Belgium News

January 21, 2019

Jewish museum attack victims shot with ‘surgical’ precision

Victims of the Jewish museum attack in Brussels were shot with “surgical” precision, first responders said Monday at the trial of French national Mehdi Nemmouche. Nemmouche, 33, the alleged jihadist gunman, faces life in prison if convicted of the charges…

January 18, 2019

Jewish museum attack victim’s mother tells Belgian court of horror

The mother of a victim of Belgium’s Jewish museum attack faced her son’s alleged killer for the first time on Friday, as the terror trial turned harrowing when the court was shown footage of the anti-Semitic murders. The accused gunman,…

January 16, 2019

Accused accomplice to Jewish museum murders denies charges

A man on trial as the alleged accomplice to the Jewish museum murders in Brussels denied any role in the 2014 shootings and said he was not a jihadist. Prosecutors told the court that Nacer Bendrer had been flagged years…

January 16, 2019

Expert Panel: ‘Jobs lost, jobs gained: workforce transitions in an age of automation’

The British School of Brussels (BSB), in partnership with the British and American Chambers of Commerce, Belgium, is hosting an Expert Panel discussion that will address this topical and important subject, on 12 February. Chaired by Glenn Vaughan, Chief Executive, British Chamber…

January 15, 2019

Chemicals group Ineos to build major Belgian plant

UK group Ineos on Tuesday announced the largest investment in the European chemicals sector in 20 years, with plans to build a new plant in Belgium. Ineos named Antwerp as the location for the gas-altering facilities, at a cost of…

January 15, 2019

Frenchman denies Jewish museum murders

The Frenchman on trial accused of murdering four people at the Jewish museum of Belgium denied Tuesday he was the gunman and alleged the court had robbed him of defence witnesses. Asked by the judge whether he accepted the evidence…

January 15, 2019

Frenchman accused of Jewish museum murders ‘not the killer’: defence

The Frenchman on trial for shooting dead four people at the Jewish museum of Belgium “is not the killer”, his lawyers argued in court Tuesday. “He did not squeeze the trigger,” lawyer Henri Laquay said, as he began his defence…

January 14, 2019

France to cull wild boar after swine virus cases in Belgium

France will start culling thousands of wild boar near the Belgian border to prevent the African swine fever virus from spreading, the agriculture ministry said Monday. It said the operation would be held in the coming weeks and involve large…

January 12, 2019

Number of ‘yellow vest’ protesters surges but violence down

The number of protesters in the latest “yellow vest” rallies across France surged on Saturday, but there was a marked decline in violence despite hundreds of arrests and clashes with police in Paris and other cities. More than 84,000 people…