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 15th 2005 – January 30th 2006
• January 30th 2006 – April 25th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – July 1st 2006
• July 3rd 2006 – October 4th 2006
• October 4th 2006 – January 28th 2007
• January 31st 2007 – June 22nd 2007
• June 23rd 2007 – September 16th 2007
• September 20th 2007 – December 21st 2007
• December 23rd 2007 – May 2nd 2008
• May 14th 2008 – August 21st 2008
• August 22nd 2008 – October 2nd 2008
• October 3rd 2008 – December 12th 2008
• December 15th 2008 – January 24th 2009
• January 25th 2009 – May 18th 2009
• May 27th 2009 – September 3rd 2009
• September 16th 2009 – November 20th 2009
• November 20th 2009 – December 11th 2009

Belgium: news

EU leaders agree on reform treaty

Saturday, June 23rd 2007, 7:53
related places: Brussels

European Union leaders reach agreement on a new treaty for the bloc after two days of tough talks in Brussels.
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Rwanda major guilty of UN deaths

Wednesday, July 4th 2007, 17:25
related countries: Rwanda

A former Rwandan officer is found guilty of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers during the 1994 genocide.
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Belgian guest finds freezer bodies

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 14:54

A Belgian man is arrested after a dinner guest finds the bodies of the host's wife and stepson in a freezer.
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Brussels 'broke law' over merger

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 14:01

The European Commission is told to compensate a firm whose takeover it was found to have wrongly blocked.
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Brussels aims to halt Polish road

Monday, July 30th 2007, 11:35
related countries: Poland

The European Commission seeks a court order to stop Poland resuming work on a road through a wildlife area.
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Belgian U-turn over Ecuadoreans

Monday, July 30th 2007, 17:52
related countries: Ecuador

Belgium halts the repatriation of an 11-year-old Ecuadorean girl and her mother, in a high-profile case.
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No match in missing UK girl case

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 10:40

DNA taken from a Belgian restaurant fails to provide a match with missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
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'Captive' Belgians found in Iran

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 19:42
related countries: Iran

Two Belgians who went missing in Iran last week are found are in good health, Belgian officials say.
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Belgian 'still captive' in Iran

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 9:51
related countries: Iran

Only one of the two Belgian tourists kidnapped in south-east Iran at the weekend has been released, police now say.
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Political deadlock grips Belgium

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 13:50

Belgium's PM-in-waiting struggles to form a government as self-rule plans deepen a cultural split.
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Belgian king seeks to end crisis

Friday, August 24th 2007, 18:35

Belgium's King Albert tries to work out how to end a political impasse after attempts to form a government fail.
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EU will retain light bulb tariff

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 14:10
related countries: China
related places: Brussels

Brussels decides to retain import tariffs on Chinese-made energy-efficient light bulbs for another year.
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Arrests at Brussels Islam protest

Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 15:07
related places: Brussels

Belgian police arrest two leaders of a far-right party at a Brussels protest against the "Islamisation of Europe".
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Migrants are good, says Brussels

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 15:10
related places: Brussels

Europe should see immigration as an "enrichment" not a threat says the EU's justice commissioner.
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F1: Ferrari top Spa qualifying

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 18:47
related places: Spa

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen takes pole at the Belgian GP ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa.
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F1: Raikkonen wins Belgian GP

Sunday, September 16th 2007, 13:30
related countries: Bermuda
related places: Spa

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen wins the Belgian GP ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa at Spa, with Lewis Hamilton fourth.
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