The Brussels Times

Two bazookas, ammunition found in Hasselt building

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 17:25

Local police in Limburg Regio Hoofdstad (LRH – Limburg Capital Region) on Monday discovered and seized two bazookas and ammunition in an apartment building in Hasselt, the police announced.

Belgium appreciates Albania’s efforts but has not yet taken a stand on its EU bid

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 16:54

Belgium’s federal government has not yet taken a stand on the opening by the European Union (EU) of negotiations with Albania, Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Monday after a meeting with his Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama.

With the bike proving quicker than other forms of transport, Fietsersbond stresses the need for safe cycle routes.

Bike faster in rush hour to go from periphery to centre

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 15:51

The bike is the quickest means of transport to go to a city centre from a peripheral town, during rush hour.

Belgium’s Security Council bid – 400 dignitaries meet royal couple, Foreign Minister in New York

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:46

Just after arriving in New York for the UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, accompanied by Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, visited the Power and Grace Exposition, featuring paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens, at the Morgan Library & Museum.

Mr De Croo says that never before have such high amounts of aid been donated by Belgium in a humanitarian crisis.

Belgium to release €26 million of humanitarian aid bound for Syria

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:41

Belgium is to release €26 million of humanitarian aid, bound for Syria and neighbouring states, in 2018.

Mr Van Overtveldt believes that the figures are not, of themselves, significantly low.

Cayman tax: €510 million budgeted for and €5 million collected

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 13:45

The Cayman tax, which targets the sums that Belgians have placed in tax havens, only brought in €5 million last year - a mere one-hundreth of the €510 million which the Finance Minister, Johan van Overtveldt, had forecast in the 2017 budget.