice minister Ard van der Steur has claimed. A tip from the FBI...

Major urban horticulture project launches in Anderlecht

A horticultural project supported by the European Regional Development Fund launched this week in the Brussels commune of Anderlecht. The aim of the initiative is to turn a plot of land next to the municipal sports fields into a substantial urban garden, writes Brusselnieuws. The grounds in Rue...

Two Belgians aboard hijacked EgyptAir plane

Among the passengers of the hijacked EgyptAir aircraft, which landed this morning at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, were two Belgians, report Belgian media. EgyptAir Flight MS181 was taken over by a passenger named by Cypriot officials as Seif Eldin Mustafa. The man claimed to be wearing explosives,...

Ryanair temporarily shifts all flights to Charleroi

As Brussels Airport remains closed due to last week's terror attacks, Ryanair has announced that all of its flights scheduled to operate to/from the national airport will instead operate to/from Brussels Charleroi at least through Friday, 1 April. The Irish low-cost airline is requesting that...

€2 billion improvements to Brussels Ring

Large-scale works on the Brussels Ring will begin in 2019 and cost an estimated €2 billion, Flemish public works minister Ben Weyts has announced. The biggest part of the project is the creation of parallel lanes over 20 kilometres, splitting local traffic from through traffic, in an attempt to...

Brussels Airport runs tests for possible re-opening

Brussels Airport’s management company is carrying out a range of tests today to determine if the airport is ready to re-open – perhaps as early as tomorrow – the company said, following the terrorist attacks that occurred at the airport last Tuesday, 22 March. Some 800 airport workers will be...

Extremists interrupt Sunday memorial for terrorist victims

Some 450 football hooligans interrupted a memorial on Sunday at Place de la Bourse in central Brussels for the victims of the 22 March terrorist attacks. Members of the group, all dressed in black, stomped on flowers, messages and other items placed by the hundreds on Place de la Bourse and,...

Belgian Academy helps explain country’s shared history

If you look back far enough in time, you’ll find there are perfectly logical reasons why Belgium is organised the way it is. Something to bear in mind, perhaps, the next time you try to explain the record-breaking gaps between governments to the folks back home, or stand in line at your fourth...

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...

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