Belgium

Belgium

Service held at Brussels Synagogue in memory of terror attack victims

A memorial service has taken place to mark the anniversary of the terror attack on Belgium's Jewish Museum in which four people died.

02/06/2015

Belgium

Belgium: hanging up on the phone booth

Belgium has made the call to dismantle its remaining phone booths. Two years ago the government lifted a rule for former national operator Proximus

01/06/2015

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Lego for the Waterloo anniversary!

30/05/2015

Belgium

"Nobody knew exactly what was happening", remembering Heysel 30 years on

Thirty years on from the Heysel tragedy, the memories echo in the minds of those who were there when 39 people died ahead of the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.

29/05/2015

Belgium

Wreaths laid in memory of Heysel Stadium deaths in 1985

A deadly day in football history, the Heysel Stadium disaster 30 years ago, has been commemorated at Belgium’s rebuilt and renamed King Baudouin

29/05/2015

Belgium

Heysel: a tragedy waiting to happen

On May 29, 1985, 39 people – most of them supporters of Italian football champions Juventus FC – were killed inside the Heysel Stadium in Brussels

28/05/2015

Belgium

Chaos hits Belgian airports as technical glitch downs domestic air traffic control system

Flights in and out of Belgian airports have been disrupted due to a technical glitch at the domestic air traffic controller, Belgocontrol

27/05/2015

Belgium

Victims of Brussels Jewish museum shooting are remembered

Hundreds of people in Brussels have paid homage to the victims of last years attack at the city’s Jewish museum. ✡ #Israel #JPOST: Brussels pays

25/05/2015

Europe News

The single digital market: a 400 billion economic boost

Geo-blocking is a bane for millions of Europeans, who are prevented from watching digital content like tv, movies and sport because they’re in the

06/05/2015

Economy

Exclusive: EU on track for breakthrough with Greece this week, says Moscovici

The European Commission could be ready to agree a deal to unblock funding to Greece within a week, Pierre Moscovici, the European commissioner for

05/05/2015

Economy

Greece in new debt diplomacy, next funding crisis days away

Fears mounted once again on Tuesday that Greece would fail to make a large debt repayment later this month. Athens

05/05/2015

Sport

Belgian under-21 international Gregory Mertens fighting for his life after heart failure

Belgian under-21 international, Gregory Mertens, is fighting for his life after he suffered heart failure during a reserve team match at Genk for his

28/04/2015

Culture news

Balkan Trafik celebrates its 9th anniversary in style

The unique world of Balkan Trafik! has once again brought the best of the Balkans to the heart of Europe, through a programme of music, dance

27/04/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU migrant summit offers more funds but no clarity

In this edition of Europe Weekly, the special EU summit on migration promises extra funds but no clear answers for asylum seekers; Amnesty

24/04/2015

Belgium

EU to boost migrant patrols

European leaders have agreed to treble the budget of the EU’s Triton search and rescue operation in a bid to save the lives of migrants attempting to

23/04/2015

Belgium

EU leaders gather for migration summit

European leaders bowed their heads during a minute of silence for the 800 migrants who drowned off the coast of Libya on Sunday while attempting to

23/04/2015

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Amnesty International protest over migrant crisis in Europe

23/04/2015

Belgium

EU leaders hold emergency summit on Mediterranean migrant deaths

Seeking solutions to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, European Union leaders have gathered for an emergency summit in Brussels. Greece and Italy are

23/04/2015

Belgium

Grim centenary of first ever chemical weapons attack

It is the most solemn of centenaries….exactly 100 years since the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. Victims from World War One were

21/04/2015

Europe News

Juncker "in perfect health"

The European Commission has been forced to deny rumours that its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, is unwell and often absent from work.

21/04/2015

Europe News

EU set to charge Gazprom in antitrust case

European regulators will formally charge Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom with anti-competitive practices, say sources in Brussels.

21/04/2015

Belgium

King Felipe VI of Spain receives box set of 'Game of Thrones' on a visit to Brussels

King Felipe VI has visited European Institutions in Brussels. He was greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in what was the

15/04/2015

Belgium

Second cyber attack in days on French media

A second French-speaking organisation has been hacked in a matter of days. Belgian newspapers Le Soir and Sudpresse, both part of Rossel media group

13/04/2015

Culture news

Once Erasmus, forever Erasmus

Michael Dilissen is one of millions of young Europeans to have benefited from the EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme, and who could now build on

13/04/2015

Sport

Team Sky to debut "cobble bike" in Tour of Flanders

Team Sky are to unveil a bike specifically designed to deal with cobblestones which professional cyclists encounter on some road races. It’s been

04/04/2015

Europe News

Director takes Jihad to Belgian theatre

Jihad, a word that strikes fear into many Europeans and a term Belgian director Ismael Saidi couldn’t resist when he named his first stage

02/04/2015