Belgian Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden intends to accelerate the transfer of foreign prisoners, particularly Moroccans, to their countries of origin in order to decongest the prisons. Since the country signed an agreement with Morocco on October 23 to repatriate at least 50 prisoners per year, not a single transfer has been carried out.
Nawell Madani’s show on Saturday, November 22 at the Guinguette Arena in Charleville-Mézières turned into a nightmare. The many spectators who came to applaud her had to wait more than two hours in the freezing cold (-2ºC) before being allowed into the venue.
The dissemination of a video on social networks has led to an administrative sanction against a bus driver of the Flemish company De Lijn. The man was suspended from his duties for a period of four days after being filmed praying on the public highway , next to his parked vehicle.
Belgian air traffic is about to experience a major paralysis next week. Due to a national strike organized by the unions, Brussels Airport has announced that no passenger flights will be operated from the platform on Wednesday, November 26. The connections to Morocco will be affected .
A Moroccan restaurant was ravaged by flames near Liège in the afternoon of Saturday. The fire was caused by a violent explosion that left several injured.
The Liège public prosecutor’s office has requested harsher sanctions against footballer Sofian Kiyine , whose spectacular accident in Flémalle in 2023 had made headlines around the world. The case is being retried on appeal after the player obtained a simple suspension of the verdict in the first instance, a decision deemed too lenient by the prosecution.
The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office and the Belgian police issued a wanted notice on Monday, November 17 to find two men, Gulhan Yildirim and Abderrahman Laktit, of Moroccan origin. They are considered dangerous fugitives, having been convicted by default last May to heavy sentences for a case of kidnapping and torture of a teenager.
The trial of a 48-year-old Moroccan, accused of having killed his 25-year-old wife with 25 knife blows in December 2021 , opened at the Liège Assize Court. The accused, Abrahim Oufrirh El Khoulati, made partial confessions, claiming to only remember a fraction of the violence that led to the near-decapitation of the victim.
The highly anticipated opening of six trials related to drug trafficking in Antwerp was marked by a courtroom incident this Friday. The main defendant, Nordin E. H., alias "Dikke Nordin", left the courtroom to protest against the security measures surrounding his appearance, which he considers "humiliating".
The municipality of Saint-Nicolas issued an order of uninhabitability of a dwelling occupied by a Moroccan family of five children, who have been threatened with eviction since then.
The Belgian comedian Nawell Madani has made peace with the 6-year-old boy she had kicked in the chest on the Champs-Élysées on October 6th last.
Moroccans, Algerians, Tunisians, Libyans and Mauritanians represent the community with the most unemployed people in Belgium.