Belgian athletes start countdown to London 2012
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This Week's Video News - Fashion designer Stijn Helsen got quite a challenge: Olympic outfits that are stylish, with a note of surrealism, and all in the colours of the Belgian tricolor.
Snow triggers traffic chaos
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Snow triggers traffic chaos
News - Heavy snowfall is causing severe disruption for drivers across northern Belgium on Friday night. West and East Flanders and Antwerp province were first to be covered in a blanket of slow that extended to the entire region in the course of the afternoon.
It froze -10° C in Brussels last night
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It froze -10° C in Brussels last night
News - Thursday night was the coldest night of the cold snap so far. Temperatures in Brussels plummeted to -10° C while in the High Fens in eastern Belgium lows of -17 were recorded. At Ostend on the coast a low of -8° C was measured.
Murder at the castle: no body in the moat!
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Murder at the castle: no body in the moat!
News - The father-in-law and brother-in-law of the lord of the castle in Wingene have been released from custody. The gun in the father-in-law's possession did not correspond with the spent cartridge found in the hall of the castle.
Icy nights: emergency solutions for homeless crisis
Icy nights: emergency solutions for homeless crisis
This Week's Video News - The Red Cross is one of the organisations that have opened a new reception centre for homeless people in Brussels. With lows of minus 8 degrees a place to sleep indoors is no luxury.
PM plays cards close to his chest
PM plays cards close to his chest
This Week's Video News - Belgian diplomats are in Brussels for the Diplomatic Days, an opportunity for Belgium's brand new Premier Elio Di Rupo to set out the country's foreign policy priorities to the guys and lasses who have been in the forefront of explaining the country's political woes.
8 years for rapist identified by hall camera
8 years for rapist identified by hall camera
This Week's Video News - A serial rapist has been sentenced to 8 years in gaol. CCTV footage from a housing block's hall camera allowed police to identify the man one of whose victims lives in this block.
"Remove PIP breast implants" says Health Ministry
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"Remove PIP breast implants" says Health Ministry
News - The Belgian Public Health Ministry is advising women in Belgium who received breast implants produced by France's PIP Company to have them removed as a precaution. The French implants are made of industrial grade silicones and may leak.
Way of counting blamed for higher jobless figures
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Way of counting blamed for higher jobless figures
News - For the first time since August 2010 Flemish unemployment figures are up once again. The increase is being attributed to the poor performance of the Belgian economy and a change in the way that the figures are managed.
Big demand for service cheques
Big demand for service cheques
This Week's Video News - Belgians used 109 million Euro's worth of service cheques during 2011. This is almost 12% up on 2010.
"Everyone guaranteed shelter by this evening”
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"Everyone guaranteed shelter by this evening”
News - The Secretary of State responsible for Asylum, Migration and Tackling Poverty Maggie De Block (Flemish Liberal) has promised places for 1,000 asylum-seekers and other 2,000 homeless people will be made available by Wednesday evening.
Crown Cork to close Deurne factory
Crown Cork to close Deurne factory
This Week's Video News - The packaging company Crown Crown Cork is to close its factory in the Antwerp municipality of Deurne with the loss of 300 jobs.
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