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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Belgium: news

Paris suspect's prints in raided flat

Friday, March 18th 2016, 15:52
related countries: France
related places: Brussels, Paris

Fingerprints of Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam are found in a Brussels flat raided this week, Belgian officials say.
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VIDEO: How did Belgium terror suspects escape?

Wednesday, March 16th 2016, 16:28

Belgian police are still hunting for two people who fled during a shootout in an anti-terrorism operation on Tuesday.
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Belgium identifies terror raid gunman

Wednesday, March 16th 2016, 15:24
related countries: France
related places: Brussels, Paris

A terrorism suspect shot dead during a raid in Brussels on Tuesday has been identified as an Algerian national, Mohamed Belkaid, officials say.
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VIDEO: IS flag found in Brussels terror raid

Wednesday, March 16th 2016, 11:25
related countries: Algeria
related places: Brussels

A terrorism suspect shot dead during a raid in Brussels on Tuesday has been identified as an Algerian national, Mohammed Belkaid.
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VIDEO: Armed police patrol Brussels raid site

Wednesday, March 16th 2016, 3:08
related countries: France
related places: Brussels, Paris

Security is tight in Brussels after a suspect was killed during a security operation targeting people linked to the terror attacks in Paris last November.
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Suspect killed in Brussels terror raid

Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 20:51
related places: Brussels

One suspect is shot dead and as many as two others are said to be still on the run after a counter-terrorism raid in Brussels linked to the Paris attacks.
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VIDEO: How Brussels anti-terror raid unfolded

Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 19:42
related countries: France
related places: Brussels

Belgian security forces and French police are hunting for at least two gunmen in Brussels.
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VIDEO: Shots heard amid Belgian terror raid

Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 17:08
related places: Brussels

Shots have been fired at police during a counter-terrorism raid in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
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VIDEO: Angry farmers spray milk in Brussels

Monday, March 14th 2016, 23:04
related places: Brussels

Farmers in Brussels sprayed milk outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers, in a protest calling for more market regulations.
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EU-Turkey 'one-in one-out' migrant plan

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 10:51
related countries: Turkey
related places: Brussels

The EU and Turkey agree principles of a deal on the migrant crisis that includes a radical one-in, one-out plan for Syrians fleeing the conflict.
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EU and Turkey hold 'difficult' summit

Monday, March 7th 2016, 18:00
related countries: Greece, Macedonia, Turkey
related places: Brussels

The EU holds a key summit with Turkey on tackling the refugee crisis, as the Turkish president accuses the EU of failing to deliver on aid.
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Belgium investigates UBS for tax fraud

Friday, February 26th 2016, 11:54
related countries: Switzerland

The Swiss banking giant UBS is investigated over money laundering and serious organised tax fraud in Belgium.
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EU in crisis talks over migrant limits

Thursday, February 25th 2016, 12:54
related places: Brussels

EU and Balkan officials are meeting in Brussels to try to heal rifts over migrants that have plunged common policy into chaos.
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Belgium imposes checks on French border

Tuesday, February 23rd 2016, 17:23
related countries: France
related places: Calais

Belgium announces new controls on its border with France as authorities in Calais plan mass evictions at the 'Jungle' migrant camp.
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VIDEO: EU renegotiation talks continue

Friday, February 19th 2016, 19:23
related places: Brussels

Prime Minister David Cameron has resumed talks at the EU summit saying there had been "some progress" overnight but "there's still no deal".
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Runaway train prompts Belgian alert

Friday, February 19th 2016, 10:05

An empty train travels along tracks in Belgium for 30 minutes, after its driver leaves his carriage to investigate an engine fault.
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VIDEO: What changes does Cameron want?

Thursday, February 18th 2016, 19:18
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels, Cameron

David Cameron says he is "battling for Britain" and is confident of getting a "good deal" as he arrives in Brussels for a crucial EU summit.
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Brussels comes to life for Brexit showdown

Thursday, February 18th 2016, 16:10
related countries: United Kingdom

EU leaders prepare for showdown over UK
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EU has no choice over reforms - Tusk

Wednesday, February 17th 2016, 22:29
related places: Brussels

David Cameron attempts to persuade Boris Johnson to back his EU reforms ahead of a crunch summit, as a top EU official says a deal must happen.
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VIDEO: The town living under border controls

Wednesday, February 17th 2016, 4:30
related places: Brussels

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the future of the Schengen Agreement.
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EU deal worth fighting for - Cameron

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 20:38
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

The EU unveils a draft deal on UK Prime Minister David Cameron's demands - potentially paving the way for a UK referendum in June.
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Belgium's ageing nuclear plants worry neighbours

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 12:27

Belgian plan to extend life of reactors worries neighbours
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Belgium charges 11th suspect over Paris

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 15:55
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Prosecutors in Belgium charge an 11th person with terrorist offences, in connection with the Paris attacks which killed 130 people.
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VIDEO: Belgium's jihadi mums share anguish

Wednesday, January 20th 2016, 0:11
related countries: Iraq, Syria

The mothers of two young Belgian jihadists who died fighting in Iraq and Syria tell the BBC's Murad Shishani how they are battling their pain.
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Paris victim's mother 'to sue Belgium'

Tuesday, January 19th 2016, 11:02
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The mother of a French lawyer murdered at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris accuses Belgium of negligence and vows to take her case to court.
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Paris attack linked in Morocco arrest

Monday, January 18th 2016, 20:20
related countries: France, Morocco
related places: Paris

Morocco says it has arrested a Belgian national linked to the men who carried out the Paris attacks, in which 130 people died.
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Paris suspect's 'bomb factory' found

Friday, January 8th 2016, 16:45
related countries: France
related places: Brussels, Paris

Belgian prosecutors believe they may have found a Brussels apartment used by a fugitive jihadist as a bomb factory and hideout for the Paris attacks.
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VIDEO: Brussels cancels NYE plans over terror fears

Thursday, December 31st 2015, 19:53
related places: Eve

Cities across Europe have been forced to review, cancel or scale-back New Year's Eve celebrations over terror attack fears.
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Terror alert halts Brussels fireworks

Wednesday, December 30th 2015, 21:59
related places: Brussels

New Year fireworks and festivities are cancelled in the Belgian capital, Brussels, because of a terror alert, officials say.
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Brussels 'lockdown orgy' investigated

Wednesday, December 30th 2015, 12:11

Police chiefs in Belgium reportedly launch an investigation into claims security personnel held an orgy as colleagues hunted terror suspects.
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Belgium holds two over 'New Year plot'

Tuesday, December 29th 2015, 9:56
related places: Brussels

Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels during the festive season, prosecutors say.
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Belgian police seize Paris suspect

Thursday, December 24th 2015, 11:54
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Belgian police arrest a ninth suspect in connection with the 13 November gun and bomb attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.
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How a Belgian teenager was lured to Syrian jihad

Thursday, December 24th 2015, 0:10
related countries: Syria

How a Belgian teenager was lured to Syria
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VIDEO: EU summit: Two key things on the agenda

Friday, December 18th 2015, 3:56
related places: Brussels

Chris Morris looks at what the EU leaders will be discussing at their summit in Brussels.
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'Good progress' at EU talks - Cameron

Thursday, December 17th 2015, 23:59
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels, Cameron

PM David Cameron says "really good progress" has been made at a EU summit in Brussels but talks on UK membership will be "very difficult".
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A rifle's journey from Belgium to Gaza

Tuesday, December 8th 2015, 0:13

How did this modern Belgian rifle end up in militant hands?
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Two new suspects sought in Paris attacks

Friday, December 4th 2015, 19:51
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Police are seeking two new suspects accused of aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, the Belgian prosecutor's office says.
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