Belgian PM resigns after UN migrant pact row results in no confidence motion

Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his immediate resignation after a no-confidence motion against his government was introduced. Speaking to the parliament, Michel admitted that his call for a “coalition of the willing” to govern until the next election – scheduled for May 2019 – had “not been heard,” adding that he would respect […]

EA defies Belgian loot box decision, setting up potential “gambling” lawsuit

Enlarge / The Belgian government says these kinds of randomized in-game cards are a form of gambling. EA is standing firm in its disagreement. In the months since the Belgian Gaming Commission determined that certain video game loot boxes constituted illegal gambling, publishers like Blizzard, Valve, and Take-Two have removed loot boxes from their games […]

Formula 1 Halo protector surely saved a life at Belgian Grand Prix

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Motorsports As Fernando Alonso’s McLaren bounced off Charles Leclerc’s Sauber, the controversial F1 halo protector probably saved its first life. Continue reading Formula 1 Halo protector surely saved a life at Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 Halo protector surely saved a life at Belgian Grand Prix originally appeared […]

Belgian Grand Prix LIVE race updates: Lewis Hamilton starts on pole

Hamilton claimed a dramatic finish to the third round of qualifying yesterday as he snatched the quickest lap on his final attempt. It pushed title rival Sebastian Vettel down to second while Force India produced a stunning display to lockout the second row. However, unlike at the Hungarian Grand Prix last time out, Hamilton will […]

Japan hoping to cause latest World Cup shock against highly-touted Belgian side

Highly-touted Belgium enter their round of 16 tie with Japan knowing that a win will likely set up a quarter-final date with Brazil, but will Japan be the latest team to upset the odds in what has been a World Cup full of shocks? Belgium will field a much-rested side after benching a host of […]

‘I don’t want to suffer any more’– Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort ready to be euthanized

A Belgian Paralympic athlete who suffers from an incurable form of progressive tetraplegia has revealed she is ready to be euthanised to get over the pain which has become unbearable. Marieke Vervoort who won four Paralympic medals, including the coveted gold in London in 2012, signed euthanasia papers in 2008 so she can decide when to […]

Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont & 4 ex-ministers turn themselves in to Belgian police – prosecutor

Published time: 5 Nov, 2017 12:51 Edited time: 5 Nov, 2017 13:42 Deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and four ex-ministers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, the prosecutor’s office said. They fled to Brussels after Madrid’s central government imposed direct rule over the autonomous region. “This morning the five people wanted by Spain presented […]

Granting asylum for sacked Catalan leader Puigdemont ‘not unrealistic’ – Belgian minister

Published time: 29 Oct, 2017 11:01 It is “not unrealistic” to grant dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont political asylum in Belgium if he applies, Belgian Immigration Minister Theo Francken said on Sunday, amid a simmering dispute over Catalonian independence. “It is not unrealistic if you look at the situation,” Francken told Belgian broadcaster VTM, as […]

‘Sword of Damocles’: French, Belgian power plants vulnerable to attacks – Greenpeace

Nuclear power plants and fuel storage facilities in France and Belgium have not been designed to face modern day attacks and are vulnerable against a backdrop of “high level” security threats in Europe, Greenpeace has warned citing a report by international experts. Describing it as “a sword of Damocles”, specialists from France, Germany, the US […]

Danish woman deported to Tunisia for refusing to remove niqab at Belgian airport

Published time: 17 Sep, 2017 11:22 Edited time: 17 Sep, 2017 11:23 A Danish Muslim woman has been deported to Tunisia for refusing to remove her religious veil while going through security at Brussels Airport, Belgium’s State Secretary for Asylum and Migration has said. The woman landed at Brussels Zaventem Airport on Wednesday on a […]