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Belgium goes on the offensive against forced marriages

Belgium finds taking on forced marriage and domestic violence is a complex task fraught with dangers.

France

Abdeslam stays silent, his legal team gives up

Lawyers acting for the main suspect from last year's Paris attacks says he plans to exercise his right to remain silent.

Sport

Etixx-QuickStep win third World Team Time Trial title

Etixx-QuickStep were all smiles on Sunday after claiming victory in the men’s team time trial at the Road World Championships in Qatar.

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And also...Turkish cat statue, a nuclear bunker in China and a giant dinosaur print

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international…

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Belgian counter-terror officers investigate police stabbings in Brussels

Belgian counter terror prosecutors are investigating a stabbing in Brussels in which at least two police officers were wounded, officials say.

World News

Five suspected ISIL members arrested in pan-European police operation

Five suspected members of an ISIL terror cell have been arrested after coordinated police raids in Spain, Belgium and Germany.

Belgium

17-year-old becomes first minor to die by euthanasia in Belgium

It is the first time rules adopted in Belgium in 2014 have been applied. They allow for the doctor-assisted deaths of minors with incurable conditions.

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Paralympian of the year Marieke Vervoort will choose euthanasia, but not yet...

Marieke Vervoort was named Paralympian of the year in both 2012 and 2015, but that’s not what the media were focussing on ahead of the Belgian’s arrival in Rio.

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Belgium's Marieke Vervoort: I don't want to die ... yet

Marieke Vervoort told reporters after winning silver in the 400m wheelchair race that she's not ready yet for euthanasia.

Belgium

2,000 jobs under threat at Caterpillar in Belgium

World's largest maker of heavy machinery begins consultation process that could lead to closure of plant in Charleroi.

Sport

Silva scores brace to hand Spain boss Lopetgui winning start to new reign

Roberto Martienz and Julen Lopetegui began their reigns as coaches of Belgium and Spain respectively on Thursday evening when their teams squared off in a friendly in…

Belgium

Attack on Brussels forensic lab 'probably arson'

A fire at a top forensic crime lab in Brussels was probably arson aimed at destroying evidence rather than terrorism, investigators have said.

Sport

Thierry Henry named as new Belgium assistant manager

Cult

Belgian jazz legend Toots Thielemans dies at 94

At the age of 94, Belgian jazz musician and harmonica player Toots Thielemans has died in his sleep. He will be remembered as the Jazz Master.

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Japan-inspired "Flower Carpet"

Six hundred thousand giant begonia flowers were laid out on the historical Grand Place in the centre of Brussels.

Belgium

Turning Japanese: Brussels goes bonkers for begonias

Hundreds of begonias and dahlias will perfume the Grand Place in Brussels this weekend for the 20th "Flower Carpet" display, a biennial event which this year has a Japanese theme.

World News

Bomb alert planes land safely at Brussels airport

Two planes which had reported bomb threats on board landed safely at Brussels airport on Wednesday.

Belgium

Planes land safely after double Brussels Airport bomb alerts

Local media now say the situation is "normal" and nothing has been found on either aircraft.

Belgium

Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit Charleroi attack site

The king and queen of Belgium have visited the scene of the attack in Charleroi where two female police officers were injured by a machete-wielding Algerian man.

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ISIL claims machete attack against Belgian policewomen

The group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, claims responsibility for Saturday's machete attack in the Belgian city of Charleroi.