Eurovision Song Contest, largest cantus in the world in our country and top lawyer has its punishment: this is on the agenda (inland) this week

Monday

Monday goes day 13 of it assize process around the kidnapping of Renan in. In the spring of 2020, the then 13-year-old boy was held hostage for no less than 42 days. Now a total of eight defendants, including the alleged pivotal figure Khalid Bouloudo, are on trial for the Tongerse Hof van Assisen. The process would take a total of up to four weeks.

We may find out at the beginning of the week Who will become the new rector of KU Leuven from August. Current rector Luc Sels will pass on his mandate after 8 years. Professors Tine Baelmans, Peter Lievens and Severine Vermeire are the candidates to succeed him. The first voting round starts on Monday at 8 a.m. and ends on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

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In Bruges, a Ukrainian war refugee risks thirty months in prison After he committed theft at various Mercedes garages. Vitalii G. went there with diagnostic equipment: in total he struck no less than two months in the summer of 2023. He had no success twice, nine times it did.

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Tuesday

Next week it is time for it Eurovision Song Contest. That will be kicked off on Tuesday with the first semifinal. This year’s Belgian candidate, Red Sebastian, will also perform with the song Strobe lights. If he survives the semi -final, we will see the Oostdenaar in the final on Saturday.

In the correctional court of Antwerp, the Bart De Wever’s lawsuit against five terror suspects. The case already made a decision in June last year, but De Wever now asks compensation. The five were convicted of planning a murder attempt on De Wever and participation in activities of a terrorist group: they all received prison sentences.

Read too. Bart De Wever demands compensation from convicted terrorists who were aiming for him

The well -known criminal lawyer Hans Rieder knows on Tuesday whether he will be sentenced to a year in prison in the court of Appeal of Brussels, half of whom are postponed, due to tax evasion. According to the Public Prosecution Service, Rieder committed years of domicile fraud by staying ‘on paper’ in Switzerland while lived with his family in Ghent. His ex-wife is also on trial. Rieder and his lawyers continue to deny: « He even pays more taxes by living in Switzerland. »

Wednesday

In the correctional court of Veurne, two nurses and the former director of a residential care center in Nieuwpoort will know their verdict. They must answer for degrading treatment: a anal aerosol treatment with a demented resident was at the basis of the research. The Public Prosecution Service progressed a year in prison with a delay.

Read too. Former nurses before the judge after ‘joke’ with aerosol therapy on the rear of resident, also prosecutor prosecuted for guilty absenteeism

In the Brussels correctional court, the judgment in the case of a man who would have been run into a group of young people after a nightlife evening In Vilvoorde. The man, a thirties, has already collected an impressive criminal record since his eighteenth birthday, and his lawyer argued for a prison sentence with a probation delay or a heavy work sentence. A prison sentence of two years was demanded.

Read too. Parket demands two years in prison for thirties who entered the group of young people

On the same day the lawsuit starts in Brussels Three suspects who are on trial for homophobia. The defendants are suspected of having met LGBTQIA+men with whom they had contacted through a dating app, with the sole purpose of humiliating, insulting and even beating them. Eight victims have reported, who have not all joined the civil procedure.

Thursday

Leuven students can go to the party this week: Wednesday will be the triennial carilloncantus Organized, the largest of its kind in Belgium. There is a bonus on Thursday: for the 600th anniversary of the university there is not only an edition for students, but also for alumni. 4,000 alumni can get their codex from under the dust in the evening.

Read too. Biggest cantus in the world this year not one, but two days: « Alumni also get its own carilloncantus »

There is also something to experience in Brussels from Thursday: then there is the Start of the 32nd edition of Les Nuits Botanique. The festival, which attracted more than 28,000 visitors in 2024, is changing concept this year: where concertgoers used to be buying tickets for the various concerts, from now on you get access to an indoor and outdoor stage with one ticket. The festival lasts until Sunday 25 May.

Friday

Before the Court of Appeal, the following (and last?) Episode follows in the Legal case around the file-shield & friends. The correctional court sentenced main claimant Dries van Langenhove at first instance to one year of effective prison sentence for breaches of the racism and negationism law and 10 months in prison with delimiting for breaches of the arms law. He was also relieved of his rights for 10 years and he received an effective fine of 24,000 euros. Six other suspects also had to answer for breaches of racism legislation. All convicts decided to appeal against the judgment. The Court of Appeal brings a judgment on Friday: after that only cassation appeal is possible.

Read too. After three days in the trial against Schild & Vrienden: what punishment do Dries van Langenhove and Co risk? And how are it going?

In West Flanders, the Jarod De Clerck assize process starts. He was barely 19 years old when he killed Leander Quintyn (32) in March 2021 with knife stabs. The case is also described as the ‘Murder without a motive‘: perpetrator and victim did not even know each other. The composition of the Assisenjury is Tuesday, Friday is the first procedure day.

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