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

Januzaj elects to play for Belgium

Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 18:13

Manchester United's teenage winger Adnan Januzaj commits his international future to the Belgium national side.
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Head of oldest African park shot

Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 16:39
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Belgian director of Africa's oldest national park - Virunga in the Democratic Republic of Congo - is shot and wounded in an ambush.
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MEPs try out election moves - in rap

Thursday, April 10th 2014, 16:00
related places: Brussels

MEPs compete in a Brussels rap show, aimed at connecting with young voters.
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EU proposes new executive pay rules

Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 14:06
related places: Brussels

The European Commission proposes new rules to boost shareholder power and control executive pay, in the latest Brussels move over remuneration.
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VIDEO: Violent clashes at Brussels protest

Friday, April 4th 2014, 15:23
related places: Brussels

Protesters clash with police in Brussels during an anti-austerity rally in the city.
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Clashes at Brussels march for jobs

Friday, April 4th 2014, 14:03
related places: Brussels

Clashes erupt near EU headquarters in Brussels as anti-austerity protesters confront police - Chris Morris reports.
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Belgian appeal for Africa gay rights

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 12:52

Belgium's gay Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo calls on African leaders to respect the rights of minorities, including homosexuals, saying their "persecution" cannot be tolerated.
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EU-Africa leaders discuss CAR crisis

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 20:11
related countries: Central African Republic
related places: Brussels

African and European leaders are meeting in Brussels to tackle the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic.
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Fellaini in clear over spit claim

Monday, March 31st 2014, 12:08

Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini is in the clear following an FA review into spitting claims against the Belgian.
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US and EU mull new Russia sanctions

Wednesday, March 26th 2014, 18:38
related countries: Ukraine, United States
related places: Brussels

After talks in Brussels, EU and US leaders say they are considering "deeper sanctions" against Russia if its troops move further into Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Behind scenes with Belgian bomb squad

Friday, March 21st 2014, 0:32

The job of finding unexploded World War One munitions and making them safe in Belgium falls to Dovo, the country's bomb disposal unit.
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Russia faces fresh Crimea sanctions

Thursday, March 20th 2014, 15:19
related countries: Russia
related places: Brussels

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia will face escalating EU sanctions if it does not take steps to ease the crisis over Crimea.
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VIDEO: WW1 bombs still a serious danger

Thursday, March 20th 2014, 13:35

After two men were killed by an unexploded World War One bomb in Belgium, the BBC reveals how collectors of military hardware are putting themselves at risk.
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Two killed in WW1 weapon explosion

Wednesday, March 19th 2014, 17:16

A shell or grenade buried in Ypres in Belgium since World War One explodes, killing two people and injuring two more.
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EU referendum unlikely, says Labour

Wednesday, March 12th 2014, 15:42
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Ed Miliband says an EU referendum is "unlikely" if he wins the next general election, but David Cameron argues that Labour's position makes "no sense whatsoever".
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Riga replaces Powell at Charlton

Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 17:10
related countries: Latvia

Charlton sack boss Chris Powell with the club bottom of the Championship and replace him with Belgian Jose Riga.
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VIDEO: China pandas arrive in Belgium

Monday, February 24th 2014, 1:06
related countries: China

Two giant pandas have been flown into Belgium on a 15-year loan from China's Sichuan region.
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VIDEO: Belgium approves child euthanasia

Friday, February 14th 2014, 2:45

Belgium will become the first country in the world allow child euthanasia without any age limit.
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Belgium approves child euthanasia

Thursday, February 13th 2014, 18:57

Belgium becomes the first country in the world to allow child euthanasia without any age limit, after parliament passed a bill by a wide majority.
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Belgian MPs vote on child euthanasia

Thursday, February 13th 2014, 10:48

Belgium's lower house is expected to support a controversial bill extending euthanasia to terminally-ill children.
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Dismay in Europe at Swiss quota vote

Monday, February 10th 2014, 13:08
related countries: France, Switzerland
related places: Brussels

A Swiss vote to bring back strict immigration quotas for Europeans draws criticism from France, Germany and Brussels.
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EU chiefs press Turkey PM on reforms

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 18:28
related countries: Turkey
related places: Brussels

EU leaders urge Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to continue democratic reforms required under the terms of its EU membership bid.
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Barack Obama to meet Pope Francis

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 16:00
related countries: Italy, United States
related places: March

US President Barack Obama will visit Pope Francis and Italian, Belgian, EU and Nato leaders on a three-country European tour in March, officials say.
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Serbia begins EU membership talks

Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 10:56
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Brussels

Serbia starts formal EU membership talks in Brussels, following a breakthrough deal with Kosovo.
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Afghans in Belgium fear return home

Saturday, January 18th 2014, 1:54
related countries: Afghanistan

Belgium's Afghan asylum seekers refuse to go home
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Murray draws Soeda in Australian Open

Friday, January 10th 2014, 0:26
related countries: Aruba, Japan
related places: Soeda

Andy Murray will play Go Soeda of Japan in the Australian Open first round, while Laura Robson faces Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens.
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Afghans set up Belgium protest camp

Monday, December 23rd 2013, 2:30
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Mons

Hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers set up a protest camp in the Belgian town of Mons, demanding to meet Prime Minister Elio di Rupo.
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Banking woes haunt EU summit

Friday, December 20th 2013, 12:18
related places: Brussels

EU leaders finish two days of summit talks in Brussels amid doubts about an agreed banking union plan.
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EU summit welcomes banking reforms

Friday, December 20th 2013, 5:14
related places: Brussels

EU leaders meeting in Brussels welcome a long-awaited pact on closing failing banks, seen as the biggest centralisation of EU power since the euro's launch.
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Belgium child euthanasia plan backed

Friday, December 13th 2013, 11:49

Belgium takes a step towards becoming the first country in the world to remove age limits for euthanasia, after the Senate votes in favour.
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Nato condemns Ukraine crackdown

Tuesday, December 3rd 2013, 20:06
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Brussels

Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels condemn the use of "excessive force" against pro-European protesters in Ukraine.
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WWI 'sacred soil' ceremony in London

Saturday, November 30th 2013, 12:48
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A ceremony takes place in London to mark the arrival of "sacred soil" from 70 World War 1 battlefields in Belgium.
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PM 'right' on Brussels benefits row

Sunday, November 24th 2013, 13:29
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

David Cameron has "struck exactly the right note on migration", Michael Gove says, as reports suggest the UK is "preparing for a showdown" with the EU over benefits.
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VIDEO: Inside a typhoon field hospital

Tuesday, November 19th 2013, 9:39
related countries: Germany

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani visits a field hospital set up by German and Belgian medics in Palo, near Tacloban.
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EU clinches deal on 2014 budget

Wednesday, November 13th 2013, 9:20
related places: Brussels

Negotiators in Brussels clinch a deal on the 2014 EU budget after gruelling talks, with spending cut by about 6% compared to 2013.
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WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium

Sunday, November 10th 2013, 4:11

Belgian business waits for WW1 battlefield boom
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'New part of knee joint discovered'

Thursday, November 7th 2013, 7:57

A newly discovered ligament identified in the knee may hold the key to common injuries, Belgian surgeons believe.
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