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Belgium diamond heist: 31 detained in 3 countries

May 8, 2013 07:45
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Authorities in Switzerland, Belgium and France have arrested 31 people in connection with a diamond heist at Brussels Airport.

Deaf Belgian twins euthanized after discovering that they are going blind

January 14, 2013 11:34
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Two deaf 45-year-old brothers commited assisted suicide in Belgium in December after finding out they were going deaf, in a case that has brought euthanasia issues in Europe back into the spotlight.

Belgian university warns against cross-dressing after male student gang-raped

News DeskNovember 28, 2012 14:31
The Brussels Institute of Higher Education University has asked students not to cross-dress after a male student in drag was gang-raped.

Don't call them French fries

October 30, 2012 06:00
BRUSSELS — Fries may be devoured around the world, but only Belgians elevate the golden fingers of deep fried potato to the status of national treasure. This month, the Belgian capital is honoring its traditional fritkots — street stands whose paper cones of hot fries topped with mayo are to Brussels what pizzas are to Naples — at the climax of a year-long gastronomic festival.

Ex-wife of child killer given early release

August 28, 2012 16:56
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Belgium's highest appeals court, the Cour de Cassation, ruled Tuesday that a lower court had not made any procedural errors and that Martin, 52, would still be allowed to live on conditional release in a convent.

Muslims in Europe suffer discrimination, says Amnesty International

April 24, 2012 09:33
The report, which focuses on Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, comes two days after Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Front party secured a record result in the first round of France’s presidential elections.

Belgian art dealer convicted of smuggling dies under house arrest in Beijing

March 30, 2012 11:48
Kurt de Raedemaeker was arrested at Beijing airport in 2006 and convicted two years later of illegally exporting an ancient sarcophagus.

PHOTOS: Belgium grieves after bus crash kills 28, including schoolchildren

March 14, 2012 10:13
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The party was on its way back from a skiing holiday when the coach collided head-on with the wall of a tunnel near Sierre, in southern Switzerland.

Hissène Habré extradition case opens at ICJ

March 12, 2012 11:27
Habré is currently ensconced in a luxury villa in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, where the government refuses UN, African Union and Amnesty International requests to try him or extradite him to a country that will.

3D printing: A stepping stone to new human tissue and body parts

February 20, 2012 07:00
Brussels — Poukens’ Belgian-Dutch team achieved a medical first by using a 3D printer to create an exact replica of the patient’s jawbone made from powered titanium.
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