The surroundings of the Brussels Central Station recorded on Sunday an unusual demonstration that mobilized representatives of the Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths. They are asking the authorities to ease the measures affecting places of worship, which remain, despite the health crisis situation, a real obstacle to freedom of worship.
Due to the restrictive measures, the tour operator TUI has canceled trips to Morocco and other non-European destinations until the end of April, and therefore during the spring holidays. This is what the spokesperson for TUI Belgium announced.
The Moroccan-origin athlete Mourad Laachraoui has made the best days of Belgian Taekwondo with many victories to his credit. At the age of 25, he has decided to hang up his boots but remains in a way on the mats, as a coach.
Moroccans residing in Belgium or Belgian-Moroccans will, in the coming days, have the possibility to travel to Morocco again. The ban on non-essential travel will be re-evaluated at the next Concertation Committee on February 26.
The Belgo-Moroccan jihadist Gelel Attar has displayed, through his lawyer, his opposition to the deprivation of his Belgian nationality before the Brussels criminal court. This deprivation had been pronounced last July after his conviction in the "Zerkani" case for acts of terrorism, his alleged involvement in the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris.
Flemish MP Sihame El Kaouakibi finds herself at the heart of the storm after her famous Antwerp non-profit organization Let’s Go Urban is suspected of financial irregularities. Egbert Lachaert has asked the statutory commission of the Open Vld to temporarily qualify her as "non-active" within the party.
Titled "Mosaic", a new exhibition has been taking place since February 5 at the Centrissime, the body responsible for promoting the Pays du Centre region. This new exhibition is an opportunity for a meeting between three photographers and citizens of Muslim traditions, origins or cultures in Brussels or Wallonia.
The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office has requested four years in prison, including two years suspended, against Benyamine E.M., who is being prosecuted for kidnapping with violence, deception or threat. Little Ilias had disappeared for three days before being found in the company of his uncle in the village of Steenkerke, in Flanders.
The Antwerp Court of Appeal has convicted a social housing tenant of Moroccan nationality who owns real estate in Morocco . According to the law, no one can claim social housing if they own real estate, even abroad.
Several victims of the attack on the Place Saint-Lambert in Liège, perpetrated by Nordine Amrani, believe that the Belgian State bears a large part of responsibility for this tragedy. The Constitutional Court seems to share this view.
Belgian justice has been examining since Tuesday, February 2, the charges against 20 alleged accomplices of the perpetrators of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris. This step precedes the trial that should be held at the end of the year in Brussels.
Nabil S., a Moroccan residing in Belgium, escaped a 15-year prison sentence before the 90th criminal chamber of the Court of First Instance in Brussels. He was on trial for the murder of Mohamed Hammas, a 28-year-old man, killed by a bullet in the chest in the Colruyt parking lot in Schaerbeek on April 11, 2012.