While Vlaams Belang remains the leading party in Flanders in terms of voting intentions at 28%, a slight increase compared to last December (+0.7 point), Ecolo could not maintain its third place in Wallonia. This is indicated by the results of the Grand Barometer Le Soir-RTL-TVI-Ipsos-Het Laatste Nieuws-VTM .
In unison, the Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium (CIB) called, on Friday, March 13, on all mosque leaders in the country to close their doors and cease all worship and educational activities. This, "until at least April 3, 2020", in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Belgian model Marisa Papen, who had posed nude in front of the Hagia Sophia (former mosque) in Istanbul in 2018, is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the public prosecutor’s office. She faces up to three years in prison.
The president of the "Solidarité Féminine" association in Casablanca was honored for her commitment to single mothers and abandoned children.
On Friday, March 6, 2020, the United Nations Committee against Torture ordered Belgium to provide one of its citizens, a 25-year-old Belgian woman detained in the Al-Roj camp in Syria held by Kurdish forces, with the necessary documents for her repatriation.
Tired of being the victim of racist and sexist reactions, an elected official has decided to break the silence to make herself heard. In a video posted on Twitter, the 34-year-old Flemish MP of Moroccan origin, Sihame El Kaouakibi (Open Vld), cried out her frustration with the sexist and racist comments she often receives.
A Belgian fighter, "in charge of beheadings", after four and a half years in the ranks of ISIS, spoke out for the first time about his mission within the terrorist organization.
The detention of the mother suspected of murdering her daughter on January 17 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean has been extended by one month. This is the decision of the Brussels council chamber.
The Belgian international of Moroccan origin, Zakaria Bakkali, was dazzling in his team Anderlecht’s resounding victory over Eupen (6-1). Entering the game in the 67th minute, replacing Marko Pjaca, the player revealed his talent by tormenting the Brussels right flank which, finally out of breath, had to bow.
The bill aimed at the use of the mother tongue in school, initiated by MP Élisabeth Meuleman, member of the Flemish green party, Groen, is facing opposition from the Minister of Education, Ben Weyts (N-VA).
About 400 reports of incitement to hatred were recorded on social networks in 2019, compared to 318 in 2018. These data were published by the Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (Mrax), which is concerned about the speed at which the phenomenon is growing in Belgium.
The administrative burdens that make it difficult to hire foreign workers in Belgium will soon be a thing of the past. Minister of Asylum and Migration Maggie De Block intends to strengthen the staff of the Office of Foreigners and facilitate the procedure.