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1y ago
Dutch police have arrested nine suspected members of a gang that stole millions of euros by blowing up cash dispenser machines in Germany, officials said Thursday. The suspects are believed to be part of an organised crime gang behind 50...
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1y ago
Belgium is set to shut down an ageing nuclear reactor on Tuesday that has long caused controversy in neighbouring Germany, despite delaying its overall exit from atomic energy. The Tihange 2 reactor is the second to be taken offline by...
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1y ago
The online resource for international living expands to Italy with informative guides on moving to and working in the Mediterranean nation. EXPATICA, a prominent online resource for internationals living abroad, has launched a new website for Italy. Expatica offers essential...
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1y ago
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a knife attack Monday in a metro station near the European Union headquarters in Brussels, officials said, adding that the attacker had been arrested. Brussels Mayor Philippe Close said the man was speedily...
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1y ago
Belgium has dropped a request that Italy extradite the wife and daughter of a former MEP detained at the heart of an EU graft probe, a judicial source said Friday. The source said the two suspects — caught up in...
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1y ago
Belgium announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, promising cash, missiles, machine-guns and armoured vehicles to help fight off the Russian onslaught. But Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder had to admit that Belgium has no main battle...
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1y ago
A transgender woman whose conviction for “attempted homosexuality” in Cameroon prompted outrage has arrived in Belgium after more than a year of exile in Nigeria, her lawyer told AFP. Shakiro, who goes by one name, gained prominence on social media...
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1y ago
Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar complained Tuesday that slower post-Brexit passport checks for travellers are forcing it to run some services almost one-third empty. The Eurostar Group now includes the Eurostar service from France and Belgium to London and the Thalys...
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1y ago
Under the terms of a plea deal struck with Belgian investigators, former Italian lawmaker Pier Antonio Panzeri has begun to spill the beans in the graft scandal rocking the European Parliament. Panzeri is the central figure in a suspected network,...
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1y ago
Hundreds of demonstrators on Sunday urged Belgium to push harder to secure the release of aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, held by Iran in a case decried as “hostage diplomacy”. The crowd, gathered in freezing temperatures in central Brussels, chanted “Free...
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