Belgium cancels all flights as workers stage national strike
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Belgian airports cancelled almost all flights on Wednesday due to a national strike over pay and working conditions that halted...
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Belgian PM offers to quit in crisis started by migrant row
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel offered to resign on Tuesday after opponents tabled a no-confidence vote...
Match-fixing suspect to remain in custody until extradition hearing on Monday
By Elias Hazou A 52-year-old man, arrested in Cyprus as part of a major investigation by Belgian authorities into financial fraud and possible match-fixing, is...
Rubens museum steers visitors away from nudes, in jab at Facebook censorship
Visitors to a Belgian art gallery were stunned when security guards ordered them away from nude paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, in what...
Belgium detains 13 in tennis match-fixing probe
Belgium has detained 13 people in raids over an investigation into suspected match-fixing in the lower ranks of professional tennis, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. A...
‘Terrorist’ kills two policewomen and passer-by in Belgium
A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gunbattle at a...
Paris attacks suspect faces April 23 verdict over Brussels shootout
The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks will face a verdict on April 23 in a separate case involving a shootout in Brussels...
Eight people held in Belgium after anti-terror raids
Belgium has detained eight people during raids linked to an anti-terrorism investigation, prosecutors said on Monday. Police raided seven homes on Sunday in the Brussels district...
Belgian police set up security cordon after murder report
Police closed down a street in southern Brussels in a major security operation involving specialist armed units on Thursday after a report of a possible...
Clear Paris attacks suspect of Belgian shooting, says lawyer
Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris attacks, should be acquitted of attempted murder during a shootout with police in Brussels in...
‘Judge me’: Paris suspect refuses to answer Belgian court
The prime surviving suspect in the Islamic State attacks in Paris that killed 130 people refused to answer questions when his trial for a later...
Two killed when explosion destroys buildings in Belgium (Update)
Two people were killed and 14 injured when an explosion in the Belgian city of Antwerp destroyed three buildings. Police said two bodies were found...
Belgian police detain four over foiled high-speed train attack
Belgian police detained four people over a foiled attack in 2015 on a high-speed train linking Brussels and Paris, federal prosecutors said on Monday. In...
Wreck of WWI German ‘U-boat’ submarine found off Belgium
The well-preserved wreck of a World War One German submarine, possibly still containing the bodies of its 23 crew members, has been found off the Belgian...
Driver who sped through Antwerp shoppers faces terrorism charges
A man who sped a car down a pedestrian shopping street in Antwerp has been charged with attempted terrorist murder, Belgium’s federal prosecutors said on...
Belgians reach deal on EU-Canada free trade agreement
Belgium agreed a deal with its regional parliaments on Thursday to approve a landmark EU-Canada free trade agreement, breaking a deadlock that has blocked the...
EU’s Tusk says Ceta signing summit still possible on Thurs
A planned EU-Canada summit to sign a free trade deal was still possible on Thursday, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, as Belgian...
Belgians keep EU, Canada in suspense on trade deal
By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Alastair Macdonald Feuding Belgian politicians, keeping Canada and the European Union waiting, resume talks on Wednesday with hopes fading that they...
Belgian shopping mall evacuated as three gunmen rob jewellery store
A Belgian shopping centre was evacuated on Saturday after three masked robbers, armed with at least one Kalashnikov rifle, burst into a jewellery store in...
Benteke scores after seven seconds, as Belgium hit six, Pogba’s hands France victory over Dutch
Christian Benteke struck after seven seconds and went on to grab a hat-trick as Belgium thrashed Gibraltar 6-0 to stay top of World Cup qualifiying...
