The British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and her Belgian counterpart, Bernard Quintin, signed a new police cooperation agreement on Wednesday that will allow both countries to share intelligence information with the aim of combating human trafficking and addressing the current migration crisis."The smuggling trade of migrants does not begin or...
The Belgian Prosecutor's Office announced this Monday that an individual with dual Belgian and Chinese nationality has been in preventive detention since May for alleged espionage and unlawful appropriation of trade secrets in a semiconductor company dedicated to technology for electric vehicles, as well as to the aerospace and military...
The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot, conveyed this Monday to the United States Ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, whom he had already summoned last Friday after calling the Minister of Health, Frank Vandenbroucke, a "loser," that any new public remarks against political leaders of the country will be...
The Minister of Defense of Belgium, Theo Francken, reported this Friday the deployment, for the first time, of a joint operation of military and police forces in Brussels, in response to the increase in security problems and violence linked to drug trafficking affecting the capital."Today the Ministry of Defense supports...
The Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister, Maxime Prévot, has summoned the United States ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, after he shared on social media an image, apparently created with Artificial Intelligence, in which he mocked the Minister of Health, Frank Vandenbroucke, whom he labeled as the "biggest loser" of the country.In...
The Belgian Minister of the Interior, Bernard Quintin, has warned that the country "is in a situation of national emergency" following the recent succession of shootings in Brussels, and has put forward a package of actions to intensify the response to violence associated with drug trafficking and organized crime.In a...
The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has communicated this Wednesday new warnings regarding six unregistered financial entities originating from the Netherlands and Belgium.The Dutch supervisor AFM has issued warnings about five firms: QNB Financial Group "qnbfinancialgroup.com", Aivoris "aivoris.net/en", Corp Holding INC. "corpholding.com/", Easy Norr "easynorr.com/index.html" and Nordpeak "nordpeakinvest.com". All of...
The Belgian justice has informed of the discovery of the body of a child on an embankment in the province of Namur, in the south of the country, a finding that occurs while the search for Tyméo Brigou, 5 years old, and his father, Bryan Brigou, 29, continues, of whom...
The Belgian Foreign Minister, Maxime Prévot, has communicated that Belgium is joining the group of countries that have demanded Israel to stop "immediately" the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, including the project in the E1 area, located east of Jerusalem, an initiative that they have described as "unacceptable".In...
The serious forest fire declared last Friday in the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve (the High Marshes), in eastern Belgium, remains under control this Tuesday, although Belgian authorities are still concerned about the possibility that a change in the direction or intensity of the wind could push the flames into German...
The European Union has launched an emergency device with air resources and ground teams to assist Spain and Belgium, after both countries activated the European Civil Protection Mechanism due to the wildfires affecting the Riglos area (Huesca) and the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve in the Belgian province of Liège.In the...
The firefighting services continue to work during the night in the southeast of Belgium to try to stop the large fire declared in the Hautes Fagnes nature reserve (the High Marshes). This is the second largest fire recorded in the country, which has already devastated more than 3,000 hectares and...
The Belgian Executive has resorted to the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism to face what is already considered the most serious fire in its recent history, which has been raging since last Friday in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) area, in the southwest of the country.The European Commissioner for Crisis...
Belgian unions held a protest this Saturday against Ignazio La Russa, president of the Italian Senate and member of the governing party Brothers of Italy, while he was speaking at the commemorative event for the tragedy of the coal mine of Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle (Belgium), where on August...
The Belgian Foreign Minister, Maxime Prévot, emphasized this Wednesday that his government has "never" requested to remove Spain from the Schengen area following the migratory crisis of last week in Ceuta and insisted that a decision of that kind would be "unjust and disproportionate." At the same time, he warned...
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Maxime Prévot, emphasized this Friday that the current migratory crisis in Ceuta "is a European issue, not solely Spanish," insisting that it must be addressed from the European Union and not just from Spain. In this line, he has...
The Belgian Prime Minister, Bart De Wever, communicated this Wednesday that Belgium will send personnel and support material to France to collaborate in extinguishing the serious fires that are ravaging the country, in a new gesture of European cooperation while efforts continue to curb the flames in southwestern France."In the...
The Belgian authorities have arrested this Saturday a Canadian citizen of Chinese origin who was interning at the headquarters of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), a military structure integrated into NATO, after being accused of spying "for the benefit of a third country."According to the Belgian Prosecutor's Office,...
The Palestinian Executive has celebrated Belgium's decision to block the entry of products from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and has emphasized that "it is a significant step that aligns with International Law."In a statement released on social media, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has highlighted that "the decision...
Kimi Antonelli returns to lead in Formula 1. The Italian driver has won the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and extends his lead at the top of the World Championship after a race that ended with tension until the last lap. The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line ahead of Charles Leclerc, who managed to get within less...
The Government of Belgium has given the green light to a ban on imports from the occupied Palestinian territories as a direct reaction to the military offensive by Israel on the Gaza Strip.The Executive has taken advantage of the last Council of Ministers before the summer break to push through...
At least six people have lost their lives in the fire that broke out early this Tuesday in a large building located in the heart of Brussels. The building, which was not occupied because it was undergoing renovation, was housing numerous workers carrying out construction work at the time.The Labor...
At least two people have lost their lives and four others remain missing after the fire broke out early this Tuesday in a large building located in the heart of Brussels. The building, which was uninhabited as it was undergoing renovation, was housing numerous workers at the time.According to initial...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation maintains direct communication with the authorities of the United Kingdom and Belgium to exchange data on citizens of these countries affected by the fire declared in the municipality of Los Gallardos, Almería, a fire that has already caused a dozen deaths...
The Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart de Wever, has handed over to the Police, upon his return from the NATO leaders' summit held in Ankara, a revolver he received as a protocol gift from the President of Turkey and host of the meeting, Recep Tayyp Erdogan.According to several delegations on...