Belgium

  • Apr 23, 2010
  • 6 min read

BELGIUM: Premier resigns, plunging country into crisis

The king was this morning considering Prime Minister Yves Leterme's offer of his resignation...

Belgium
  • Apr 22, 2010
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM: Instability looms as government collapses

Prime Minister Yves Leterme will offer his resignation to King Albert II later today, according...

Belgium
  • Apr 1, 2010
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM: Parliament closes in on burqa ban

Parliament's home affairs committee yesterday unanimously approved a bill to ban the burqa in...

Belgium
  • Mar 30, 2010
  • 7 min read

BALKANS: Exodus shows faults in visa liberalisation

The liberalised visa regime is unlikely to be extended to Bosnians from July 1 as planned,...

Balkans
  • Mar 11, 2010
  • 2 min read

BALKANS/EU: Visa regime encourages fake asylum claims

Belgium has begun returning people from Macedonia and Serbia who have been abusing the...

  • Jan 22, 2010
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM: Antwerp falls victim to Opel cuts

General Motors (GM) yesterday informed its Belgian employees that the Antwerp plant would be...

Belgium
  • Nov 25, 2009
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM: Leterme set to succeed van Rompuy

King Albert II today nominated Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister Yves Leterme to succeed...

Belgium
  • Nov 24, 2009
  • 7 min read

BELGIUM: Van Rompuy leaves as crisis looms

Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy was appointed president of the European Council on November 19....

Belgium