At around 7:30 this morning, the emergency services received a report of an explosion in Antwerp’s Gounodstraat, in the city center. “The initial findings show that a fire bomb was thrown at the front door of a house,” said Kim Bastiaens, spokesperson for the Antwerp police. “There is damage to the front door of an … Read more
Antwerp The Antwerp police have found one hundred kilograms of cocaine in an apartment near the Boekenbergpark in Deurne-Zuid. A 16-year-old who was guarding the cocaine has been arrested. The East neighborhood team of the Antwerp police zone conducted anonymous surveillance near the Boekenberg Park on Saturday evening because there was regular nuisance due to … Read more
A 17-year-old boy was seriously injured in a stabbing in the Lange Klarenstraat, a side street of the Meir, on Saturday night. He is out of danger. The victim is said to have been present at a party where he was not welcome. There was a conflict with some other attendees and the Antwerp teenager … Read more
low emission zone The city of Antwerp is getting a boost from foreign drivers with an electric car. Many of them receive a fine if they enter the low-emission zone (LEZ), even if their vehicle does not emit any harmful substances. The city is looking to AI to solve that problem, recognizing vehicles instead of … Read more
reportage city poets The benefit auction took place at the Bernaerts auction house. — © Sebastian Steveniers A benefietauction with special objects from twenty years of Antwerp’s city poetry raised 6,860 euros. “For full-fledged urban poetry, resources of a different order of magnitude are needed.” To financially support the city poetship, the Antwerp city poets, … Read more
Crime Juvenile judges in Antwerp will soon be able to impose an ankle bracelet on young delinquents. The Flemish government has decided that. The pilot project will be rolled out across Flanders after a year if there is a positive evaluation. In the coming months, the judges of the Antwerp youth court will be able … Read more
Drugs Three suspects were caught at the MPET terminal in the port of Antwerp on Monday evening during the removal of a shipment of cocaine. They were arrested by the investigating judge. Joris van der Aa, Jarit Taelman and Sacha Van Wiele Today at 08:06 Around 9 p.m. a number of suspicious people were seen … Read more
Traffic The morning rush hour from the north of Antwerp was particularly difficult on Wednesday, after a collision between two trucks on the Antwerp ring road towards Ghent. According to the Flemish Traffic Center, two trucks collided on the Merksem viaduct, forcing the closure of three lanes. This meant that all traffic could only use … Read more
Prison system Several people were injured in a serious fight in the overcrowded prison in Antwerp’s Begijnenstraat on Tuesday afternoon. The incident in Begijnenstraat took place on Tuesday during the walk. According to reliable sources within the prison system, the incident started after several objects were thrown over the prison wall, the Gazet van Antwerpen … Read more
Football Antwerp Football Club and chairman Paul Gheysens are working concretely on the construction of grandstand 2 – preferably within two years. There is no agreement with landowner Tania Mintjens, but the club has a building right until 2052, with the option to extend it for another fifty years. Antwerp wants to build a new … Read more