Tag: Belgium

• Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 06:59 UTC

  Belgian monarchs land in Chile

  

  King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived Tuesday on a State trip to Chile, where they were welcomed by President Gabriel Boric Font at La Moneda Palace. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy, mining, and science, reflecting the strong friendship and shared values between the two countries.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  Belgian Customs seize 547 kilos of cocaine in container shipped from Montevideo

  

  Customs officials in Antwerp, Belgium seized some 547 kilos of cocaine inside a container with rice that left the port of Montevideo. The catch took place at the end of February and involved the vessel Grande Nigeria, belonging to the Grimaldi Group, according to Uruguayan prosecution sources.

• Friday, January 12th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  Drug trafficking scandal: How cocaine made it from Uruguay to Belgium undetected?

  

  A shipment of 22,320 units of Portezuelo brand budines and alfajores (La Plata river sweets), along with 1,122 bottles of vermouth, originating from Uruguay and bound for Belgium, was found to contain 2.16 tons of cocaine. The discovery was made by Belgian Customs on December 28, sparking an investigation into the oversight during its transit through the Uruguayan port.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Ecuador, Belgium sign cooperation deal against drug trafficking

  

  Interior Ministers Juan Zapata of Ecuador and Annelies Verlinden of Belgium Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby police forces of both countries are to exchange information and training to tackle transnational crime, it was reported. Also participating at the signing ceremony was European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  19-yr-old becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world

  

  At age 19, Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world, after landing back at her Belgian point of departure following a journey of more than 52,000 kilometers (28,000 nautical miles) across several countries and five continents

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Belgian station in Antarctica hit by COVID-19 infections

  

  Although Project Manager Joseph Cheek said the situation was “not dramatic,” at least 16 of the 25 workers at Belgium's Princess Elisabeth polar station have tested positive for COVID-19 and the whole staff will remain isolated until Jan. 12, it was reported.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:06 UTC

  Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium accused of plotting a bomb attack in Paris

  

  An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Teheran. In June 2018 Belgian authorities thwarted what they said was an attempt to smuggle explosives to France to attack a meeting of one of Iran's exiled opposition movements.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Johnson announces lockdown as of Thursday, coordinated with France, Germany and Belgium

  

  Britain on Sunday became the ninth country with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. According to data compiled by the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, as of early Sunday, Britain had 1,014,794 infections and 46,645 deaths.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  Belgium dusts off 1666 charter issued by King Charles II to support its fishing rights in British waters

  

  Belgium may resort to a 17th-century charter granted by a British king to retain fishing rights in Britain’s coastal waters if London and the European Union fail to agree on a trade deal by the end of this year.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  EU lawmakers cancel their session at Strasbourg because of the coronavirus

  

  European Union lawmakers have canceled their session at the parliament's headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg next week, despite a legal obligation to do so, because of the coronavirus, the assembly's president said on Tuesday.