News: Belgium

We have started to collect the most important news related to Belgium in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Belgium – overview

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• December 21st 2020 – February 24th 2020
• February 4th 2020 – May 9th 2019
• May 2nd 2019 – September 20th 2018
• September 18th 2018 – November 1st 2017
• November 1st 2017 – May 12th 2017
• May 12th 2017 – October 27th 2016
• October 27th 2016 – June 28th 2016
• June 27th 2016 – April 17th 2016
• April 17th 2016 – March 26th 2016
• March 26th 2016 – March 18th 2016
• March 18th 2016 – December 4th 2015
• December 3rd 2015 – October 26th 2015
• October 26th 2015 – July 13th 2015
• July 13th 2015 – April 30th 2015
• April 29th 2015 – January 17th 2015
• January 17th 2015 – October 11th 2014
• October 9th 2014 – July 29th 2014
• July 18th 2014 – May 4th 2014
• April 23rd 2014 – November 7th 2013
• November 4th 2013 – August 23rd 2013
• August 23rd 2013 – April 27th 2013
• April 25th 2013 – January 22nd 2013
• January 17th 2013 – October 24th 2012
• October 24th 2012 – July 20th 2012
• July 10th 2012 – February 13th 2012
• February 10th 2012 – November 9th 2011
• October 31st 2011 – July 20th 2011
• July 16th 2011 – January 14th 2011
• January 12th 2011 – October 15th 2010
• October 14th 2010 – June 26th 2010
• June 25th 2010 – February 16th 2010
• February 16th 2010 – September 3rd 2009
• September 2nd 2009 – January 15th 2009
• January 14th 2009 – September 6th 2008
• September 6th 2008 – December 23rd 2007
• December 21st 2007 – June 11th 2007
• June 10th 2007 – July 13th 2006
• July 12th 2006 – January 31st 2006
• January 30th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

The Belgian 'hero' who invaded UK fishing waters

Monday, December 21st 2020, 0:02
related countries: United Kingdom

The story of Victor Depaepe, who tested fishing rights in UK waters granted by King Charles II.
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Covid: Nations impose UK travel bans over new variant

Sunday, December 20th 2020, 22:31
related countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom

France, Germany and Ireland are among those suspending flights from the UK from midnight.
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EU Court backs ban on animal slaughter without stunning

Thursday, December 17th 2020, 13:22

The decision approves a Belgian law banning kosher and halal slaughter without animals being stunned.
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Jacques Jordaens: Baroque masterpiece found in Brussels town hall

Wednesday, December 9th 2020, 11:02
related places: Brussels

The oldest known version of the Holy Family, hung in a town planning office, was thought a copy.
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Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over 'France bomb plot'

Friday, November 27th 2020, 3:17
related countries: France, Iran
related places: Paris

Prosecutors in Belgium say he planned an attack on an Iranian opposition rally near Paris in 2018.
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Covid: Romania's 'hero' doctor taken to Belgium for treatment for severe burns

Monday, November 16th 2020, 4:04

Dr Catalin Denciu tried to save Covid-19 patients from a fire in a hospital intensive care unit.
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New Kim: Racing pigeon from Belgium sold for record €1.6m

Sunday, November 15th 2020, 17:52
related countries: China

New Kim, a two-year-old female, was bought by a collector from China at auction on Sunday.
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Belgian anaesthetist jailed for causing Brit's death while drunk

Thursday, November 12th 2020, 16:58
related countries: United Kingdom

Helga Wauters is found guilty of manslaughter over the death of British 28-year-old Xynthia Hawke.
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Covid: Belgian doctors with coronavirus asked to keep working

Monday, October 26th 2020, 22:53

A top doctor tells the BBC they had no choice, to avoid the hospital system collapsing within days.
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Coronavirus: Inside Europe’s most infected area

Thursday, October 22nd 2020, 15:12

Gavin Lee reports from the epicentre of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is in Belgium.
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Belgian King Philippe meets half-sister Princess Delphine for the first time

Thursday, October 15th 2020, 16:35

King Philippe meets his half-sister Princess Delphine after she wins a seven-year court case.
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Australian boss fined over Belgian backpacker's fruit-picking death

Friday, October 9th 2020, 4:38
related countries: Aruba

Olivier Max Caramin collapsed from heat stress after picking fruit for hours in the sun.
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Belgian anaesthetist accused of causing Brit's death while drunk

Thursday, October 8th 2020, 16:30

Helga Wauters is accused of causing the death of Xynthia Hawke while performing a Caesarian section.
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Why Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart

Saturday, October 3rd 2020, 23:34

It took almost 500 days for Belgium to agree a government, but it does not include the top two parties.
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Delphine Boël: Belgium ex-king's love child wins royal titles

Thursday, October 1st 2020, 19:20

A court has ruled that Daphne Boël and her children can claim the title of Princess of Belgium.
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Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain

Tuesday, September 1st 2020, 14:40
related places: Verviers

Workers renovating a fountain in the Belgian city of Verviers find the organ preserved in a casket.
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Brexit: The EU and UK are locked in last-minute power play

Friday, August 21st 2020, 18:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels, London

Time is running out for Brussels and London to reach a post-Brexit trade deal.
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Belgium custody death: 'Shocked' police chief steps aside

Friday, August 21st 2020, 14:50
related countries: Slovakia

Belgian boss André Desenfants says he is deeply moved by a video of a Slovak man pinned in a cell.
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Calls for new inquiry into Belgian police custody death

Thursday, August 20th 2020, 11:10
related countries: Slovakia

A police officer appeared to give a Nazi salute while the Slovak man was pinned down on a bed.
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Belgian cyclist crashes off bridge in Italy

Saturday, August 15th 2020, 18:17
related countries: Italy

Remco Evenepoel suffers a fractured pelvis after crashing off a bridge during the Il Lombardia race.
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Belgian authorities investigate police 'kneeling' death

Monday, July 20th 2020, 16:54

Police are investigating after footage appears to show an officer kneeling on the man's back.
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Coronavirus: Hopes rise for EU recovery deal at marathon summit

Monday, July 20th 2020, 14:07
related places: Brussels

A compromise on the Covid-19 recovery fund is now on the table, at an often testy Brussels meeting.
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Belgian king expresses 'deepest regrets' for DR Congo colonial abuses

Tuesday, June 30th 2020, 9:20
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

King Philippe expresses his "deepest regrets" to DR Congo's president for Belgium's colonial rule.
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Coronavirus: Belgian Prince Joachim fined for breaking Spain's lockdown

Thursday, June 11th 2020, 0:08
related countries: Spain

Prince Joachim, who contracted coronavirus days after arrived in Spain, has been fined €10,400.
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Coronavirus: Belgian Prince Joachim apologises for Spanish lockdown party

Sunday, May 31st 2020, 22:55
related countries: Spain

Prince Joachim, who contracted coronavirus after attending a party in Spain, "regrets" his actions.
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Coronavirus: Belgian zoo comes back to life from lockdown

Friday, May 29th 2020, 23:07

After two months without visitors, Pairi Daiza is welcoming the public back, but in smaller numbers.
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Vietnamese migrant deaths in UK lorry spark 26 arrests

Wednesday, May 27th 2020, 21:40
related countries: France, United Kingdom, Vietnam

Police in Belgium and France detain 13 people in an operation prompted by the deaths of 39 migrants.
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Coronavirus: Belgian hospital staff turn backs on PM Sophie Wilmès

Sunday, May 17th 2020, 16:11

Staff at Brussels' Saint-Pierre Hospital stage a protest during a visit by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès.
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Coronavirus: Why so many people are dying in Belgium

Saturday, May 2nd 2020, 0:17

Belgium believes its high Covid-19 mortality rate is down to more rigorous counting of cases.
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Coronavirus: European Parliament shelters 100 homeless women

Friday, May 1st 2020, 11:05
related places: Brussels

The shelter in a Brussels building helps women affected by domestic abuse in Belgium's lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Belgians urged to eat more chips by lockdown-hit potato growers

Monday, April 27th 2020, 16:48

The chips are truly down for Belgium's potato growers, now lacking customers.
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Coronavirus: Auschwitz survivor Henri Kichka dies of Covid-19

Sunday, April 26th 2020, 15:14

One of Belgium's last Holocaust survivors, Henri Kichka, succumbs to Covid-19.
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Coronavirus pandemic: EU agrees €500bn rescue package

Friday, April 10th 2020, 6:09
related places: Brussels

EU ministers reached the deal after long talks, pledging support for countries hit hard by coronavirus.
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Ecuador ex-president Correa jailed in absentia for corruption

Tuesday, April 7th 2020, 21:12

Rafael Correa, now living in Belgium, was sentenced with 19 others for taking bribes.
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Rokia Traoré: Paris court releases Mali singer but backs extradition

Wednesday, March 25th 2020, 22:34
related countries: France, Mali

An appeals court releases Rokia Traoré but says an extradition to Belgium can go ahead.
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Greta Thunberg brands EU's new climate law 'surrender'

Wednesday, March 4th 2020, 17:35
related places: Brussels

Addressing MEPs in Brussels, the activist accused the EU of "pretending to be a climate leader".
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Belgian city of Aalst says anti-Semitic parade 'just fun'

Monday, February 24th 2020, 13:39
related places: Aalst

Aalst prompts an outcry over negative Jewish stereotypes, which an official defended as "our humour".
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