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Latest Flanders stories

01Which home-grown product best captures East Flanders in 2026?
02Are climate-related courses becoming the new career choice in Flanders?
03Four-car collision in Hasselt sends one man to hospital
04Can a new generation bring Vosselaar’s free Nokout festival back to life?
05Who can steady Musea Brugge after its director’s sudden departure?
06Antwerp police seize €16,000 and 120 cocaine packets in taxi-linked dealing cases
07What does West Flanders’ youngest priest earn — and why does the Belgian state pay him?
08Antwerp police investigate distraction theft of two luxury watches near Botanic Sanctuary
09Can Flanders still meet its 2030 onshore wind target after adding only two turbines?
10Where should Leuven residents put their eclipse glasses after Europe’s big solar show?
11Has Belgium detected its first case of a new Shamonda-like cattle virus?
12What will change while Antwerp’s Plantin-Moretus Museum closes for four months?
13Should Kalmthout sacrifice a landmark American oak to protect its heath?
1419-year-old woman killed by train at closed Wijgmaal level crossing
15Who will give Kortrijk’s historic stones their next home?

FlandersVlaamse Regering, regional industry, the Belt of cities.

FlandersIndustrial heritage

Why is Antwerp restoring the pipelines of its first petroleum age?

The Flemish government has committed €350,000 to conserve and restore the historic above-ground pipelines at Petroleum Zuid in Antwerp, preserving a rare remnant of the…

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FlandersFestival incident

Three girls injured by falling stage section at Sint-Job-in-’t-Goor festival

Three girls aged seven and eight were injured on Saturday when part of a festival stage came down during the Ballekesfeesten in Sint-Job-in-’t-Goor, according to reports by Het…

5h ago

FlandersRegional manufacturing

Which home-grown product best captures East Flanders in 2026?

Made in Oost-Vlaanderen has opened the fourth edition of its regional product competition, inviting companies to nominate goods, software and applications made in East Flanders by…

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FlandersSkills for the transition

Are climate-related courses becoming the new career choice in Flanders?

Syntra Midden-Vlaanderen reported on 2 September that enrolments in electrical and refrigeration courses had doubled compared with August 2025, while HVAC programmes attracted up…

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FlandersHasselt traffic

Four-car collision in Hasselt sends one man to hospital

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FlandersYouth-led festival revival

Can a new generation bring Vosselaar’s free Nokout festival back to life?

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FlandersClimate adaptation

Genk measurements confirm urban trees and shade reduce heat stress

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FlandersLeadership crisis

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FlandersCommemoration

Aalter firefighter Bart Verheyde heads to New York for 25th anniversary of 9/11

Aalter volunteer firefighter Bart Verheyde will leave Belgium on Saturday for a ten-day visit to New York and Washington, joining nine other Belgian firefighters for events…

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FlandersCross-border preparedness

Flanders, the Netherlands and Germany strengthen joint defences against major wildfires

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FlandersBinnendijle alert

Mechelen narrowly avoids flooding after lock malfunction

A lock problem sent the Binnendijle in central Mechelen about 70 centimetres above its normal level on Tuesday morning, but waterway staff lowered it before homes flooded or…

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FlandersAntwerp traffic

Why did one blocked lane cause a 45-minute queue on Antwerp’s Ring?

A crash blocked the right-hand lane of Antwerp’s R1 near Deurne on 24 August, creating a 45-minute queue from Antwerpen-West for traffic heading towards the Netherlands.

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