The assassination of Khalid, a 31-year-old young man mistakenly shot with 17 Kalashnikov bullets on September 14, 2023, on Wayez Street, a busy commercial thoroughfare in the municipality of Anderlecht, will not go unpunished. The person who ordered the hit has been charged.
The Belgian Parliament is examining the possibility of withdrawing residence permits from unemployed foreigners receiving benefits.
Oussaid, a 13-month-old baby, was seriously injured on the forehead by a phone that fell from a ride, while he was enjoying the fairground attractions set up in Saint-Ghislain for the Ascension festivities with his family. The little boy is still hospitalized.
The Brussels police court has sentenced by default Adil B.H., an influencer, to six driving bans, for a total duration of 17.5 years. A conviction that the young man royally mocks.
Ilyes Zairi, 32, a young man from Antwerp, was stabbed to death on Sunday in a square in Seefhoek, while coming to the aid of a young woman who was being harassed.
The former socialist municipal councillor of Molenbeek-Saint, Belgian-Moroccan Hicham Chakir, obtained a dismissal on Tuesday before the Brussels correctional court in a drug trafficking case at the port of Antwerp.
The date is now known to Muslims in Belgium. The Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha, will be held this year on Friday, June 6. The Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB) made the official announcement through a press release, thus setting one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar.
The political parties N-VA and Vlaams Belang criticize the use of Arabic language by the City of Bruges to communicate with residents.
In Belgium, flights departing from Brussels Airport, the airport of the Belgian capital Brussels, to Morocco and other countries will be disrupted due to a new national strike.
The collective Les 100 diplômées denounces a letter dated April 24, addressed by the Minister of Public Service, Vanessa Matz, to federal senior officials, which it perceives as a request to "map Muslim women wearing headscarves".
During a new stay in Morocco, Georges-Louis Bouchez, president of MR, reiterated his support for the Moroccan nature of the Sahara and intends to work towards changing his country’s position. Unlike France, Spain, and the United States, Belgium does not yet recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
In Belgium, many Moroccans are among those arrested in the port of Antwerp for attempting to extract drugs from shipping containers. The Netherlands tops the ranking.