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.

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• May 15th 2013 – March 5th 2013
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• January 16th 2013 – November 23rd 2012
• November 22nd 2012 – October 8th 2012
• October 4th 2012 – June 21st 2012
• June 15th 2012 – March 13th 2012
• March 12th 2012 – December 17th 2011
• December 15th 2011 – October 22nd 2011
• October 21st 2011 – August 19th 2011
• August 19th 2011 – April 15th 2011
• March 24th 2011 – January 5th 2011
• January 4th 2011 – October 28th 2010
• October 21st 2010 – August 29th 2010
• August 28th 2010 – June 8th 2010
• June 4th 2010 – March 8th 2010
• March 3rd 2010 – November 24th 2009
• November 20th 2009 – August 29th 2009
• August 28th 2009 – January 24th 2009
• January 23rd 2009 – October 18th 2008
• October 15th 2008 – July 16th 2008
• July 15th 2008 – February 25th 2008
• February 13th 2008 – August 29th 2007
• August 24th 2007 – February 9th 2007
• February 7th 2007 – August 19th 2006
• August 15th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 25th 2006 – December 15th 2005
• December 2nd 2005 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

Foreign donors pledge $4bn for Mali

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 18:52
related countries: Mali
related places: Brussels

Donors pledge more than $4bn (£2.6bn) to help rebuild Mali, where French-led forces have been fighting Islamist militants in the north.
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Beyonce sorry for cancelled concert

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 13:48

The singer apologises to fans in Belgium after being forced to cancel a show because of "dehydration and exhaustion".
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Beyonce cancels concert in Belgium

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 5:47
related places: Antwerp

The singer pulls out of a show in Antwerp with the venue blaming "dehydration and exhaustion".
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Feeling betrayed in north Kosovo

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 23:31
related places: Brussels

Kosovo Serbs vow to resist deal done in Brussels
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Cyprus receives EU-IMF bailout funds

Monday, May 13th 2013, 15:39
related countries: Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia
related places: Brussels

Cyprus receives the first tranche of a 10bn-euro bailout package from international creditors agreed earlier this year, with Greece also due to receive further funds.
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VIDEO: Arrests over $50m diamond heist

Thursday, May 9th 2013, 0:56

Police arrest 31 people over the theft of $50m (£32m) of diamonds from a plane at Brussels Airport, one of the world's largest robberies of gems.
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Arrests over $50m diamond heist

Wednesday, May 8th 2013, 10:37
related places: Brussels

Police arrest 31 people over the theft of $50m (£32m) of diamonds from a plane at Brussels airport, one of the world's largest robberies of gems.
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VIDEO: Blaze after chemical train explodes

Saturday, May 4th 2013, 18:13

A freight train, carrying chemical products, burst into flames in Belgium on Friday night after it derailed near the city of Ghent.
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Deadly toxic train fire in Belgium

Saturday, May 4th 2013, 17:34

Two people die and 14 others are injured as a train carrying toxic and flammable chemicals derails, causing a major fire near the Belgian city of Ghent.
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Cavendish to lead Quick-Step at Giro

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 20:30

Former Team Sky sprinter Mark Cavendish will lead Belgian team Quick-Step cycling in next month's Giro d'Italia.
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Gathering century-old memories of wartime Belgium

Saturday, April 27th 2013, 0:21
related countries: Germany

Memories of lives risked fleeing German occupation in WWI
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'Raining money' in Belgian town

Thursday, April 25th 2013, 12:24

Police are urging people from a small town in Belgium to return tens of thousands of euros in cash that were thrown out of a speeding car by thieves attempting to make a getaway.
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AUDIO: Europeans 'radicalised in Syria'

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 7:06
related countries: Syria

Europe correspondent Duncan Crawford met one Belgian family who say their son has travelled to Syria to fight alongside rebels against Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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VIDEO: Cuba's Ladies in White collect prize

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 3:41
related countries: Cuba
related places: Brussels

Members of the Cuban opposition group Ladies in White have collected the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Brussels.
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Cuban protest group collects prize

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 19:30
related countries: Cuba
related places: Brussels

Members of the Cuban opposition group Ladies in White collect the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Brussels.
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Brussels warns on Spain and Slovenia

Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 12:42
related countries: Slovenia, Spain

The European Commission has warned that Spain and Slovenia must quickly address the "imbalances" in their economies.
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Belgium protests over German low pay

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 14:54
related countries: Germany

Belgium complains to the EU about the low wages paid by some German employers, calling it unfair "social dumping".
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Mancini angry with Belgium manager

Thursday, March 28th 2013, 12:30
related countries: Macedonia

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini criticises Belgium for playing Vincent Kompany against Macedonia.
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Deal reached in Cyprus bailout talks

Monday, March 25th 2013, 12:58
related countries: Cyprus
related places: Brussels

Eurozone finance ministers agree a deal on a bailout for Cyprus to prevent its banking system collapsing, but the island faces deep recession.
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'Significant progress' in Cyprus

Saturday, March 23rd 2013, 16:12
related countries: Cyprus
related places: Brussels

Cypriot Finance Minister Michael Sarris says there has been "significant progress" in talks with the EU and IMF aimed at securing a 10bn-euro bailout.
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Belgian creche killer convicted

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 23:04
related places: Brussels

A Belgian man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing two babies and a nurse in a knife attack at a creche near Brussels in 2009.
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Shock in Cyprus over bailout levy

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 21:40
related countries: Cyprus
related places: Brussels

People in Cyprus react with shock to news of a one-off levy of up to 10% on savings as part of the 10bn-euro bailout agreed in Brussels.
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VIDEO: Protests as EU debates austerity

Friday, March 15th 2013, 7:35
related places: Brussels

The issues of jobs and growth have dominated EU talks in Brussels, amid mass protests in the Belgian capital.
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Protests as EU debates austerity

Friday, March 15th 2013, 1:19
related places: Brussels

The issues of jobs and growth dominate an EU summit in Brussels, as thousands of protesters demonstrate against tough austerity measures.
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UK isolated as EU backs bonus cap

Tuesday, March 5th 2013, 20:23
related places: Brussels

Chancellor George Osborne stands isolated after European Union finance ministers vow to press on with proposals to curb bankers' bonuses.
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