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El Arbi and Fallah at Palm Springs: “We’re letting you know how awesome it is!”
4/1/18 - Film directors Adil el Arbi and Bilall Fallah are among Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch. The two Flemings – makers of Black and Snowfall will be in the spotlight at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and have filmed part of their journey to the city during which they are promoting their new release Patser with T-shirts and jackets!
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WWI U-boat and British gunboat listed as cultural heritage
A submarine used by the Germans in the First World War has been listed as cultural heritage. The U-boat dubbed "UB-29" sank in December 1916, only to be discovered off the Zeebrugge coast last year. Artefacts from the U-boat are now on display in the Bruges expo "WOI, de slag om de Noordzee".
WWI U-boat and British gunboat listed as cultural heritage
A submarine used by the Germans in the First World War has been listed as cultural heritage. The U-boat dubbed "UB-29" sank in December 1916, only to be discovered off the Zeebrugge coast last year. Artefacts from the U-boat are now on display in the Bruges expo "WOI, de slag om de Noordzee".
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Queen Mathilde receives Billie at Royal Greenhouses
21/4/18 - The Royal Greenhouses in Laken open their doors to the public today. Billie, a young reporter for the VRT's children's TV news programme 'Karrewiet' was allowed a preview by nobody less than the Queen herself. Billie learned about all kinds of new plants, and also discovered a flower with the colours of the Belgian flag.
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Queen Mathilde receives Billie at Royal Greenhouses
21/4/18 - The Royal Greenhouses in Laken open their doors to the public today. Billie, a young reporter for the VRT's children's TV news programme 'Karrewiet' was allowed a preview by nobody less than the Queen herself. Billie learned about all kinds of new plants, and also discovered a flower with the colours of the Belgian flag.
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Advisory body tells UNESCO that WWI sites aren’t world heritage
The body that advises the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO on application for world heritage site status does not believe that an application by the Flemish, Walloon and French Government for such status to grant to the former battlefields of the Great War should be accepted.
Advisory body tells UNESCO that WWI sites aren’t world heritage
The body that advises the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO on application for world heritage site status does not believe that an application by the Flemish, Walloon and French Government for such status to grant to the former battlefields of the Great War should be accepted.
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Mathieu Asselin's photographic investigation into Monsanto at FOMU in Antwerp
Antwerp's photography museum, the FOMU, is hosting a photographic investigation into the activities of the controversial chemicals multinational Monsanto that has just been acquired by Germany's Bayer.
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Mathieu Asselin's photographic investigation into Monsanto at FOMU in Antwerp
Antwerp's photography museum, the FOMU, is hosting a photographic investigation into the activities of the controversial chemicals multinational Monsanto that has just been acquired by Germany's Bayer.
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Lambic beers in the spotlight during “The Night of the Great Thirst”
Next Friday a very special beer festival is being held in the village of Itterbeek, in Flemish Brabant municipality of Dilbeek. The International Gueuze and Kriek Festival, also known as the “Night of the Great Thirst" is being staged for the 8th time.
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Lambic beers in the spotlight during “The Night of the Great Thirst”
Next Friday a very special beer festival is being held in the village of Itterbeek, in Flemish Brabant municipality of Dilbeek. The International Gueuze and Kriek Festival, also known as the “Night of the Great Thirst" is being staged for the 8th time.
This week's video news
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Queen Mathilde receives Billie at Royal Greenhouses
21/4/18 - The Royal Greenhouses in Laken open their doors to the public today. Billie, a young reporter for the VRT's children's TV news programme 'Karrewiet' was allowed a preview by nobody less than the Queen herself. Billie learned about all kinds of new plants, and also discovered a flower with the colours of the Belgian flag.
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Queen Mathilde receives Billie at Royal Greenhouses
21/4/18 - The Royal Greenhouses in Laken open their doors to the public today. Billie, a young reporter for the VRT's children's TV news programme 'Karrewiet' was allowed a preview by nobody less than the Queen herself. Billie learned about all kinds of new plants, and also discovered a flower with the colours of the Belgian flag.
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VIDEO: Kiss-in at Brussels Beurs building
21/4/18 - The organisation Rainbow House staged a kiss-in at the stairs of the Brussels Beurs building on Friday evening. The event was meant to send a clear signal against homophobic violence. Last month, a gay couple was physically harrassed and attacked by a gang of youths in the capital, not the first incident of its kind.
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VIDEO: Kiss-in at Brussels Beurs building
21/4/18 - The organisation Rainbow House staged a kiss-in at the stairs of the Brussels Beurs building on Friday evening. The event was meant to send a clear signal against homophobic violence. Last month, a gay couple was physically harrassed and attacked by a gang of youths in the capital, not the first incident of its kind.
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Americans pooh-pooh longer life for F-16s
19/4/18 - Evidence provided by air force whistle-blower lieutenant colonel Decrop yesterday seemed to convince some government parties that the lifespan of our F16 fighter jets could be extended. A billion euros could buy 20 years, but US air force and Lockheed Martin experts strongly rejected this scenario in evidence to lawmakers.
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Americans pooh-pooh longer life for F-16s
19/4/18 - Evidence provided by air force whistle-blower lieutenant colonel Decrop yesterday seemed to convince some government parties that the lifespan of our F16 fighter jets could be extended. A billion euros could buy 20 years, but US air force and Lockheed Martin experts strongly rejected this scenario in evidence to lawmakers.
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Sun brings out the sunbathers!
19/4/18 - Inland temperatures are edging towards the high twenties. On the coast the low twenties are pretty early this year. At Ostend on our North Sea coast sun bathers have found their way to the beach.
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Sun brings out the sunbathers!
19/4/18 - Inland temperatures are edging towards the high twenties. On the coast the low twenties are pretty early this year. At Ostend on our North Sea coast sun bathers have found their way to the beach.
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Stiffer sentences for cocaine traffickers
19/4/18 - Eighteen members of a drug trafficking gang standing trial in Antwerp face sentences of up to 15 years and fines of 60,000 euros. The gang stands accused of importing 3.5 tons of Colombian cocaine through the port of Antwerp.
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Stiffer sentences for cocaine traffickers
19/4/18 - Eighteen members of a drug trafficking gang standing trial in Antwerp face sentences of up to 15 years and fines of 60,000 euros. The gang stands accused of importing 3.5 tons of Colombian cocaine through the port of Antwerp.
