Belgium News

October 9, 2020

Top Belgium telecoms firm drops Huawei

Belgium’s dominant telecom operator Proximus said Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei with products from Finnish supplier Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson. The sensitive decision comes at a time when the United States is…
October 8, 2020

Doctor goes on trial for British woman’s death in France

A Belgian anaesthetist went on trial in the southwestern French city of Pau on Thursday, accused of causing the death of a British woman during a Caesarian section six years ago under the influence of alcohol. Helga Wauters, 51, is…
October 7, 2020

Brussels closes cafes and bars in new virus curbs

The Belgian capital took a step towards restoring its coronavirus lockdown Wednesday, when Brussels ordered cafes and bars to close for a month. Restaurants serving meals at table will remain open, but bars and drinking alcohol in public places will…
October 6, 2020

Belgium, Berlin, Frankfurt tighten virus restrictions

New curfews for bars and cafes, and tighter rules on social gatherings, were announced for Berlin, Frankfurt and across Belgium on Tuesday as authorities tackled virus spikes. From Friday, Belgians will be restricted to unmasked contact with just three people…
October 5, 2020

Belgium’s hidden princess regrets father’s cold shoulder

When former king Albert II informed his hidden daughter and the Belgian people, through legal counsel, that he felt no connection with her it was “like a knife in the back,” she said Monday. The former Delphine Boel had kept…
October 3, 2020

Three Rwanda genocide suspects arrested in Belgium

Three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide have been arrested and charged in Belgium with serious abuse of human rights, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday. The office gave no details about the three but said their identities…
October 3, 2020

Three Rwanda genocide suspects arrested in Belgium: prosecutor

Three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide have been arrested and charged in Belgium with serious abuse of human rights, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday. The office gave no details about the three but said their identities…
October 1, 2020

Belgian king’s hidden daughter wins fight to be princess

A Belgian artist has won a seven-year legal battle to be confirmed as a princess and the official daughter of former king Albert II, her lawyer said Thursday. Delphine Boel, 52, becomes Delphine Saxe-Cobourg after a Brussels appeal court endorsed…
September 30, 2020

Belgium finally gets new PM, 16 months after vote

Flemish liberal leader Alexander De Croo will be Belgium’s new prime minister at the head of a seven-party coalition government, it was announced Wednesday — 16 months after an inconclusive election. De Croo’s French-speaking socialist rival Paul Magnette confirmed that…

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