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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• December 11th 2009 – October 13th 2009
• October 5th 2009 – August 29th 2009
• August 28th 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 1st 2009 – January 8th 2009
• January 2nd 2009 – October 20th 2008
• October 20th 2008 – September 7th 2008
• September 7th 2008 – July 11th 2008
• June 20th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 11th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• December 4th 2007 – August 15th 2007
• August 14th 2007 – June 4th 2007
• April 25th 2007 – December 7th 2006
• December 4th 2006 – August 15th 2006
• July 19th 2006 – June 7th 2006
• May 31st 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – December 16th 2005
• December 15th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Belgium: news

Belgium to pay Holocaust victims

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 16:16

Belgium's government and banks agree to pay $170m to survivors of the Holocaust and the Jewish community.
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Belgian invents 'Holocaust' tale

Friday, February 29th 2008, 13:33

A Belgian woman reveals that she invented her tale of survival with wolves in WWII, which became a hit film.
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EU probes German bank help

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 12:19
related countries: Germany
related places: Brussels

Brussels investigates whether a German bail-out of two banks hit by the credit crunch constituted illegal state aid.
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Deal eases Belgian political woes

Monday, February 25th 2008, 15:26
related countries: France, Netherlands

Belgium's Dutch- and French-speaking parties reach a compromise to end months of deadlock.
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Prince then PM to visit Brussels

Wednesday, February 13th 2008, 8:13
related places: Brussels

Prince Charles is to meet senior European Union figures in Brussels and a separate visit by Gordon Brown is imminent.
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Belgians killed in Yemen attack

Saturday, January 19th 2008, 0:40
related countries: Yemen

Two Belgian tourists and their driver are killed in an attack by suspected al-Qaeda militants in eastern Yemen.
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Terror fear douses Brussels party

Sunday, December 30th 2007, 22:38
related places: Brussels

New Year celebrations in the Belgian capital Brussels are cancelled because of a terror alert.
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Belgian MPs back crisis leader

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 17:57

Belgium's interim PM wins a vote of confidence as he seeks to end months of political paralysis.
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Belgium foils al-Qaeda jailbreak

Friday, December 21st 2007, 12:44

Belgium steps up security in the capital after a plot to free a jailed al-Qaeda member is discovered, officials say.
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Belgian interim cabinet sworn in

Friday, December 21st 2007, 10:36

Belgium's emergency government is sworn in, ending six months of political paralysis.
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Belgium gets interim government

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 12:09
related countries: France, Netherlands

Belgium's Dutch and French parties form an emergency government, ending six months of deadlock.
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Belgian king acts to end crisis

Monday, December 17th 2007, 14:25

Belgium's caretaker prime minister has accepted a request from King Albert to form an interim government.
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Belgians stage big protest rally

Saturday, December 15th 2007, 17:04

Thousands of Belgians protest against rising prices and the failure of Belgium's politicians to form a government.
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EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo

Friday, December 14th 2007, 19:27
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Brussels

EU leaders offer to speed up Serbia's membership in the bloc in a deal linked to the breakaway region of Kosovo.
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EU stalemate on workers' rights

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 18:44
related places: Brussels

EU ministers fail to agree on whether to give new employment rights to agency workers.
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Russia poll vexes EU and Poland

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 17:23
related countries: Poland
related places: Brussels

Poland's new PM and the EU presidency criticise the Russian election - unlike France's President Sarkozy.
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