http://www.mail.com/locations/1662-belgium.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1662-belgium.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760584-eu-scores-hat-trick-with-greek-bank-deals-nobel.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Finally, it has been a good week for Europe. After months of bitter debate, European Union finance ministers finally reached two crucial agreements Thursday: They found a compromise to create a single supervisor for their banks — a major step toward lessening the damage struggling lenders can inflict on government finances — and agreed to ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760584-eu-scores-hat-trick-with-greek-bank-deals-nobel.html 2012-12-14T01:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html PARIS (AP) — 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 rich and famous to set up residency in less fiscally demanding countries. Here's a look at some big names in France and elsewhere whose changes of address over the years have meant lighter taxes. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html 2012-12-13T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763474-google-belgian-papers-reach-accord-copyright.html BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 joint statement Thursday, Google and groups representing the papers and authors announced they had reached agreements to end legal proceedings and instead build business partnerships. The newspap... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763474-google-belgian-papers-reach-accord-copyright.html 2012-12-13T09:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1762100-clijsters-beats-venus-williams-farewell-game.html ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match in Belgium. Clijsters retired after the U.S. Open but organized a match to thank her fans, 13,000 of whom turned up at Antwerp Sports Palace, including Crown Prince Phillipe and Princess Mathilde. In the lightheart... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1762100-clijsters-beats-venus-williams-farewell-game.html 2012-12-12T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755572-french-star-depardieu-moves-to-lower-tax-belgium.html PARIS (AP) — 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 people, the lifestyle — and lower tax rates than back home. The Socialist government under French President Francois Hollande has infuriated many ultra-rich in France by presenting a 2013 budget that ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755572-french-star-depardieu-moves-to-lower-tax-belgium.html 2012-12-10T11:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745978-ship-sinks-dutch-coast-4-dead-7-crew-missing.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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 Dutch coast Wednesday night, rescuers said. "We can confirm that four bodies have been found, along with 13 people rescued alive," said Coast Guard spokesman Marcel Oldenburger. A ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745978-ship-sinks-dutch-coast-4-dead-7-crew-missing.html 2012-12-06T01:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744580-officials-serbias-nato-ambassador-leaps-to-death.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to a barrier, climbed over and flung himself to the ground below, a diplomat said. By the time his shocked colleagues reached him, Branislav Milinkovic was dead. His motives are a mystery. Three d... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744580-officials-serbias-nato-ambassador-leaps-to-death.html 2012-12-05T13:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1739054-greece-launches-13-billion-bond-buyback-plan.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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. The buyback is part of efforts to reform Greece's moribund economy and reduce its debt to sustainable levels, and is among steps the country is taking to secure the disbursement of vi... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1739054-greece-launches-13-billion-bond-buyback-plan.html 2012-12-03T12:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728814-eu-executive-wants-2-speed-integration.html BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 integration than the broader 27-nation EU. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso claimed that more integration and centralization of decision-making in Brussels, at the expense of national cap... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728814-eu-executive-wants-2-speed-integration.html 2012-11-28T17:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1719758-eu-pays-230m-year-to-parliament-road.html BRUSSELS (AP) — If European Union leaders are looking to save some serious money, they might look no further than the "traveling circus" that is the European Parliament. The EU assembly leads a pricey and nomadic life. Once a month, it shifts thousands of lawmakers, their staffs, translators and interpreters, to Strasbourg, France, 400 kilometers (250 mil... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1719758-eu-pays-230m-year-to-parliament-road.html 2012-11-23T12:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1716134-why-matters-eu-budget-debate.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The Issue: Europe's leaders will gather in Brussels on Thursday to decide on how much the European Union, the political and economic partnership between 27 of the region's countries, will spend in the next seven years. Compared to the size of the governments of its member states, the EU is very small. Yet it wields broa... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1716134-why-matters-eu-budget-debate.html 2012-11-21T10:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1710650-arts-perfect-theft-ghent-altarpiece.html GHENT, Belgium (AP) — 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 decades later, the whereabouts of a panel belonging to one of Western art's defining works, the "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," also known as the "Ghent Altarpiece," remains a mystery.... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1710650-arts-perfect-theft-ghent-altarpiece.html 2012-11-19T07:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1696038-greece-to-2-years-delay-to-bailout.html BRUSSELS (AP) — 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 next batch loans that Athens is using to pay its day-to-day bills. However, European finance ministers meeting in Brussels did decide to give Greece two more years until 2016 to reform its e... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1696038-greece-to-2-years-delay-to-bailout.html 2012-11-12T23:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1692892-european-leaders-royalty-remember-wwi.html PARIS (AP) — Politicians and royalty observed a moment of silence at tombs across Europe on Sunday to commemorate the end of fighting in World War I and remember the millions of soldiers who died in that conflict. Under Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe, President Francois Hollande remembered the Armistice by placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldie... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1692892-european-leaders-royalty-remember-wwi.html 2012-11-11T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1688958-balkan-asylum-seekers-under-suspicion.html BUJANOVAC, Serbia (AP) — Azra Ajeti's fellow Gypsies have been buffeted by accusations of filing bogus asylum claims in the rich EU, but she says there's nothing phony about her family's life of misery. "We are starving," said the woman from this impoverished southern Serbian town. "Life here is a disgrace." Ajeti's son was among some 60,000 people from S... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1688958-balkan-asylum-seekers-under-suspicion.html 2012-11-09T08:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1684308-protests-ford-european-hq-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — Ford workers angry about the automaker's plans to shutter a plant in Belgium broke windows and burnt tires in a demonstration outside the company's European headquarters in Germany. Cologne city police spokesman Karlo Kreitz said about 100 of the protesters were taken into temporary custody after three officers suffered minor injuries in the... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1684308-protests-ford-european-hq-germany.html 2012-11-07T13:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1675456-belgian-crown-prince-heart-royal-scandal.html BRUSSELS (AP) — This time, Belgium's royal family came out swinging. Crown Prince Philippe, 52, had been depicted in a book as less of a man than is needed to become the next king of Belgium. Again. So, in an exceptional move, the royal palace struck back this week with an official complaint to a media ethics body against a journalist who published "Roya... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 07:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1675456-belgian-crown-prince-heart-royal-scandal.html 2012-11-03T07:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1668816-belgian-royals-complain-to-ethics-body-book.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The royal palace has lodged a complaint with a media ethics group over the publication of a book highlighting alleged dalliances and private family information about leading members of Belgium's monarchy. Wednesday's rare move by the palace came after the publication last week of the book "Royal Questions" by journalist Frederic Deborsu, i... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1668816-belgian-royals-complain-to-ethics-body-book.html 2012-10-31T15:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1668198-ab-inbev-revenues-up-despite-sales-dip.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's biggest brewer, says its third -quarter revenues rose by 9.1 percent, despite a slight decrease in the global volumes of sales. The company said on Wednesday that volumes in its key U.S. market had "shown encouraging improvements" this year so far. It said that company share gains in the period were boo... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1668198-ab-inbev-revenues-up-despite-sales-dip.html 2012-10-31T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1666598-eu-beer-brewers-refuse-to-swallow-french-suds-tax.html BRUSSELS (AP) — France, the land of wine, is planning heavy taxes on beer, and that is not going down well with brewers — even in other nations. President Francois Hollande is pushing through legislation to increase taxes on beer by 160 percent to help fund struggling social programs as France tries to contain a budget deficit hit hard by the economic cri... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1666598-eu-beer-brewers-refuse-to-swallow-french-suds-tax.html 2012-10-30T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1659904-6-decades-later-probe-to-solve-political-murder.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The story goes that when Prince Baudouin took the oath to succeed his father after years of tumult over the monarchy, Communist leader Julien Lahaut shouted from the crowd: "Long Live the Republic!" A week later, two men turned up at Lahaut's door in Belgium's coal and steel heartland and shot him four times with a Colt 45 revolver at poin... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1659904-6-decades-later-probe-to-solve-political-murder.html 2012-10-27T16:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1657982-exxonmobil-executive-shot-belgium.html BRUSSELS (AP) — So far, it's still a mystery. A British oil executive gunned down in front of his wife in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Helmeted assailants escaping on a motorcycle. No arrests. A driver of a white van who has not been found. A court order for police not to reveal the details. Was the killing of Nicholas Mockford, a... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1657982-exxonmobil-executive-shot-belgium.html 2012-10-26T11:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1655228-ford-to-shut-plants-europe-losses-grow.html LONDON (AP) — Ford pressed ahead Thursday with its plan to slash production in Europe, announcing another plant closure and 1,500 more job cuts, as it warned that annual losses in the region will exceed $1.5 billion this year and next. Ford Motor Co. is struggling in Europe, like many major carmakers, because labor costs are relatively high and there are ... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1655228-ford-to-shut-plants-europe-losses-grow.html 2012-10-25T17:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1652998-bailout-layoffs-pain-ahead-eu-carmakers.html PARIS (AP) — The extent of the European car industry's troubles was laid bare Wednesday, when France's government tossed a financial lifeline to the continent's No. 2 automaker, Peugeot Citroen, and Ford said it would shut a plant in Belgium, cutting 9,500 jobs. Experts say France's €7 billion ($9.1 billion) bailout, a three-year loan guarantee, represent... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1652998-bailout-layoffs-pain-ahead-eu-carmakers.html 2012-10-24T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1651774-ford-closes-belgian-plant-2014-9500-jobs-hit.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday it planned to close a car plant in eastern Belgium — one of its main European factories — by the end of 2014, a move that would result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. Exactly half a century after construction on the Genk plant started, Ford told a management council there t... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1651774-ford-closes-belgian-plant-2014-9500-jobs-hit.html 2012-10-24T12:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1648932-british-fm-warns-power-brussels.html BERLIN (AP) — Britain has struck out against pressure for the 27-nation European Union to centralize more decision-making as the continent tackles its debt crisis, with its foreign secretary insisting that Europe needs flexibility and not uniformity. Rebuffing German calls for deeper integration, William Hague warned a foreign policy conference in Berlin ... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1648932-british-fm-warns-power-brussels.html 2012-10-23T09:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1647296-ford-calls-belgian-union-to-meet-amid-money-woes.html GENK, Belgium (AP) — A union leader says Ford officials have summoned union representatives from its Genk, Belgium, factory to an urgent meeting Wednesday "We don't know what they're going to say," the union official said. "We can't tell you anything." Ford Motor Co.has been under pressure in Europe due to the region's dwindling demand for cars. The plant... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1647296-ford-calls-belgian-union-to-meet-amid-money-woes.html 2012-10-22T14:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1643988-luxembourg-royals-tie-knot-religious-ceremony.html LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Under a canopy of soldiers' drawn swords as church bells tolled, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy emerged smiling Saturday from the tiny duchy's Notre Dame Cathedral after wrapping up a two-day wedding gala with a religious ceremony. Onlookers and well-wishers lined the super-scrubbed streets near t... Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1643988-luxembourg-royals-tie-knot-religious-ceremony.html 2012-10-20T17:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1638540-european-bank-supervisor-step-closer-deal-hazy.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders took a step toward creating a single supervisor for banks in countries that use the euro on Friday but refused to pin down a start date. Although the leaders meeting in Brussels said their decisions on the watchdog — the single supervisory mechanism — were key to shoring up lenders and eventually giving them access to loan... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1638540-european-bank-supervisor-step-closer-deal-hazy.html 2012-10-19T15:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1638296-royal-wedding-luxembourg-turn-spotlight.html LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg doesn't get a lot of turns in the spotlight. It's an independent country tinier than Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. state, and it would fit inside Germany, its neighbor to the east, 138 times with room to spare. It won no medals at the 2012 London Olympics — in fact it hasn't won a medal at the summer Games... Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1638296-royal-wedding-luxembourg-turn-spotlight.html 2012-10-18T10:57:00Z