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
You are young and you want something, but what is left for Arthur Vermeeren (18)? A top transfer to Atlético Madrid, as it turns out. Antwerp’s golden boy ticked off much more in 2023 than he ever dared to dream. In December we looked back on his crazy year with him. “I had never drunk … Read more
Antwerp – On the BBC Antiques roadshow, BBC One’s Between Art and Kitsch, a unique book emerged this week with 2,500 police photographs of refugees who arrived in Cardiff during the First World War. Among them are many Antwerp residents, who were often wrongly suspected of espionage by the police. “An interesting register, certainly representative … Read more
Party at the Tram and Bus Museum in Berchem this afternoon. Various neighborhood committees joined forces to make something special. Visitors could visit the museum, but they could of course also have a snack and a drink. A DJ added extra atmosphere. The neighborhood could use a boost after a 39-year-old man was stabbed at … Read more
With two world titles, Seppe Smits (32) is by far the most successful Belgian snowboarder of all time. And even though there has been a voice here and there in recent years that the Kempen resident was thinking about quitting, he seemed to keep going. Until late Tuesday evening the message arrived: Seppe Smits will … Read more