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Mayor of Charleroi Paul Magnette wants World Press Photo to withdraw its award given to the photographer who staged photos of the city and its inhabitants.
Pascal Smet, mobility minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, has unveiled a proposal for taxi services that could pave the way for ride-sharing service Uber to operate legally for the first time
The Flemish government has approved a slimmed-down version of Uplace, the shopping and leisure complex planned for Machelen in Flemish Brabant, just north of Brussels.
The number of complaints from local residents about noise caused by airplanes landing and taking off at Brussels Airport last year reached a record high of nearly 90,000 complaints.
Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever (pictured) has rejected a request by the Belgian anti-Islam movement Pegida Vlaanderen (formerly called Vlativa) to stage a march on Monday in the city.
Vlativa, a new anti-Islam movement, has announced plans for its first march in Antwerp.
An estimated 20,000 people joined a silent march in Brussels yesterday afternoon in protest at the two terrorist attacks in Paris last week that claimed 17 lives.
Strike action planned for Monday is likely to cause widespread travel chaos across the country and bring Brussels to a standstill.
