A celebration of the bike and of the human body. In Brussels around a hundred cyclists rode through the city to draw attention to what they say is the world’s dependency on oil.
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A top donor to President Obama’s 2008 campaign was investigated for allegedly having sex with prostitutes but remains at his post as the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
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In a fast-developing story, U.S. ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman has been named as the diplomat accused of soliciting “sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children,” according to State Department documents obtained by NBC News. Gutman denied the allegations, in a statement to The Cable and other outlets.
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Exmar is a shipping group serving the international gas and oil industry. The oil and gas carriers have their headquarters in Antwerp.
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Belgian authorities have launched an investigation after the seizure of tons of fake euro coins which came from China.
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At least two people died and 14 were injured after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught on fire in Belgium. Nearly 300 people were evacuated from their homes in the northwestern city of Ghent.
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The Belgian Interior Minister Joëlle Milquet (Francophone Christian democrat) has announced that border checks on minors will be improved to prevent Belgian youngsters from going to Syria to join the civil war there.
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The Flemish Professional Association of Food Experts and Dieticians, the VBVD, has courted controversy by launching a new advertising campaign in favour of the consumption of sugar that is funded by soft drinks’ manufacturer Coca Cola.
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Belgian legislators opened a debate Wednesday on whether to amend a decade-old law on euthanasia to cover minors, being told by experts that it was already taking place in practice without any set guidelines.
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It has emerged that Belgium’s state intelligence service carried out an investigation into the contacts Belgian politicians and academics had with several sects active in the country. The daily De Morgen has published details of a state intelligence service report that was sent to several of Belgium’s highest dignitaries.
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