Belgium

While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

Since 2019, a 73-year-old Belgian-Moroccan woman has been going through an administrative hell to have her family name corrected.
Born in Morocco on January 5, 1952, Nawal Berrada* arrived in Saint-Gilles on July 3, 1976. She has been registered in the population register of the Brussels municipality since November 12, 1982. Her surname is correctly spelled with "2 r’s" on her birth certificate, established and corrected in Morocco. Her name Berrada is also spelled with "2 r’s" on her (…)

Flanders (Belgium) has seen a worrying increase in measles cases among children in recent months. A health specialist urges vaccination before any travel to Morocco where the disease is rampant.
Professor Daan Van Brusselen, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Antwerp hospital group ZAS, recommends vaccination before any travel to Morocco during the Easter holidays. "Anyone traveling during the Easter holidays should check which countries have epidemic outbreaks. This is (…)

Newly married, Sammy Mahdi, 36, president of the CD&V, and his partner and party colleague Nawal Farih, 36, federal MP and group leader in the Chamber in Belgium for the same party, continue to live at different addresses.
After their wedding celebrated last weekend, Sammy Mahdi will continue to live in Vilvoorde (Flemish Brabant), Nawal Farih in Genk (Limburg). A choice confirmed by the federal MP. She had actually made an announcement to this effect in an interview with Het Belang (…)

In Belgium, Sammy Mahdi, 36, president of the CD&V, celebrated his wedding last weekend with his partner and party colleague Nawal Farih, 36, a federal MP.
Former State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi announced the news on Instagram. He shared two photos of the couple, accompanied by the message: "We were best friends first, we are now husband and wife."
Sammy met Nawal in 2019, in the run-up to the federal elections. They were friends first, before falling in love. (…)

Ilham Kadri, the CEO of Syensqo, has obtained a bonus of 25.7 million euros over the past two years. A cash bonus never awarded in Belgium. The manager of Moroccan origin could also benefit from a retention bonus of 7.5 million euros by 2026.
After the split of Solvay into two separate listed structures (Solvay and Syensqo), validated at the end of 2023 during a General Meeting, Ilham Kadri, then CEO of Solvay, became CEO of Syensqo with a bonus of 12 million euros. The largest cash bonus (…)

Arrived in Belgium where he hoped to change his life, a Moroccan with a disability faces a harsh reality.
Yassine* left Morocco in 2016 for Belgium, in the hope of building a better life, because "the care of people with disabilities is not, he says, what it should be" in the kingdom. But things are not going as he had hoped. So far, he has not received any valid residence permit in Belgium. "I have already filed several applications, but they have all been rejected," he confided.
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Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced the cancellation of all its scheduled flights this Monday, March 31, both departing and arriving in Brussels. This measure follows the confirmation of a strike planned in the Belgian capital affecting airport operations.
For passengers whose flights are cancelled, the airline offers two options. They can either request a free rebooking of their trip within 15 days of the initial date, subject to availability, or opt for a full refund of the ticket, made (…)

It’s official. The Eid al-Fitr festival will be celebrated this Sunday, March 30 in Belgium, the Executive of Muslims of Belgium has just confirmed on its Facebook account.
Following the meeting of the Council of Muslim Theologians of Belgium attached to the EMB by videoconference today, March 29, 2025, the Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) is pleased to announce to the Muslims of Belgium that the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival is Sunday, March 30, 2025, marking the end of the (…)

The octogenarian El Miloud El Azaoui, whose disappearance on Sunday afternoon in Farciennes had mobilized authorities and relatives, was found alive on Tuesday. He had left his home, rue Clément Daix, on Sunday, and had not given any sign of life since.
"I went to his house on Sunday, and after my departure, his neighbor saw him leave his home," his daughter had explained on Monday, while the search was in full swing. She specified that after leaving, her father "went to a small store, (…)