Tag: Belgium

Five Armenians charged in Belgium over tennis match-fixing

Five Armenians have been charged in Belgium with corruption, money laundering and other crimes as part of a major international investigation into match-fixing in tennis, Belgian federal prosecutors said today. They were among 13 people detained in Belgium on Tuesday amid simultaneous raids also launched in the US, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Slovakia and the Netherlands....

June 7, 2018

Top 10 teams unchanged in latest FIFA rankings

The next edition of FIFA's ranking list is due to be published on June 7.

May 18, 2018

Paris attacks suspect goes on trial in Belgium

The trial of the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks began on Monday at a Belgian court here over the gunfight that led to his arrest. Salah Abdeslam, 28, was escorted by two masked police officers, and refused to stand when requested to, reports the BBC. “I do not wish to answer...

February 5, 2018

US to sell F-35 jets to Belgium for $6.53 bn

The US State Department has approved a sale of 34 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft to Belgium, the Pentagon said. According to a statement on Friday, published by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency under the US Department of Defense, the agency notified Congress of the sale for an estimated $6.53...

January 20, 2018

Thousands of Catalan independence supporters rally in Brussels

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels on Thursday to show their support for Catalan independence, weeks ahead of a regional election that would see it regaining autonomy from the Spanish government. By the time the demonstration was underway, the Brussels police said 45,000 people clad in the yellow, red and...

December 7, 2017

Lucas Pouille powers France to Davis Cup glory

Pouille broke Darcis, who had sent Belgium through to the final by winning the deciding rubber against Australia in September's semi-final.

November 27, 2017

Catalonian ex-president hands himself over to Belgian police

Former President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont on Sunday handed himself in to the Belgian police accompanied by his lawyer, according to Efe news agency. Spain has issued an arrest warrant for the former regional, who is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for secession from Spain. Puigdemont travelled to Belgium after Madrid...

November 5, 2017

Miralem Pjanic to miss World Cup qualifier against Belgium

"Pjanic had problems with the quadriceps, but we hope that it is nothing," Juventus' coach Massimiliano Allegri said after the match.

September 29, 2017

Belgium to invest 7 bn euros to counter extremist content online

Belgium is to spend 6.8 million euros ($7.6 billion) on a so-called supersoftware to identify terrorists who browse web pages with extremist content, a minister said. On his official Twitter account on Monday, Interior Minister Jan Jambon posted a link to a news article by local daily De Standaard which specified that the technology was...

June 27, 2017

Donald Trump says he will unite civilised world against terrorism

US President Donald Trump has said his first trip overseas to “lands associated with three of the world's great religions” is aimed at uniting the civilized world in a fight against terrorism. Trump, who embarked on a nine-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican, Belgium and Italy, said in his weekly web and radio address...

May 20, 2017

India, Belgium hold talks on Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

India and Belgium here on Thursday conducted negotiations on the proposed Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) on criminal matters, an official said. The Belgium delegation was led by Steven Limbourg, General Counsellor and Head of the Directorate-III Criminal Law of the Directorate General Legislation, fundamental rights and freedoms, while the Indian delegation was led by...

May 18, 2017

India, Belgium amend bilateral tax treaty

India and Belgium on Thursday signed an agreement amending the bilateral tax treaty to curb evasion and also enable mutual assistance in tax collection. India and Belgium have signed a protocol amending the existing agreement and protocol between the two countries for avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to...

March 9, 2017

10 countries join UN Environment’s war on marine litter

The UN Environment on Thursday launched an unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter: microplastics in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use plastic by 2022. Ten countries – Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Grenada, Indonesia, Norway, Panama, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone and Uruguay – have joined the the #CleanSeas campaign, launched...

February 23, 2017