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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• 'Captive' Belgians found in Iran – Belgian 'suicide bomber' is named
• Belgian admits Iran arms charges – Belgian jailed for race killings
• Belgian king acts to end crisis – Belgians in anti-racism weddings
• Belgians killed in Yemen attack – Belgium police hold 17 over 'plot'
• Belgium quandary – Brussels extends Asia shoe tariff
• Brussels in push for new powers – Compensation warning to airlines
• Crisis mission for Belgian leader – EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
• EU backs strict expansion rules – EU plans emergency border squads
• EU plans longer maternity leave – Europe backs mobile roaming cap
• Europe synagogue to be dedicated – Fisichella on shock Belgium pole
• Football: Benelux's 2018 hopes – Hewitt on Europe
• Image problem – Live - Belgian Grand Prix practice
• Live - Belgian Grand Prix qualifying – Monitors key to Russian gas deal
• Morocco court convicts Islamist – Political deadlock grips Belgium
• Poll gain for Belgium's far right – Senegal refuses to rule on Habre
• Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit – Turkey tries to revive EU drive
• Turkey wants militant recaptured – Vigil for Belgium creche victims

Belgium: news

'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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'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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'Iran arms dealer' arrested in US

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 21:29
related countries: Iran, United States

US officials arrest a Belgian man on charges he sought to smuggle F-5 fighter jet engines and other parts to Iran.
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'No progress' from EU-Iran talks

Monday, January 30th 2006, 15:11
related countries: Iran, United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Last-ditch talks between EU officials and Iran in Brussels deliver nothing new according to a UK official.
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23 hurt in Belgian coach crash

Sunday, June 10th 2007, 20:33
related countries: United Kingdom

A British tourist coach crashes into a house in Belgium leaving four Britons seriously injured.
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Alert shuts Brussels air terminal

Thursday, April 27th 2006, 8:50
related places: Brussels

Belgian police close one terminal of Brussels' international airport after a passenger refuses security checks.
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Apples beat pears on crunch issue

Friday, July 11th 2008, 11:06
related countries: France

Belgian researchers use a French super-X-ray to find out why pears are prone to rot faster than apples.
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Armed thieves steal Magritte work

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 12:51
related places: Brussels

A painting by surrealist Rene Magritte worth 750,000 euros (£675,000) is stolen from a Belgian museum, curators say.
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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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Arrests over Niger Delta killing

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 12:20
related countries: Niger, Nigeria

Nigerian police arrest the girlfriend and driver of a Belgian businessman shot dead in the Delta region.
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Australia in trouble in Davis Cup

Friday, February 9th 2007, 22:40
related countries: Czech Republic, United States

Australia trail Belgium while the United States are tied with the Czech Republic in the first round of the Davis Cup.
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Belgian 'admits creche murders'

Tuesday, January 27th 2009, 10:05

The man charged with killing two babies and a nurse at a creche in Belgium admits the act was "inhuman", his lawyer says.
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Belgian 'internet baby' sent home

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 19:13
related countries: Netherlands

A Belgian baby who was allegedly "sold" to a Dutch couple is returned to Belgium, Dutch officials say.
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Belgian 'linked to fourth murder'

Monday, January 26th 2009, 13:09

The man charged with killing two babies and a nurse at a Belgian creche is also suspected of killing an elderly woman, 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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Belgian 'suicide bomber' is named

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 0:48
related countries: Iraq

A newspaper names the Belgian woman believed to have carried out a suicide bomb attack in Iraq last month.
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'Captive' Belgians found in Iran – Belgian 'suicide bomber' is namedBelgian admits Iran arms charges – Belgian jailed for race killingsBelgian king acts to end crisis – Belgians in anti-racism weddingsBelgians killed in Yemen attack – Belgium police hold 17 over 'plot'Belgium quandary – Brussels extends Asia shoe tariffBrussels in push for new powers – Compensation warning to airlinesCrisis mission for Belgian leader – EU agrees on bonus claw-back callEU backs strict expansion rules – EU plans emergency border squadsEU plans longer maternity leave – Europe backs mobile roaming capEurope synagogue to be dedicated – Fisichella on shock Belgium poleFootball: Benelux's 2018 hopes – Hewitt on EuropeImage problem – Live - Belgian Grand Prix practiceLive - Belgian Grand Prix qualifying – Monitors key to Russian gas dealMorocco court convicts Islamist – Political deadlock grips BelgiumPoll gain for Belgium's far right – Senegal refuses to rule on HabreSick Berlusconi to miss EU summit – Turkey tries to revive EU driveTurkey wants militant recaptured – Vigil for Belgium creche victims