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

Under fire

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 5:41
related places: Brussels

Brussels sniping tests Lady Ashton's EU diplomatic skill
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Belgium town residents offered chickens to reduce waste

Friday, February 26th 2010, 18:52

Residents in a Belgian town are being offered pairs of chickens as part of a campaign to reduce household waste.
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Coma 'miracle' false, say medics

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 14:08

A Belgian who apparently began communicating after 23 years in a coma cannot in fact do so, researchers say.
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Crash still disrupting Eurostar

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 13:28
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Eurostar services between the UK and Brussels will not fully resume until 2 March - more than two weeks after the fatal crash in Belgium.
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Eurostar service on hold all week

Wednesday, February 17th 2010, 17:58
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Eurostar services between the UK and Brussels will remain suspended until Monday following the fatal train crash in Belgium.
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Police to quiz Belgian train driver

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 17:34
related places: Brussels

Belgian authorities are waiting to question a train driver who survived a collision near Brussels that left at least 18 people dead.
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Rail strike follows Belgian crash

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 10:48

A strike by Belgian train workers adds to travel disruption a day after 18 people were killed in a crash between two trains.
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Crash affects Eurostar services

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 5:19
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Eurostar services between the UK and Brussels are suspended for a second day following a crash between two commuter trains.
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Belgians probe deadly rail crash

Monday, February 15th 2010, 20:38
related places: Brussels

An investigation is launched into the rush-hour train collision which killed 18 people outside the Belgian capital, Brussels.
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Belgian passenger trains collide

Monday, February 15th 2010, 17:29

Two Belgian commuter trains collide outside Brussels, with 18 people confirmed dead, although the death toll could rise.
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EU ready to help Greece on debts

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 18:52
related countries: Greece
related places: Brussels

EU leaders say they are ready to shore up Greece's finances and ensure eurozone stability - but there is no specific aid pledge.
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Iceland warns EU over Icesave row

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 15:41
related countries: Netherlands, United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Iceland's PM urges EU leaders not to link the Icesave bank dispute to IMF aid for Iceland's battered economy.
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EU leaders to meet in old library

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 11:58
related places: Brussels

The new EU president, Herman van Rompuy, will host an EU summit in an old library in Brussels next week - a first for the 107-year-old building.
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Serena seals fifth Aussie title

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 10:51
related countries: Aruba

World number one Serena Williams beats Justine Henin in three sets to win her fifth Australian Open title.
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Belgian building blast kills nine

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 9:39
related places: Liege

Nine bodies have been recovered from a block of flats that collapsed in the city of Liege in eastern Belgium.
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Belgian city apartments collapse

Wednesday, January 27th 2010, 10:00
related places: Liege

Belgian rescue workers try to save survivors after an apartment building collapsed following a blast in Liege.
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Brussels probes BHP-Rio venture

Monday, January 25th 2010, 16:11

European regulators will probe a controversial joint venture between mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
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GM confirms Belgian plant closure

Thursday, January 21st 2010, 12:05

General Motors confirms it will close a Belgian plant belonging to its European unit Opel, with the loss of 2,300 jobs.
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Beer-loving Belgians could see taps run dry

Friday, January 15th 2010, 9:36

Disaster could be brewing - or not - in beer-loving Belgium, where the taps could be about to run dry on two of the country's most popular beers.
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EU makes 7bn euro climate pledge

Friday, December 11th 2009, 16:12
related places: Brussels

EU leaders agree to pay 7.2bn euros over three years to a global warming fund, in a deal they hope may boost world efforts.
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Clinton expects Nato troop pledge

Friday, December 4th 2009, 7:43
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Hillary Clinton is confident Nato allies will pledge more troops for Afghanistan, as she arrives in Belgium for talks.
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Second chance for new Belgian PM

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 11:30

Former Prime Minister of Belgium Yves Leterme is nominated to take office for a second time replacing Herman van Rompuy.
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'Coma' man conscious for years

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 0:57

A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was in fact awake all along, it is revealed.
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Giving birth 'slows MS progress'

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 0:24
related countries: Netherlands

Giving birth seems to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to Belgian and Dutch researchers.
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Belgian admits Iran arms charges

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 0:17
related countries: Iran, United States

An alleged Belgian arms dealer pleads guilty to conspiring to illegally export jet engines and parts from the US to Iran.
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