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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• November 2nd 2009 – September 16th 2009
• September 3rd 2009 – June 28th 2009
• May 27th 2009 – January 27th 2009
• January 26th 2009 – December 23rd 2008
• December 22nd 2008 – October 14th 2008
• October 11th 2008 – September 6th 2008
• September 6th 2008 – June 18th 2008
• June 10th 2008 – March 11th 2008
• February 29th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• December 4th 2007 – August 21st 2007
• August 15th 2007 – June 10th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – December 16th 2006
• December 15th 2006 – September 7th 2006
• September 1st 2006 – June 28th 2006
• June 28th 2006 – April 24th 2006
• April 21st 2006 – January 30th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

Brussels criticises UK on privacy

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 12:26
related countries: United Kingdom

The e-mail and web browsing habits of British citizens are not adequately protected, says the European Commission.
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Jail deal - Belgium looks to neighbour to ease overcrowding

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 18:41
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Tilburg

Tight on space in its prisons, Belgium will start renting 500 cells at Tilburg prison in neighbouring Netherlands.
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EU push for climate funding unity

Friday, October 30th 2009, 12:16
related places: Brussels

EU leaders attempt to break an impasse over funds to help poor countries fight global warming, on the last day of their summit.
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Denmark in climate deal warning

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 15:41
related countries: Portugal
related places: Brussels, Lisbon

Denmark warns about the risks to a global climate change deal being finalised in time, as EU leaders gather for a key summit.
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Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 18:11
related countries: Italy
related places: Brussels

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says.
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Cyclist Vandenbroucke found dead

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 8:43

Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke dies at the age of 34, with reports suggesting he may have suffered a blood clot.
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Protests outside EU milk meeting

Monday, October 5th 2009, 18:58
related places: Brussels

Hundreds of farmers drive tractors and cows into Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss low milk prices.
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EU ministers to discuss milk row

Monday, October 5th 2009, 4:16
related places: Brussels

European agriculture ministers gather in Brussels for a special meeting on what some call a crisis in dairy production.
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Croatia's EU entry talks resume

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 20:04
related countries: Croatia, Slovenia
related places: Brussels

With a border dispute with neighbouring Slovenia set to be resolved, the EU resumes membership talks with Croatia in Brussels.
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Hewitt on Europe

Monday, September 28th 2009, 11:02
related places: Brussels

Copenhagen – and the battle over climate change
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Armed thieves steal Magritte work

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 12:51
related places: Brussels

A painting by surrealist Rene Magritte worth 750,000 euros (£675,000) is stolen from a Belgian museum, curators say.
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Hewitt on Europe

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 8:43
related places: Brussels

Finding my way round Brussels corridors of power
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Nato chief reaches out to Russia

Friday, September 18th 2009, 21:44
related countries: Russia
related places: Brussels

Nato's new Secretary General Rasmussen calls for a new strategic partnership with Russia, in a major foreign policy speech.
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EU agrees on bonus claw-back call

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 20:57
related places: Brussels

EU leaders meeting Brussels agree to seek a global deal for bankers' bonuses to be clawed back if profits fall.
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In pictures

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 15:56

Angry Belgian farmers spray fields with milk
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