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Sanofi wins big in battle for nano-drug maker

29 January 2018 | 0 comments

France's Sanofi announced Monday that it had reached a deal to acquire Belgian biotech firm Ablynx that values the firm at 3.9 billion euros ($4.8 billion), beating out Danish rival Novo Nordisk for the...

Paris attacks suspect 'message' showed desire to detonate belt: report

27 January 2018 | 0 comments

A message believed to be written by Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam indicates that he had intended to detonate his suicide belt during the assault, France Inter television reported Saturday.The undated...

Belgium hands Paris attacks suspect Bakkali over to France

26 January 2018 | 0 comments

Belgium on Friday handed Mohamed Bakkali, a key suspect in the deadly 2015 attacks in Paris, over to French authorities, the federal prosecutor's office in Brussels said."Mohamed B. was handed over to...

DR Congo, Belgium in new diplomatic spat

25 January 2018 | 0 comments

The Democratic Republic of Congo has told Belgium to close its new development agency in the country and shutter an EU visa-processing centre, in the latest spat between the DRC and its former colonial...

UN hits out at surge in extra-judicial 'executions' in DR Congo

25 January 2018 | 0 comments

The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday reported a surge in summary "executions" in the country, notably in the southern Kasai region.In 2017, "state agents" carried out 1,176...

'Abandoned' Brussels attacks victims step up calls for help

24 January 2018 | 0 comments

Survivors and relatives of victims of the 2016 Brussels attacks rallied on Wednesday to urge Belgian authorities to improve a compensation process that they say has "abandoned" them nearly two years on.A...

Sacked Catalan leader holds Brussels meeting despite Madrid opposition

24 January 2018 | 0 comments

Catalonia's ousted president Carles Puigdemont met Wednesday with the speaker of the region's parliament in Brussels despite efforts by Spain's central government to prevent the talks.Puigdemont had originally...

Police open fire on attacker with knife

23 January 2018 | 0 comments

Railway security opened fire Tuesday on a man who threatened them with a knife at a train station in the Belgian city of Ghent, Belgian media said.RTBF television said the man's condition was not immediately...

Belgian 'deacon of death' admits 20 killings: media

23 January 2018 | 0 comments

A Belgian former nurse and Roman Catholic deacon confessed on the first day of his trial to killing up to 20 people in what he said was a bid to end their "suffering", local reports said Tuesday.The admission...

Belgium terror alert lowered to pre-attack level

22 January 2018 | 0 comments

Belgium lowered its terror threat level Monday after three years of high alert that included the Brussels bombings, but soldiers will still guard key sites.Prime Minister Charles Michel said the OCAM...

'Deacon of death' accused of Belgium serial killings

22 January 2018 | 2 comments

A Roman Catholic deacon and former nurse went on trial in Belgium on Monday suspected of killing at least 10 people, including his own mother, by injecting air into their veins.Ivo Poppe, 61, dubbed the...

Sacked Catalan leader flies to Denmark despite arrest threat: report

22 January 2018 | 0 comments

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has boarded a flight to Denmark despite a threat by Madrid to issue a warrant for his arrest if he leaves Belgium, where he has been in exile since a failed independence...

Dutch artist who aimed to say 'I do' 25 times, dies of cancer

22 January 2018 | 0 comments

A Dutch artist, who planned to marry her partner in countries around the world to celebrate gay marriage, died on Monday, her wife announced."Julian P. Boom 18.11.1977 - 22.01.2018" read a simple post...

Sacked Catalan leader to travel to Denmark from Belgium

19 January 2018 | 0 comments

Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont, who led a failed attempt to break from Spain, will attend a conference in Copenhagen on Monday in what will be his first public trip since fleeing to Belgium...

Ex-Catalan leader says can govern from Belgium

19 January 2018 | 0 comments

Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont, who was sacked by Madrid over his attempt to break from Spain, said Friday he can govern the region from Belgium where he is in self-imposed exile as he eyes...



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