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Calls mount to send troops to Antwerp port as part of war on drugs

Politicians from across the spectrum have called for the army to be sent to the port of Antwerp after new figures showed a record amount of cocaine was seized in…

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Big anti-terrorist operation in Antwerp

Belgian police arrested 13 suspected members of an Islamist terror group in an operation in Antwerp on Tuesday. The suspects were detained for spreading jihadist propaganda on social media, though…

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Port of Antwerp sees volume growth despite pandemic disruption

The Port of Antwerp recorded a year-on-year rise in the volume of cargo handled for the first seven months of 2021, even though disruptions caused by COVID-19 and Britain's departure…

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Five people have died after a school building site collapsed in Belgium

Belgium's King Philippe visited firefighters, police and paramedics workers near the rubbles of a building that partially collapsed, killing at least two persons in the 'Nieuw Zuid' quarter in Antwerp,…

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Digital security system for containers at the port of Antwerp

In Belgium, the Port of Antwerp will introduce a new security system for containers at the port from next year. The current system uses a pin code that if it…

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Antwerp win Belgian Cup

Antwerp denied Club Brugge the double as they won the Belgian Cup final 1-0 on Saturday in the first football in the country since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March.…

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Belgian port to test bracelets for coronavirus social distancing

Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help guarantee the social distancing required during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Belgian police find 12 men alive inside refrigerated lorry

Twelve men have been discovered hiding inside a refrigerated lorry in a car park near a motorway in Belgium's Antwerp province, local police say. Police were called to the scene…

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Five cars damaged in an explosion in Antwerp

Five cars were damaged in Antwerp, Belgium in the early hours of Monday morning after a device exploded under car.The blast took place on De Pretstraat near Spoor Noord Park…

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