Tag: Belgium

• 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.

• Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Museum dedicated to Diego Maradona and his golden age in Napoli

  

  For some Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of the 20th century, for others - mainly English - he is the cheating possessor of the hand of God. In Italy, however, he is and always will be the patron saint of Naples.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 06:16 UTC

  Belgium has its first woman prime minister

  

  Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes has been chosen as the country's new caretaker prime minister - a first for a woman, the current premier Charles Michel said on Saturday

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Armando, a Belgian star racing pigeon, auctioned for 1.25 million Euros

  

  A star racing pigeon named Armando has fetched a record 1.25 million Euros in an online auction, Belgian media reported. The prized bird -- Belgian's best long-distance racer of all time according to those in the know -- was snapped up by a Chinese buyer for a princely sum that caused a flutter of excitement among fanciers.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Ecuador's ex president Correa denies having requested asylum in Belgium

  

  A lawyer for former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa denied a report on Thursday that he had requested asylum in Belgium as he faces prosecution at home over a kidnapping case.