Nov
Amnesty International said Belgium authorities “abandoned” thousands of elderly people who died in nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic following an investigation published Monday going through a series of inadequacies described by the group as “human rights violations.” One of the hardest-hit countries in Europe, Belgium has reported more than 531,000 confirmed virus cases and […]
Aug
Two mosques in Antwerp are filing a complaint against the far-right Vlaams Belang political party and its chairman Tom Van Grieken for spreading images on social media which they feel incite hatred and discrimination. The Al Aqsa Mosque and the adjacent Cultural Centre Mosque Omar in the northern district of Antwerp are filing a complaint, […]
Jun
A black MEP has told Euronews of her emotion after receiving a standing ovation for her speech during a debate on racism. MEPs applauded Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana after her address on Wednesday in which she claimed police had humiliated her during an incident in Brussels. She alleged officers turned violent with her after she tried to […]
Jun
In Belgium, the police put a reverse handcuff on the 13-year-old boy and detained him. Increased racism and police violence are being protested in many countries in Europe after the black murder of George Floyd in the USA by the police. On June 1, in the Saint-Gilles region of Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the images that the […]
May
Hundreds of medical staffers, in a sign of protest, turned their backs on Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes during her Saturday visit to a hospital in the capital Brussels. The premier was on her maiden to two healthcare institutions since the coronavirus outbreak. The employees of the Saint Peter hospital gave a “guard of dishonor” […]
Apr
Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment, as COVID-19 patients continue to arrive at intensive care units that are starting to fill up. “Federal authorities do not seem to see or hear that the reality is that hospitals are in a massive […]
Jan
The cabinet of ships Tine Heyse says that the posters were drawn up correctly, according to the rules of the Standing Committee for Language Supervision. The Ghent city government launched a major information campaign to inform Gentenaar of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ), which will be enforced from next month. To prevent vulnerable groups from dropping […]
Jan
A Turkish-origin deputy and mayor in Belgium has been expelled from the Socialist Party (PS) after accepting a delegation comprised of Turkish mayor that included members of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The party’s disciplinary committee convened Friday and ruled for the expulsion of Emir Kır, the mayor Saint-Josse-ten-Noode municipality and a deputy of the […]
Jan
Belçika’nın başkenti Brüksel’in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode ilçesi Belediye Başkanı Emir Kır, Türkiye’den çeşitli belediye başkanlarından oluşan heyeti kabul etmesinin ardından sosyal medyadan ölüm tehditleri aldı. Kır, yaptığı yazılı açıklamada, sosyal medyada kendisine yönelik ‘nefret ve şiddet içeren çağrılar yapılmasının’ açıkça suç teşkil ettiğini belirterek, ırkçı saldırıların, kendisinin Türk belediye başkanlarını ağırlamasıyla arttığını ifade etti. Sosyal medyadaki saldırılar […]
Dec
Overturning a previous ruling, Belgian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ban on wearing headscarves in two schools in the country’s Flemish region. In 2018, the parents of 11 students filed a case against the ban in the northeastern Maasmechelen municipality and won the case. This August, a court in Tongeren also ruled that the […]
