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EU scores hat-trick with Greek, bank deals, Nobel
It's looking like being one of those very rare weeks of good news for Europe. After months of bitter debate, European Union countries finally reached ...
Pennies over patriotism? Stars move to tax havens
France's Socialist government is introducing a 75-percent income tax on those earning over €1 million ($1.3 million), leading some of the country's ...
Google, Belgian papers reach accord on copyright
Google says it has reached an agreement over copyright issues with a group of French-language Belgian newspapers, ending a six-year dispute. In a ...
Clijsters beats Venus Williams in farewell game
Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match. Clijsters retired after the U.
Belgian teen gets wish to be US soldier
A 16-year-old Belgian boy with cancer listened to his grandfather tell stories about American troops liberating the country during World War II.
NATO sets up new HQ for allied special forces
NATO opened a new headquarters complex for its special forces Wednesday as part of a larger move aimed at offsetting the effects of deep defense cuts ...
Top EU legal advisor backs free-to-air World Cup
The legal adviser to the European Union's top court on Wednesday backed the rights of football fans to see their World Cup and European Championship ...
Web porn owner arrested in tax evasion case
Prosecutors say the German owner of the popular YouPorn and Pornhub websites has been arrested on suspicion of tax evasion. Fabian Thylmann was ...
French star Depardieu moves to lower-tax Belgium
A Belgian mayor says famed French actor Gerard Depardieu has bought a home and set up legal residence in his small town, lured by the food, the ...
Ship sinks off Dutch coast, 4 dead, 7 crew missing
Four crew members died and seven were missing in the icy waters of the North Sea, after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the ...
Officials: Serbia's NATO ambassador leaps to death
Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to ...
Greece launches $13 billion bond buyback plan
Greece revealed Monday plans to spend up to €10 billion ($13 billion) in a bond buyback program that it hopes will help stabilize its mountainous debt
EU executive wants 2-speed integration
The European Union's executive said Wednesday it wants to allow the 17 member states that use the euro currency to move faster toward economic ...
NC State sophomore de Thaey leaving program
North Carolina State forward Thomas de Thaey is leaving the Wolfpack program. The school said Monday that the sophomore will return to his native ...
EU milk farmers protest to demand better prices
Thousands of dairy farmers on Monday protested low prices for their product, choking traffic into the Belgian capital with hundreds of tractors and ...
EU pays $230M a year to keep Parliament on road
If European Union leaders are looking to save some serious money, they might look no further than the "traveling circus" that is the European ...
WHY IT MATTERS: The EU budget debate
The Issue: Europe's leaders will gather in Brussels on Thursday to decide on how much the European Union, the political and economic partnership ...
Belgium gets budget with $4.4 billion in savings
The Belgian government has agreed on €3.4 billion ($4.4 billion) in fresh savings to move its 2013 budget deficit to 2.15 percent. Prime Minister Elio ...
Art's perfect theft: the 'Ghent Altarpiece'
The main suspect in the legendary art heist is said to have whispered with his dying breath: "Only I know where the 'Adoration' is..." More than seven ...
Brugge announces Garrido as coach
FC Brugge has hired former Villarreal coach Juan Carlos Garrido to lead the team out of its crisis. One of Belgium's most famous clubs is eighth in ...
Romanian beats Belgium 2-1 in friendly
Romania came from behind to beat Belgium 2-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday after a goal from newcomer Alexandru Maxim and a converted ...
Greece to get 2 more years but delay to bailout
Greece's international creditors failed to agree Monday on how to get the country's bailout program back on track and put off again the release of the ...
2nd rail strike in 6 weeks to hit Belgium
Socialist rail unions in Belgium have called a second 24-hour strike in six weeks, set to seriously hamper both train traffic through the country and ...