Ben Weyts, Belgian minister of mobility for the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders, arrived by bike to a news conference to promote cycling, only to find it had been stolen when he left half an hour later.
He unveiled a plan to invest €300 million in cycle lanes until 2019, as part of a wider program to promote alternative modes of transport. But when he got back half an hour later, his bike was gone.
The minister had to call his driver to pick him up from the station in Halle, just south of Brussels, the spokesman said and hoped police would discover the bicycle thief with the help of security camera footage. Source: Reuters