Antwerp – Animal rights organization Active for Justice is pleased that activists defaced the facade of Grand Café De Rooden Hoed with chalk and stickers this week. “Our fun campaign ‘All rabbits free’ is well received. Two Antwerp restaurants have already announced that they will remove rabbit from their menu.” On January 24, the Dutch … Read more
aviation The Antwerp criminal court again acquitted the owner and operator of Antwerp Airport on Friday for what opponents called an illegal expansion of the runway in agricultural areas. An appeal was immediately announced. The airport in Deurne (Antwerp) has both a landlord and an operator. The landlord is the Flemish Region (via the project … Read more
Justice Antwerp criminal lawyer Jorgen Van Laer (42) has been referred to the criminal court on suspicion of membership of a criminal organization and attempted money laundering. The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office confirms this. The lawyer is said to have made agreements with his client B., a drug boss residing in Dubai, to help launder … Read more
Jupiler Pro League Football club Royal Antwerp FC has been ordered by the labor court to pay severance compensation of half a million euros to ex-coach Brian Priske. WhatsApp messages show that Priske was indeed fired by Antwerp. “Royal Antwerp FC has today decided to no longer continue with Brian Priske (45) as head coach,” … Read more
The Department of Healthcare already counted 159 reports of whooping cough this year. In the years before the corona pandemic, on average less than a thousand whooping cough cases were reported per year, or an average of eighty in the month of January (2017-2019). It is striking that there are more cases than in recent … Read more
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
Antwerp and Ghent are the big consumers of municipal subsidies. Of the 5.1 billion euros that flowed to local authorities in 2022, they received a third, according to an analysis made by the newspaper De Tijd based on figures from Flemish MP Brecht Warnez (CD&V). The two major cities receive as many subsidies as 244 … Read more
Football The appeal that Marc Overmars had filed against the worldwide suspension imposed on him by the FIFA World Football Association has been rejected. His spokesperson Frank Neervoort confirmed this after earlier reporting from the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. At the beginning of this year, Fifa took over the worldwide suspension that Overmars had received … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. OECD report: “If Brussels wants to move forward, it should look more closely at Antwerp” Local mayors blocking major mobility projects? Dutch-speaking schools over which French-speaking politicians have no say? If Brussels wants to move forward, the … Read more
Threats Police have arrested a 28-year-old man who had threatened Jewish people in Antwerp online. The suspect had stated that he wanted to carry out an acid attack. In January, a woman reported threats via social media to the Antwerp police. “It started with a comment under an online article about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but … Read more