Sven Nys is a former professional cyclist competing in cyclo-cross and mountain bike. With two world championships, seven world cups, and over 140 competitive victories, he is considered one of the best cyclo-cross racers of his generation, and remains a prominent figure in cyclo-cross. Apart from cyclo-cross, Nys is also fivefold national mountainbike champion, and has competed in that discipline in two Olympic games.
Het Belang van Limburg is a Dutch language regional newspaper in Belgium.
The Gazet van Antwerpen is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.
Mediahuis is a Belgian newspaper publishing and broadcast media company. It publishes De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, De Telegraaf, NRC Handelsblad, NRC Next, several Dutch regional newspapers, the job recruitment platform Jobat, the free magazine Jet and classified magazines/folders Gotcha, Zimmo, Vroom and InMemoriam.
Mimount Bousakla is a Belgian politician of Moroccan origin. She started her career as member of the Flemish Socialist Party. On 18 May 2003 she was directly elected to the Belgian Senate by the Flemish electoral college. In 2004 she received the "Stichting Anti-Facisme (SAF) Prijs 2004" "for her efforts and perseverance in the fight against fascism and racial discrimination".
Gilbert Declercq is a Belgian freelance painter, illustrator, and comics artist.
Margaretha Guidone is a housewife from Helmond living in Kapellen (Belgium) who became famous in Flanders because of her campaign for the environment and against global warming. She successfully urged politicians to go see the new climate documentary by Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth. 200 politicians and political staff accepted her invitation, among whom were Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt and Minister-President of Flanders, Yves Leterme.
Marc Baecke was a Belgian footballer who played as a left back.
Alizée Poulicek is a Belgian-Czech model, TV presenter and former beauty pageant titleholder.
Marc Sluszny was an adventurer, sportsman, keynote speaker, mental coach and author. Through extreme sports he searched to overcome his mental and physical boundaries. He broke several records and participated many times in the European and World Championships in different disciplines. During the last few years, Marc focused on coaching executive teams and high level athletes.
The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis is a micronation with claims over some territories of Antarctica, which was founded in 2008 by the Belgian Niels Vermeersch. Flandrensis is not recognised by any country or government, nor is it their intention to be recognized as a country.
The Cyclo-cross Namur, also called the Citadelcross, is a cyclo-cross race in Namur, Belgium. The track is on the hills around the citadel there. First held in 2009, it was originally part of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy but became part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in the 2011–2012 season.
The Basketball League Belgium Division I Coach of the Year is an annual Basketball League Belgium Division I award given to the best coach of the league. The award is handed out after the end of the regular season.
The Belgian Player of the Year is an annual Basketball League Belgium Division I award given to the best player with a Belgian nationality. The award is organised by the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.
Het Denkgelag is a Belgian association without lucrative purpose that organises skeptical conferences in Flanders. Het Denkgelag started out in 2012 as a series of discussion evenings of the skeptical organisation SKEPP, but nowadays functions financially and legally independent from SKEPP. The mission of Het Denkgelag is to popularise scientific topics and to promote critical thinking for a broad audience. It has been described as “laid-back discussion evenings on philosophical, skeptical and scientific topics, in an informal atmosphere, with a crowd of interesting speakers and the audience as the central guest”.
Deuzeld is a neighborhood in the Belgian municipality of Schoten. The neighborhood is located southwest of central Schoten, and lies near the border with the Antwerp district of Merksem. To the south of the Deuzeld neighborhood lies the Albert Canal, which connects Antwerp with Liege. The neighborhood is geographically separated from the rest of Schoten by several nature domains located along the path of the A102 highway reservation stroke.
A derailment of a passenger train occurred on 18 February 2017 at Leuven, Belgium. One person was killed and 27 were injured. The cause of the derailment was excessive speed through a set of points.
Yoleen Van Camp is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance. She has been a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 2014.
Angeline Flor Pua is a Belgian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2018. She represented Belgium in the Miss World 2018 competition.
Margo Voets is a Belgian female volleyball player. She is part of the Belgium women's national volleyball team.
