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 25th 2009 – October 2nd 2009
• September 28th 2009 – August 28th 2009
• August 9th 2009 – February 20th 2009
• February 13th 2009 – December 30th 2008
• December 28th 2008 – October 18th 2008
• October 15th 2008 – September 7th 2008
• September 6th 2008 – June 18th 2008
• June 10th 2008 – February 29th 2008
• February 28th 2008 – December 1st 2007
• November 14th 2007 – August 8th 2007
• July 30th 2007 – April 19th 2007
• April 4th 2007 – November 14th 2006
• November 13th 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 12th 2006 – May 26th 2006
• May 19th 2006 – February 16th 2006
• February 16th 2006 – December 2nd 2005
• December 2nd 2005 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

Poland holds up EU-Russia talks

Monday, November 13th 2006, 13:40
related countries: Poland, Russia
related places: Brussels

Poland vetoes the start of talks between the EU and Russia on a new partnership agreement.
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Football: Uefa fears for game

Friday, October 13th 2006, 11:59
related places: Charleroi

International football will be destroyed if Belgian club Charleroi win a landmark court case, says Uefa.
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EU takes legal action on UK dairy

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 10:39
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Brussels launches legal proceedings against the UK in a row over hygiene at a Lancashire dairy.
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Massive diamond bought for $12m

Monday, October 9th 2006, 15:22
related countries: Lesotho
related places: Antwerp

One of the world's largest diamonds, the "Lesotho Promise", is sold for $12.4m in the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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Poll gain for Belgium's far right

Monday, October 9th 2006, 8:56

Local elections in Belgium show an increase in support for the Flemish far-right Vlaams Belang party.
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EU considers visa snub against US

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 18:57
related countries: United States

Brussels suggests making US diplomats vet visas, as many EU citizens still need them to travel to the US.
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Brussels extends Asia shoe tariff

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 10:41
related countries: China, Vietnam
related places: Brussels

A new deal in Brussels means Leather shoe imports from China and Vietnam will continue to face steep tariffs.
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Nato fails on Afghan troops plea

Wednesday, September 13th 2006, 16:22
related countries: Afghanistan

Nato states do not make formal offers to provide 2,500 reinforcements for its mission in Afghanistan.
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Belgium police hold 17 over 'plot'

Thursday, September 7th 2006, 17:10

Seventeen are held after raids in the military for allegedly 'plotting attacks', Belgian prosecutors say.
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Belgium police hold 17 over 'plot'

Thursday, September 7th 2006, 17:10

Seventeen are held after raids in the military for allegedly 'plotting attacks', Belgian prosecutors say.
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Belgian town bans school French

Friday, September 1st 2006, 12:27
related countries: France

The mayor of a Flemish town in Belgium defends a ban on speaking French in schools.
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Polish PM in Brussels charm visit

Wednesday, August 30th 2006, 11:26
related countries: Poland
related places: Brussels

New Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski meets senior EU officials to try to boost relations with his government.
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Mass break-out hits Belgium jail

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 19:08

Twenty-two inmates are still at large after a mass break-out from a jail in the Belgian town of Dendermonde.
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Somaliland nabs Belgian officials

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 16:37

The authorities in breakaway Somaliland say they are holding three Belgian immigration officials.
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EU plans emergency border squads

Wednesday, July 19th 2006, 14:43
related places: Brussels

A plan to create rapid reaction border guard teams is put forward by the European Commission.
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Sony BMG deal under new scrutiny

Thursday, July 13th 2006, 10:10
related places: Brussels

Brussels was wrong to approve the merger of Sony and Bertelsmann's music businesses, an EU court rules.
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