Last Updated: Sunday, December 21, 2014, 15:13
Two car plants closed this month as companies sought cheaper labour elsewhere, the final chapter of a manufacturing boom that began when coal mines fuelling Europe`s industrialisation shut in the 1960s.
Last Updated: Monday, December 15, 2014, 11:13
Belgium braced Monday for the biggest national strike in years after unions grounded all flights and severed international rail links in protest at the new government`s austerity policies.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:33
French rider Alain Duclos won his first Dakar Rally stage for eight years Friday, but the gruelling event was overshadowed by the deaths of a competitor, a father of five, and two journalists.
Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 05:39
Belgian police have seized thousands of marijuana plants discovered by firefighters during an overnight blaze, but found no immediate trace of the growers.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 04:09
The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb today in the Belgian city of Ghent spoiled Christmas Eve celebrations as dozens were evacuated, police said.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 23:23
All 11 passengers aboard a small plane were killed Saturday after it crashed near Fernelmont town in southeast Belgium, media reported.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:47
World's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal Tuesday said it is "very saddened to learn of the death of Alain Vigneron" and would extend all possible support to the bereaved family.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:11
A Belgian steelworker facing unemployment who hanged himself at the weekend left a suicide note personally blaming Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal for closing plants across Europe, press reported on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:02
"He's robbed me of everything, my job, my family," Alain Vigneron, a 45-year-old who started work at 14, wrote in a farewell note sent to his trade union representative that was published in the press.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 09:56
Kimi Raikkonen`s record run of 27 successive Formula One races in the points came to an end when the Lotus driver retired from the Belgian Grand Prix.
Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 08:58
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. It’s the German’s fifth victory of the season.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 09:58
Fernando Alonso remained defiant on Saturday after qualifying only ninth for Sunday`s Belgian Grand Prix for Ferrari.
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