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EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied ...
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian ...
EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors
European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors — including the holders of large ...
Mali leader: Presidential election set for July 28
Mali's interim leader says the country's presidential vote will take place on July 28 after months of speculation about the date. On a visit to ...
Beyonce cancels Belgium show under doctor's orders
Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion. In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's publicist ...
Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...
Greece uses emergency power on striking teachers
The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month.
31 detained in probe of $50M Belgium diamond heist
Unlike the brilliant thieves in "Ocean's Eleven," it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport ...
Belgian Nobel Prize winner de Duve dies at 95
A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of ...
Report: Train with chemicals derails in Belgium
Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium. Amateur video ...
Belgian mystery: Who is hiding the stolen money?
On a Saturday evening two weeks ago in Zedelgem, townsfolk were disturbed by the wail of a siren and the shriek of tires, the din of a high-speed car ...
AB Inbev sees volumes fall in key markets
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, says that its profits rose in the first quarter in spite of falling sale volumes in important ...
Euro mayors try to keep youths from going to Syria
From his city hall under Belgium's most imposing cathedral, Mayor Bart Somers is wracking his brains trying to figure out how to keep young Muslims ...
Young European royals winning fans for monarchy
Dutch Queen Beatrix is abdicating after a 33-year reign and her newly popular son is becoming king. He is highlighting a new generation of young ...
Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistan talks
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he would host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani officials this week in Brussels to discuss ...
Rush to repair WWI cemeteries as centenary nears
The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch ...
Belgian raids target support for Syrian rebels
Belgian police raided four dozen homes on Tuesday looking for potential extremists who lure youngsters into traveling to Syria to join rebels trying ...
Bus carrying Russians crashes in Belgium, 5 dead
A Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through the guardrails of a bridge and plunged 5 meters (16 feet) to a field below on Sunday, killing ...
French tycoon decides against becoming Belgian
French luxury goods billionaire Bernard Arnault has decided not to become Belgian to avoid negative publicity back home. Arnault, one of the world's ...
EU warns of imbalances in Spain, Slovenia
The European Commission turned up the heat on Spain and Slovenia Wednesday, warning that the two struggling countries are facing "excessive" problems ...
Google to invest $390m in data center in Belgium
Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center. Google Inc.
Google's Android target of new antitrust complaint
A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet ...
Financial hub Luxembourg under increased scrutiny
As the European Union's wealthiest country, Luxembourg could have been forgiven for thinking that it would never find itself on the bloc's financial ...
Antwerp puts big, bold Rubens works into hiding
The Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts has put those big, bold Baroque works of its famous son Peter Paul Rubens into hiding — if only for a renovation
Debate opens on sex life of France's disabled
Steven Coppens had already spent most of his lifetime battling illness before his autoimmune disease took yet another toll seven years ago, leaving ...