The attendance at Brussels Airport (Brussels-Zaventem) increased by 42% in March 2023 compared to the same period last year. This is partly due to Morocco, one of the ten most visited countries last month.
The Collective for Inclusion and against Islamophobia in Belgium (CIIB) was the target of a burglary on Wednesday morning, between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. The premises, located on Boulevard du Neuvième de Ligne in Brussels, were vandalized and computers, video production equipment and archives were stolen. According to Mustapha Chairi, co-founder and executive director of the CIIB, the damage amounts to around 7,000 euros.
The "Ramadan-friendly" stickers placed in about twenty cultural centers in Brussels during this Ramadan fasting period are poorly perceived by the city’s Muslim community.
Abdel Fattouche, a Molenbeek family man, is under threat of eviction from the apartment he rents for 600 euros, at the end of his notice period on March 31. The Molenbeek resident is urgently looking for affordable housing before this deadline, while he has been waiting for social housing for 13 years.
The attendance at Brussels Airport (Brussels-Zaventem) increased by 65% in February 2023 compared to the same period last year. This is partly due to Morocco, one of the ten most visited countries last month.
The Court of Cassation of Brussels has confirmed the ruling of the Brussels court considering "illegal" the practices of body searches and on the knees as well as other degrading treatments suffered by Salah Abdeslam , Mohamed Abrini and other accused of the 2016 Brussels attacks.
The only candidate for his succession, the Moroccan Ahmed Laaouej has regained his position as president of the Brussels Federation of the Socialist Party (PS), following the vote that took place on Saturday, March 11.
The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will operate more flights to Brussels-Zaventem and Amsterdam-Schiphol from Tangier this summer. In the same dynamic, the low-cost airline Transavia France will increase its frequencies between Paris and Tangier.
The Belgian political scientist of Moroccan origin Fatima Zibouh is the new co-bearer of the candidacy of Brussels as European Capital of Culture in 2030. This designation is far from unanimous. However, she can count on the support of the Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort (PS), who holds a PhD in political science with Culture, Ethnicity and Politics.
The airline TUI Fly Belgium plans to launch new routes to Morocco from Brussels as part of its summer 2023 program.
The trial of the Brussels attacks continues to reveal its secrets. At Thursday’s hearing, the investigating judges drew the portrait of Belgian-Moroccan Ali El Haddad Asufi, 39, the main accused in these attacks.
Moroccan Ibrahim Farisi, one of the two accused appearing free at the trial of the March 22, 2016 attacks, made a new spectacular move by disrupting the proceedings during Tuesday’s hearing. The president of the assize court ordered his evacuation from the courtroom.