Belgium
Airfare to Morocco Soars as Fuel Prices Spike, Impacting Belgian Travelers
In Morocco, the prices of plane tickets from Belgium will rise considerably due to the significant increase in the price of oil.
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Flemish Virologist Sparks Outrage After Dancing at Indoor Event Despite COVID Warnings
The Flemish virologist, Marc Van Ranst, was seen in a video dancing with a woman on the occasion of the celebration of the Green March, while he had recently called to avoid contacts as much as possible. The images sparked a wave of reactions on social media.
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Belgium Secures Three Promising Belgo-Moroccan Youth Players, Outmaneuvering Morocco
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has been "robbed" of three players who had already been selected by Morocco in the U17 category. But the Belgian Football Federation, seeing the danger coming, got ahead of the FRMF by recruiting these three dual nationals.
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Brussels Students Develop Career Guidance App, Advance to International Science Finals
Two young Brussels women of Moroccan origin have developed an application to help students make their career choices. Their innovation has been selected for the final of an international competition.
Belgium
Homeless Deaths in Brussels Surge: Moroccan Migrants Among 762 Fatalities in 15 Years
At least 762 homeless people, including Moroccans, have died on the streets of the Brussels region in fifteen years, according to a census by the collective Les Morts de la rue.
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Elderly Woman Injured in Altercation on Antwerp Bus, Police Investigating
In Antwerp, an elderly woman accused of being "racist" was thrown off a bus following a dispute with Moroccans. Injured, she was taken to the hospital. The police are investigating the incident.
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Brussels Muslims Increasingly Choose Local Burials Over Repatriation
More and more Brussels Muslims , especially of Moroccan origin, prefer to bury their loved ones far from the land of origin, despite the easing of health restrictions.
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Study Reveals Widespread Racism in Belgium's Cleaning Industry
Belgium still has a long way to go in the fight against racism, discrimination and all kinds of stereotypes. This is the case, for example, in the cleaning sector.
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Moroccan Man Drowns in Heroic Attempt to Save Children from Belgian Pond
Last Thursday, the residents of the CPAS nursing home in Hal (Flemish Brabant) were shocked by the death of Mohamed, a man of Moroccan origin who drowned in a pond while trying to save two children.
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Belgian Mosques Reinstate Mask Mandate Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases
The Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) has announced to Belgian citizens of Muslim faith that it is mandatory to wear a mask in mosques again.
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Brussels Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Brutal Murder of Partner
Black Thursday for Abdelkader Bouajaja, sentenced by the Brussels Assize Court to 24 years in prison, for the murder in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean on September 3, 2019, of Leïla Zahiri, his partner. Despite the testimony of his ex-wife who described him as an "introverted and calm" man, he was found guilty by the jury.
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Flemish Deputy Accused of Misusing Over €1.3 Million in Subsidies, Report Finds
The report of the Flemish Inspectorate of Finance on the subsidies granted in recent years to non-profit organizations, including the famous "Let’s Go Urban Academy" association, accuses deputy Sihame El Kaouakibi of "systematic abuse of subsidy flows".