Skaters take to the ice in east Flanders
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Skaters take to the ice in east Flanders
Belgian athletes start countdown to London 2012
Belgian athletes start countdown to London 2012
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.
Please don’t try this at home!
Please don’t try this at home!
This Week's Video News - Drivers on the Ostend Brussels motorway were in for a surprise this week when a base jumper took off from the new KBC Artevelde Tower that is being constructed next to the motorway.
Soundless Madonna in Belgian stations
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Soundless Madonna in Belgian stations
Flanders Today - Madonna's new video clip is being screened on big screens in Belgian railway stations all next week. The video of the American singer's song "Give me all your luvin" premiered in the US on Thursday night and will be on show in eleven Belgian stations starting Friday afternoon.
1,200 job losses in a week’s time
1,200 job losses in a week’s time
This Week's Video News - It’s been a dreadful week for employment in Flanders. 1200 jobs have now gone. VRT News spoke with Paul Soete of the employers’ federation Agoria.
Flemish Masters on show in the Americas and Japan
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Flemish Masters on show in the Americas and Japan
News - Several key works by leading Flemish artists will soon be on show in exhibitions in Florida, Mexico City and Tokyo. The works come from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp that is closed until refurbishments are complete in 2017.
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.
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