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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• January 16th 2013 – November 23rd 2012
• November 23rd 2012 – October 9th 2012
• October 8th 2012 – June 28th 2012
• June 21st 2012 – March 13th 2012
• March 13th 2012 – December 20th 2011
• December 17th 2011 – October 23rd 2011
• October 22nd 2011 – August 26th 2011
• August 19th 2011 – May 9th 2011
• April 15th 2011 – January 6th 2011
• January 5th 2011 – October 28th 2010
• October 28th 2010 – August 29th 2010
• August 29th 2010 – June 14th 2010
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• March 8th 2010 – November 24th 2009
• November 24th 2009 – August 29th 2009
• August 29th 2009 – January 25th 2009
• January 24th 2009 – October 20th 2008
• October 18th 2008 – July 17th 2008
• July 16th 2008 – February 28th 2008
• February 25th 2008 – September 11th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – February 15th 2007
• February 9th 2007 – August 30th 2006
• August 19th 2006 – May 10th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – December 16th 2005
• December 15th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

Belgian cleric 'not paedophile'

Friday, April 15th 2011, 1:56

Former Belgian bishop Roger Vangheluwe goes live on TV to talk about how he abused two boys but does not see himself as a paedophile.
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VIDEO: Another bail-out looms at EU summit

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 22:05
related countries: Portugal
related places: Brussels

A European Union summit has started in Brussels a day after the collapse of the Portuguese government raised the prospect of another crisis within the eurozone.
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Portugal crisis clouds EU summit

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 16:57
related countries: Portugal
related places: Brussels

EU leaders grapple with a new eurozone threat after Portugal's parliament rejected an austerity budget and PM Jose Socrates resigned.
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'Serious' cyber strike against EU

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 17:41
related places: Brussels

The EU reports a "serious" cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service before a summit in Brussels.
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US and EU call for Gaddafi to go

Friday, March 11th 2011, 20:33
related countries: Libya
related places: Brussels

The US president and EU leaders press Libya's Col Gaddafi to step down, as reports from Libya suggest rebel forces are being pushed back.
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VIDEO: EU 'must show unity' over Libya

Friday, March 11th 2011, 14:00
related countries: Libya
related places: Brussels

European leaders must show "political will" and unity in saying Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi must go, David Cameron has said in Brussels.
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Eurozone to hammer out bail-out plans

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 22:57
related places: Brussels

Leaders of the 17-member eurozone are gathering in Brussels for talks to flesh out long-touted plans for a new permanent bail-out fund.
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Here's to Brussels!

Friday, March 4th 2011, 0:49

EU wants more light shed on lobbying
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VIDEO: Belgian political deadlock 8 months on

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 11:51

Belgium has been enduring a record-breaking 8 months of political deadlock and still shows no sign of a breakthrough
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Belgian events mark long wait for new government

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 18:54

Belgians stage a series of tongue-in-cheek events to mark what many there see as a new record - the world's longest wait for a government.
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Nadal to make Davis Cup comeback

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 17:18
related countries: Spain

Rafael Nadal will make his comeback, following a muscle injury, in Spain's Davis Cup clash against Belgium in March.
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AUDIO: Sex strike proposed by Belgian senator

Thursday, February 10th 2011, 15:47

Belgian senator Marleen Temmerman, who is also a gynaecologist, has urged the country's politicians' partners to go on a sex strike until a new government is formed.
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Sex ban mooted for Belgian crisis

Wednesday, February 9th 2011, 17:19

A female Belgian senator is suggesting that partners of politicians involved in coalition talks should go on a sex strike until a government is formed.
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Students 'mutiny' on Spain flight

Sunday, February 6th 2011, 23:29
related countries: Spain

Spanish police remove more than 100 Belgian students from a Ryanair plane due to fly from Lanzarote, after a row over a hand luggage fee.
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'Marathon Man' runs record 365 races in a year

Sunday, February 6th 2011, 4:02

Belgian runner Stefaan Engels sets a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year.
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Nothing to declare

Wednesday, February 2nd 2011, 1:32
related countries: France

French-Belgian stereotypes wheeled out for comic racism film
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Uzbek president to hold EU talks

Monday, January 24th 2011, 13:29
related places: Brussels

Rights groups urge EU leaders to raise tough issues as Uzbek leader Islam Karimov pays his first visit to Brussels since sanctions were lifted.
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Belgian rally demands government

Monday, January 24th 2011, 0:57
related countries: France

Tens of thousands of Belgians rally to demand a government and call for better relations between Flemish and French speakers.
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Asylum: Euro court backs Afghan

Friday, January 21st 2011, 17:58
related countries: Afghanistan, Greece

The European Court of Human Rights fines Belgium and Greece over their treatment of an Afghan asylum seeker.
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Canada child sex priest in court

Thursday, January 20th 2011, 22:15
related countries: Canada

A Roman Catholic priest appears in a Canadian courtroom after being extradited from Belgium to face charges of molesting boys more than 30 years ago.
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Tread carefully - Hungarian carpet upsets neighbours

Friday, January 14th 2011, 16:37
related countries: Hong Kong, Hungary
related places: Brussels

A giant carpet installed by Hungary in Brussels to mark the start of its EU presidency stirs up controversy over the past.
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'Grow a beard for Belgium' appeal

Wednesday, January 12th 2011, 13:50

One of Belgium's best-known actors urges his fellow citizens not to shave until the country finally forms a government.
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Belgian king rejects resignation

Tuesday, January 11th 2011, 19:07

King Albert II of Belgium turns down the resignation of mediator Johan Vande Lanotte, appointed to end the political crisis.
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EU envoys in East Jerusalem call

Monday, January 10th 2011, 15:10
related countries: Israel
related places: Brussels

EU diplomats in Israel urge Brussels to treat East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, a leaked report shows.
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Belgian coalition broker resigns

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 17:45

The mediator entrusted with ending the crisis that has left Belgium without a government for nearly seven months resigns.
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