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6 days ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
Dirk Coeck and Kim Olthof pictured at Anfield stadium in Liverpool. Credit: Kim Olthof. A Belgian-Dutch couple got married in Liverpool earlier this month in a special ceremony attended by their friends, family - and a couple of football legends. Dirk Coeck, 56, originally from Antwerp, and Kim Olthof, 46, from Rotterdam, met in 2017 at a social event for Dutch and Belgian Liverpool supporters.
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1 week ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
A Belgian football fan who was in Liverpool for yesterday’s English Premier League title parade has said he felt "angry and upset" when he heard the news that a car had ploughed into a crowd in a city centre street, injuring scores of people. At around 18:00 local time, a car drove into a number of pedestrians on Water Street, Liverpool, shortly after Liverpool FC's title parade ended. According to the local ambulance service, 27 people were taken to hospital for treatment.
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1 week ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
The victim was named in the Romanian press as Olivia Botusan. Credit: Facebook. A 36-year-old woman was brutally killed last week in an apartment in Etterbeek, the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed. The woman’s body was found by police officers on Monday evening, May 19th. Her partner, a 42-year-old man, was arrested and is being held in police custody. The murder reportedly took place on Rue Général Leman.
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1 week ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
The city of Ghent. Credit: Belga/ James Arthur GekiereFifteen European cities, including the city of Ghent, have appealed to the EU to take “bold and immediate” steps to address the continent’s housing crisis.
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1 week ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
A Dutch weather forecaster has accused Belgium of inadvertently stealing wind from its neighbours’ wind turbines in the North Sea. Wind farms in Belgium are reportedly taking up to 3 % of wind energy from Dutch installations, according to Remco Verzijlbergh, CEO of Dutch weather forecasting service Whiffle. In an interview with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Verzijlbergh said: “A wind turbine is designed to extract wind from the air. If you measure behind a wind turbine, the wind blows less hard.
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1 week ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne pictured during a press conference in March. Credit: BELGA PHOTO BRUNO FAHYBelgian international Kevin de Bruyne will play his final match for Manchester City today after 10 years at the English club. The Tronchienne-born playmaker made a huge impact at City, taking home 16 winners’ medals, including six Premier League titles, in a period of remarkable success for the Manchester club.
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2 weeks ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
If you are visiting the Mix Hotel this weekend, an afternoon nap in one of its guest rooms will be out of the question. Until Sunday, the hotel, which sits on the edge of the picturesque Sonian Forest, is playing host to an international art and antiques fair. Rather than staging the fair in a conference room or exhibition centre, the organisers have made ingenious use of hotel guest rooms to display works of art.
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2 weeks ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky. Credit: Embassy of Israel to the USA. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) has condemned the killing of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington DC. Israeli couple Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinksky were shot dead as they left an event at the Capital Jewish museum in the US capital. A 30-year-old suspect, named as Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, has been detained.
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2 weeks ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
Uber announced today that it is partnering with train company Gemini Trains to rival Eurostar in the provision of cross-Channel train services. Gemini said earlier this year it is planning to launch international rail services from London to Brussels and Paris. The company is aiming to buy 10 new trains for the venture. As part of the deal between Uber and Gemini, trains between the UK and Europe will be “co-branded” with Uber and Gemini branding.
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2 weeks ago | 
brusselstimes.com | Katie Westwood
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) shakes hands with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (R) at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on October 2, 2024. Credit: Belga/Benjamin Cremel/AFPAs he unveiled the “reset” deal between the UK and the EU earlier this week, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer declared it was “time to look forward” and “move on from the stale old debates of the past”.
