Belgium agrees to sex offender's request for mercy killing
Brussels (AFP) - Belgium, one of only a few countries to allow euthanasia, has accepted a serial rapist's request that he be allowed to die, his lawyer said on Monday. Frank Van Den Bleeken, who has spent the past 30 years in prison for repeated rape ...
Belgium to execute rapist-murderer—at his request
A Belgian man serving a life sentence for rape and murder will be allowed to have doctors end his life, after a landmark ruling. Unable to control his violent sexual urges, Frank Van Den Bleeken, who is 50, argued he would never be freed. The decision ...
Belgium boss pleased to see Divock Origi at Lille rather than Liverpool
Belgium manager Marc Wilmots has admitted that he was glad to see Divock Origi return to Lille on loan following his move to Liverpool, as he was worried that the youngster would not get many minutes in the Liverpool first team. Origi earned a call-up to ...
Beautiful Brugge (Bruges, Belgium)
Since Belgium is really close to the Netherlands, we decided to spend a weekend in Bruges. Bruges (or Brugge in Flamish) is known as the most romantic city of Belgium and its beautiful historic centre in on the WORLD HERITAGE LIST of UNESCO. We stayed in the lovely Hotel Leonardo a little bit outsid ...
New LA Apartment Gallery Makes Room for Conversation
Jan Ezra Nayssan at Del Vaz Projects, in front of work by Benjamin Phelan and Spencer Longo (All photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — The contemporary art world often seems to be on a super-sized trajectory, with the rise of mega-galleries and record-setting auction prices all the r ...
2014 Food and Wine Festival Booth Preview: Hops & Barley and Ireland Marketplaces
This week, all! The 2014 Epcot Food and Wine Festival kicks off THIS WEEK! It seems like we’ve been counting down, bringing you previews, and talking about it forever, so it will be so fun to hit the ground and begin trying all of the new dishes and returning favorites! And this year, the festival h ...
European Travel Diary #4 | Brussels
The second stop on our inter-rail journey was Brussels. We were only here for a short time so couldn't fit too much in, but we liked just wandering around and exploring the city. Catch up with my previous travelling posts here. We stayed in a lovely hotel called Hotel Marivaux, which is a former cin ...
Global Fragmentation: Crying Wolf Again?
There is a specter haunting the op-ed pages. It is not the specter of creeping socialism that many observers worried about as the Great Financial Crisis broke. It is the end of globalization. This has been a recurring theme that has its present roots in the immediate post-9/11 world. Some argued tha ...
blue skies
Hello I'm enjoying every last bit of summer because when you live in Belgium you have to wear coats and boots the majority of the year and therefor I'm trying to wear my summer dresses as long as I can. Enjoy your Monday evening Love Imke xx Dress: essentiel PS: today my school started again, I'm pr ...
Aquino to pitch $20-B infra projects to European investors
Aquino is seeking investments from investors in 4 European countries this week President Benigno Aquino III met Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for a bilateral meeting at the Palacio de la Moncloa in Av Puerta de Hierro, Madrid on September 15. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang Photo Bureau) ANILA, ...
UNKNOWN SHADOW Vol.I
01 SEPPUKU - Assignment France 02 V-SOR,X - Conversation With 03 THE ACTOR - 40-50-60 04 SICKDOLL - Belgium In Danger 05 NEW OCCUPANTS - Electric Angel 06 MARK LANE - Americas List 07 SUDETEN CRECHE - Glorious Treason 08 ADN' CKRYSTALL - Gigolo Gigolette 09 KARMAN - Chess 10 SOLITUDE FX - Computersp ...
