Belgium
Front pageKing Philippe sends De Wever back to the negotiating table and expects an update on 16 November
After a week of consultations the head of state refuses the government's resignation, the five majority parties promise concessions and talks resume on Monday.
4 sources · VRT NWS, Bruzz, RTBF +Duchâtelet looks for savings in costly end-of-life care, the CD&V and Vooruit presidents respond with anger
On Play, the businessman suggested questioning treatments for very old people instead of scrapping the benefits enjoyed by professional footballers.
2 sources · VRT NWS, De Rijkste BelgenProcedural error sets the former partner of murdered Schaerbeek café owner Diana free without conditions
The man had spent almost two years in pre-trial detention over the death of the coffee bar owner, and prosecutors are opening two inquiries into what went wrong.
3 sources · Bruzz, DH, VRT NWSExpanding a golf course near Ypres has yielded the remains of no fewer than 141 fallen soldiers
After eighteen months of digging at the Palingbeek, one of the largest investigations ever carried out on the First World War battlefields has been completed.
2 sources · VRT NWS, L'AvenirBelgian emergency crews will soon be able to drive patients to the nearest A&E across the Dutch border
Only Maastricht UMC+ can currently receive Belgian emergency patients, and the federal health service confirms that restriction is going.
2 sources · VRT NWS, Newsmonkey