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Belgium: Farmers hit streets with tractors to protest EU-Mercosur trade deal
Jul 11, 2019 23:52Dozens of farmers have driven through Brussels with their tractors, before parking them in front of the European Commission headquarters, to condemn the recently agreed EU-Mercosur free trade deal linking markets in South America and Europe.
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France, Belgium planning false flag Syria chemical attack: Russia
Mar 30, 2019 01:17Russia has warned that the intelligence agencies of France and Belgium - in cooperation with terrorists and "pseudo-humanitarian" volunteers - are preparing to conduct a false flag chemical attack in Syria.
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Iraqi court sentences Belgian man to death for Daesh membership
Mar 19, 2019 03:24A court in Iraq has sentenced a Belgian national to death by hanging over his membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in criminal acts in the war-ravaged Arab country.
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UN Palestine committee slams Trump's unilateralism
Mar 07, 2019 02:11A United Nations committee charged with pursuing the rights of Palestinians visits Brussels to lobby EU officials, lawmakers and civil society organizations.
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National strike brings Belgium to standstill
Feb 13, 2019 09:27Belgium slowed to a standstill on Wednesday as a national strike closed airports, shuttered businesses, and caused major disruption to railways.
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Massive strike in Belgium to ground all flights Wednesday
Feb 09, 2019 02:10All flights scheduled to arrive in or depart from Belgium next Wednesday will be cancelled due to a massive country-wide strike over wage disputes.
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Belgian PM resigns in row over UN migration pact
Dec 19, 2018 05:47Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel offered his resignation on Tuesday amid a political crisis triggered by differences over accepting a UN migration pact.
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Belgium: Trade unions protest against pension reforms in Brussels
Dec 14, 2018 15:01Hundreds of trade union members took to the streets of Brussels on Friday, as part of a nationwide general strike against the federal government’s pension reform.
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Thousands march against global warming in Belgium
Dec 02, 2018 13:55Thousands of people marched on Sunday in Brussels urging the Belgian government to respect its commitments on countering climate change as a United Nations conference on keeping global warming in check begins in Poland.
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Macron raps Belgium’s F-35 purchase as 'against European interests’
Oct 27, 2018 09:37French President Emmanuel Macron has blasted Belgium's decision to purchase US-manufactured F-35 fighter jets instead of rival European planes, saying that the move “strategically goes against European interests”.