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August 15, 2019

Belgian arms trafficker arrested in Portugal

A Belgian arms trafficker has been arrested in Portugal, police in Belgium announced Thursday, after almost a year on the run. Jacques Monsieur, 66, was held at a large farmhouse near the Portuguese town of Evora on Wednesday evening, Belgian…

August 12, 2019

Paris attacks suspect charged over Brussels suicide bombings

Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, has been formally charged in connection with the Brussels suicide bombings months later, federal prosecutors said Monday. Abdeslam was charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist…

August 9, 2019

Medieval bridge faces troubled waters in Belgium

The demolition of a historic bridge across a Belgian river is triggering fears among residents of Tournai that the city symbol will be disfigured permanently when a new span replaces it. The authorities insist they chose the most cost-effective option…

June 11, 2019

A Financial Aid Programme for BEPS Secondary

At BEPS, we believe that students learn best in an environment which includes peers from a variety of economic, cultural, and geographic backgrounds. As a result, BEPS is excited to introduce a Financial Aid Programme to support the enrolment of…

April 5, 2019

Belgium holds 60 in sweep against Albanian gangsters

Police have detained more than 60 suspects and seized thousands of cannabis plants in a major operation against Albanian gangsters spanning Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Belgian prosecutors said Friday. A three-day wave of raids beginning on Wednesday netted more…

April 4, 2019

Four-legged prehistoric whale fossil found in Peru

Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibian ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals’ transition from land to the ocean. The ancestors of whales and dolphins walked on Earth about 50 million…

April 4, 2019

Belgium seeks to punish owner of ‘Sugar Daddy’ site

Belgian prosecutors are seeking a suspended prison sentence for an entrepreneur accused of promoting prostitution through a dating site for rich men and young women. Sigurd Vedal — a 57-year-old Norwegian investor, influencer and “relationship expert”, according to his site…

March 31, 2019

Missing Rubens sketch goes for $1.4 mn at auction

A lost sketch by Flemish Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction on Sunday for $1.46 million (1.3 million euros) after being rediscovered due to an inheritance, French auctioneers said. The work which depicts Saint Margaret dressed in…

March 28, 2019

German auto parts maker ZF buys US firm WABCO for $7bn

German auto parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen said Thursday it had bought US-Belgian firm WABCO for around seven billion dollars to become the world’s third biggest supplier of auto parts. The board of directors of WABCO, which specialises in truck brakes,…