Ex-Miss in court, protest picnic and rescue campaign for a swimming pool: this is on the agenda (inland) this week
Monday
● ‘For respect. For reform. For Brussels. » Under that name, Protesting is against the absence of a Brussels government on Pentecost Monday. A group of Brussels residents calls on to come together for a massive, peaceful picnic On the Beursplein, exactly one year after the elections and the start of the political impasse in Brussels.
● Still on Pentecost Monday, the third edition of the National Park Hoge Kempen takes place Walk for Pink Ribbon. That walking event combines sports, nature and heritage with support for the fight against breast cancer. During the previous edition the organizers received 1,750 participants, this year more than 2,000 walkers will be aimed.
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During the previous Walk for Pink Ribbon, the organizers received 1,750 participants. – © JTH
● Nerdland Festival, the Science Festival at Provincial Domein Puyenbroeck in Wachtebeke, is ready for its last day on Monday. On the program for Monday, among other things, the ‘Nerd Edition’ of the quiz The smartest person in the worldwith Daphne Agten, Jens Dendoncker and Sabine Hagedoren as candidates.
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Hetty Helsmoortel and Lieven Scheire organize the greatest edition ever of the Nerdland festival. – © Wannes Nimmegeers
Tuesday
● The Trade unions and the management of supermarket chain Lidl are together on Tuesday for consultation. The Christian trade union took action on Thursday at the five Belgian distribution centers of the Lidl supermarket chain against the high workload and sales targets.
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In Gullegem, among others, action was taken on Thursday. – © Joerie Dagenaere
● In the correctional court in Veurne it will be on Tuesday judgment expects in the case of the former ICT person of the AZ Sint-Jan Bruges who are suspected of having taken over computers from especially female colleagues for months. He went looking for private information and especially: for spicy images. The forties from Zedelgem is on trial for hacking and forgery in computer science, there is 40 months of effective imprisonment above him. The defense asked the acquittal.
CP was an IT person for many years in the AZ Sint-Jan in Bruges. – © JHM
● For the Assisenhof in Tongeren, the Jury put together for the process of the Slovak Julius G. (46), which is on trial for the murder of the Kosovaar Albion Terstena (25). On July 30, 2022, the victim was beaten to death by the accused in Bocholt. The victim had a date with the ex-partner of the accused.
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Julius G. – © Sven Dillen
● In the night of 10 to 11 June, the E17 is completely closed between Sint-Niklaas and Kruibeke. Elia then places two cranes above the highway at the height and exit complex Haasdonk for working on the high-voltage line. The closure applies in both driving directions from 10.30 pm to 4.00 in the morning.
Wednesday
● The case of the ‘medicine man’ that Kevin De Bruyne threatened at his home will be dealt with on Wednesday before the correctional court in Hasselt. The man, a seventies from Antwerp, repeatedly offered his ‘healing forces’ and was sitting at the door of the Star Football player in Bolderberg (Heusden-Zolder). He is now on trial for attack and attempt at fraud.
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● The European Network of Animal Clinics Anicura is organizing a Blood donor ruining day for dogs and cats. The initiative, in collaboration with the Animal Blood Bank Benelux (ABB), is literally of vital importance: with more donors countless animal lives can be saved.
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● Under the motto ‘Save the Ploeterbad’, protests will be made on Wednesday against the closure of the Pleterbad in the provincial domain in Kessel-Lo. The province of Flemish Brabant has decided to close the Ploeterbad, a decision that, according to the initiators of the protest action, affects many families and children in the region.
The province of Flemish Brabant has decided to close the Ploeterbad in the domain. – © If
● Dua Lipa is not one, not two, but three times to the Antwerp Sportpaleis. On Wednesday her first passage is planned in the ‘Radical Optimism’ tour, the singer performs a second and third time on Thursday and Friday.
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Dua Lipa. – © Live Nation
Thursday
● In the correctional court in the case of ex-Miss Belgian Beauty Eveline Hoste. She must answer for abuse of trust. According to the public prosecutor, she systematically Versluised the brokerage income from the property portfolio of her joint B&E Consultancy company to its newly established company Home and Fit. In this way she would have withheld 78,000 euros for her ex Bjorn de Wilde.
Eveline Hoste himself was present in court when the lawsuit was introduced in March. – © FVV
● In Ghent, the judgment is expected from the Court of Appeal in the case of Jeroen Piqueur on Thursday. The former CEO of the Optima Bank had submitted wrecking requests through his lawyer Hans Rieder against the three judges of the Ghent correctional court, who have to judge in the case concerning the Optima Bank. The requests were rejected and Piqueur now risks the maximum fine for abuse of the challenge procedure. The Public Prosecution Service claimed 2,500 euros three times, but according to the defense the legal conditions for those fines were not met.
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Jeroen Piqueur. – © Belga
● The Japanese peace boat Peace Boat will arrive in the port of Zeebrugge on Thursday. The boat has been sitting around the world since 1983 as a symbol of peace, human rights, sustainable development and nuclear disarmament. On board the Peace Boat, two survivors of the atomic attacks, Ito Masao and Kuramori Terumi, who will tell their personal story and call for nuclear disarmament.
● The National Bank of Belgium will open a new cash center in Zellik on Thursday. From this modern, high -tech complex, money traffic in our country – notes and coins – will be organized logistics.
●At paint manufacturer AkzoNobel in Machelen, consultation is planned on Thursday between the trade unions and the management. In May, the management announced that she would like to stop the factory in Machelen. 133 jobs are threatened.
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Friday
●In the Court of Appeal in Ghent, the judgment is expected on Friday in the file on Schild & Vrienden. The correctional court sentenced Dries van Langenhove to one year of effective prison sentence for breaches of the racism and negationism law and 10 months in prison with a postponement for infringements 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 appeal case was previously postponed because one of the three judges had to undergo surgery after an accident.
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© Lieven Van Assche
● For the correctional court in Antwerp, the case is continued against criminal lawyer Omar Souidi About his driving fitness investigation. Souidi was sentenced to sixty days of driving ban and 2,000 euros on appeal in December, because he had committed a fleeing crime two years ago after he had driven two parked cars in Schilde. The court appointed a judicial expert who had to investigate the possible alcoholic or medication use of the lawyer to see if he is suitable for driving. Souidi had to give up a hairstone, but did not. The attorney now wants him to be declared unusually declared a ride, and she demonstrated a new expert investigation. Souidi says he wants to cooperate, but that it was not possible to puncture a date.
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Omar Souidi. – © Bart Dewaele
Saturday
● A unique psalmen book will be auctioned on Saturday in the Brussels auction house Arenberg Auctions. The book is handwritten and decorated by Sisters from the Birgittine monastery Mariënwater and dates from 1478. Asking price: 40,000 euros and that is just the starting amount.
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Sunday
● Louis Neefs will be appointed posthumously as honorary citizen of the municipality of Lille on Sunday. On that day, the Louis Neefs walk is also opened in the presence of the family.
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© © VRT
●In Brussels, a red human chain will be formed on Sunday as European protest against the war in Gaza. A broad coalition of civil society organizations, trade unions and NGOs calls on all Belgians to mobilize against « the persistent genocide, impunity and the lack of political action ».
