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Greece arrests Belgian woman wanted for terror ties: coastguard
19 August 2017 | 
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A 22-year-old Belgian woman has been arrested in Greece on charges of extremism under a Europol arrest warrant, the coastguard and reports said Saturday."A 22-year-old foreign national has been arrested...
Looking for a place to rent? First pay 500 euros please
18 August 2017 | 0 comments
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An increasing number of real estate agents are asking potential tenants a fee of up to 500 euros just to bring them into contact with landlords, De Standaard reports.
Antwerp and Brussels one to two centuries older?
18 August 2017 | 0 comments
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Antwerp and Brussels could be one or two centuries older than originally thought.
Impressive fossil graveyard discovered off the Belgian coast
18 August 2017 | 0 comments
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A unique fossil cemetery has been found off the Belgian coast, the Flemish Institute for the Sea reports.
Dutch agree to hand over drug suspects to Belgium
18 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The Netherlands on Friday agreed to extradite five suspects wanted on drug-smuggling charges by Belgium, after earlier suspending the handover due to concerns for their welfare in detention."Five suspects...
US blacklists Paris and Brussels attacks bomb suspect
17 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The United States on Thursday added the suspected jihadist bombmaker said to have supplied the gangs behind the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels to its terror blacklist. French and Belgian authorities...
Belgium orders trial for terror suspect Abdeslam over shootout
17 August 2017 | 0 comments
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Belgium on Thursday ordered Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam to stand trial over a shootout in Brussels last year with Belgian and French police officers who had been tracking Europe's most wanted...
Malmédy's giant omelette: fewer people, more press
17 August 2017 | 0 comments
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It's a tradition since two decades in Malmédy, in the eastern-most part of Belgium: each year, a giant omelette is made.
Euro Stadium in Brussels: all or nothing?
17 August 2017 | 0 comments
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Will there be a new stadium in Brussels for Euro 2020 or not? That's the question.
High-skilled foreign workers in high demand
17 August 2017 | 0 comments
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According to estimations, Belgium needs over a million high-skilled staff in the coming years.
Belgium to seek compensation in tainted-eggs scandal
16 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The Belgian government said Wednesday that it would take legal action to obtain compensation for businesses that lost money over insecticide-tainted eggs that were shipped across the European Union and...
Motorcycling: Rabat title-winning bike stolen in Belgium
16 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The Kalex bike with which Spain's Tito Rabat won the 2014 world Moto2 title has been stolen in Belgium, his Marc VDS team revealed on Wednesday.The bike was taken from the team's headquarters in Gosselies,...
UGent first Belgian university as Harvard rules
16 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The Ghent university UGent is the first Belgian player on the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Orange alert for thunderstorms; emergency number 1722 activated
16 August 2017 | 0 comments
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The Belgian Met Office issued an orange alert for heavy thunderstorms this morning.
Belgian IS suspect arrested in Istanbul
16 August 2017 | 0 comments
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A man with a Belgian passport has been apprehended in Turkey.
