News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. At least 160 young people are without school in Antwerp At least 160 young people have been at home for weeks or months because there is no longer room for them in secondary education after they had … Read more
crime A young man was injured in a shooting in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht last night. RTL Info reports this and the news is confirmed by the local police Brussels South (Anderlecht/Sint-Gillis/Vorst). The exact circumstances of the shooting are still unclear. The incident took place around 4 am, in the vicinity of the Sint-Guido … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. More and more countries are restricting treatment for trans youth Trans youth can receive puberty blockers and hormone treatments. But that medical treatment is based on “shaky foundations,” says an extensive study. More and more European countries … Read more
Does current events burn into your pores like hot chili sauce? Or are you itching to tell stories in your own way about what is happening in the world? Then Mediahuis, the publisher of De Standaard, among others, is looking for you. Four young people are given the opportunity to work as creative storytellers for … Read more
Justice A 27-year-old man from Kontich has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual offenses with underage girls. The man made about forty victims by approaching the girls via Snapchat and using a game to get them to send him nude images and perform sexual acts on themselves. He demanded increasingly extensive images … Read more
Hazza Abu Al-Rish (Abu Dhabi) The presence of the new generation of young people in the cultural scene is remarkable and prominent, and their literary contributions are an important source of local creativity. We notice in recent years that there are new young faces who have emerged and achieved distinguished participation through their presence in … Read more
crime A young man was shot dead in Dampremy, a sub-municipality of Charleroi. The Charleroi public prosecutor’s office confirms this. The shooting was the result of a robbery and two suspects have now been arrested. The victim is an 18-year-old boy from Farciennes. He was shot in Elio Ivan Park. Two suspects were arrested on … Read more
Public health An inspection by the FPS Public Health with ‘mystery shoppers’ shows that almost nine in ten of the businesses inspected sold alcohol to minors. With regard to the sale of tobacco products, almost 70 percent of the cases were in violation. Striking: night shops are doing better than catering establishments and supermarkets. During … Read more
Violence The police found a man on the sidewalk in Louizalaan near the center of Brussels on Monday evening. The 19-year-old had two gunshot wounds to his head and is in life-threatening condition. No one had heard or seen what preceded when the police found the seriously injured man between nine and ten on Monday … Read more
“I have the feeling that it is a forgotten theme, while it is very important,” says Auguste (17) about the sex and relationships education lessons. He is in the sixth grade in Antwerp and took the lessons this school year and in the second grade. “In the second year we barely had a few lessons. … Read more