Metal screws discovered in bread delivered to rest homes in West Flanders last week were placed there deliberately, the Food Safety Agency has said. The screws were found in brown bread produced by an industrial bakery in Tielt, where about 70 loaves were affected. The bakery reported previous problems of vandalism, and police have begun an investigation.

Brussels has been voted the fourth best European city in which to do business, according to an annual survey by property company Cushman & Wakefield, winning back one place lost to Barcelona last year. Paris and Frankfurt were second and third, while London topped the list, as it has since the survey began 21 years ago. Brussels won praise for its languages spoken, transport connections and the accessibility of markets, suppliers and customers.

Police in Maldegem last week discovered 13 migrants hiding in a truck, the probable victims of human traffickers. Five of them were minors, and the rest were either sent to a closed centre or ordered to leave the country. One man escaped. The lorry driver claimed the men must have boarded his truck when he stopped at a petrol station in Drongen.

A man who threw acid in his former partner's face in December of last year, causing permanent disfigurement, has been released by a court because of a procedural error. Richard Remes, 55 and a former prison guard, was charged with attempted murder, which is now under the correctional tribunal, and no longer the assises court. As a result, prisoners on remand must have their detention renewed monthly, but the Brussels prosecutor's office only brought Remes back to court every three months, as required for assises cases. He is now free but will still face trial later. His victim, meanwhile, has gone into hiding, as her lawyer explained she fears for her life and the lives of her children.

A tour operator in Ghent who refused to allow a deaf man to book an adventure holiday in Jordan has been convicted of discrimination by a court. Travel agency Koning Aap said they could not guarantee the man's safety as a result of his condition, although he is an experienced traveller. "It was like being catapulted 100 years back in time," the man commented. The commercial court ordered Koning Aap to pay a fine of €650 and publish the ruling at their own expense in the press and on their website, as well as displaying it in their premises. They face a further fine of €1,000 for any further discrimination.

Klaus Van Isacker, editor-in-chief of De Morgen since 2007, has stepped aside to take up another function within De Persgroep, which owns the daily newspaper. Bart Van Doorne will continue as editor, together with Wouter Verschelden, until now a political reporter at De Standaard.

A woman who abandoned her newborn baby in a parking garage in Ghent last week has been charged with reckless endangerment and released to continue looking after her two older children. The woman, who has not been named, admitted abandoning the baby because she could not afford to care for it. She faces a jail sentence of up to three years if convicted.