Tuesday, 25 November 2014 Complex malware known as Regin is the suspected technology behind sophisticated cyberattacks conducted by U.S. and British intelligence agencies on the European Union and a Belgian telecommunications company, according to security industry sources and technical… Read More ›
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Report: Central Italy residents ate mercury poisoned food for 30 years
Friday, 04 April 2014 Residents in a wide area of central Italy have eaten mercury-poisoned food for more than 30 years, the Italian Higher Institute for Health (ISS) said on Thursday. “There is a concrete danger for human health bound… Read More ›
Belgium must pay for asylum-seeking families to rent on the private market when federal housing facilities are full
– the EU high court noted that respect for human dignity requires providing asylum seekers with housing, food and clothes, regardless of the cost to the state. EU Touts Human Dignity for Asylum Seekers By WILLIAM DOTINGA ShareThis (CN) –… Read More ›
No one really wants to be Belgian: Country doesn’t grant a single citizenship under new laws for 2013
… and those who did are unlikely to be accepted, reports say Adam Withnall Wednesday, 18 December 2013 Belgium has not naturalised a single foreigner this year under new citizenship rules that have been in force since 1 January, reports… Read More ›
Belgium considers granting euthanasia for children
Belgium government, which has already legalized euthanasia for adults is now envisaging extension of this procedure to children. Should the bill be approved, Belgium will be the first country to adopt such measure. The same project also includes granting… Read More ›
Thinking of calling in sick? The doctor will pop by to see you, under Belgian crackdown
Charlotte Mcdonald-Gibson Sunday, 6 October 2013 Calling in sick with a hangover or to enjoy unexpected good weather may soon be more difficult in Belgium – the government has proposed a law which would require employees taking a sick… Read More ›
UK’s GCHQ blamed for cyber attack on Belgian telecoms company
The agency was named in the latest revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Cahal Milmo Friday, 20 September 2013 Britain is facing a damaging public clash with a European ally after GCHQ was blamed for a cyber attack on Belgium’s… Read More ›
Revealed: State Department employs ‘TWO THOUSAND agents with criminal records or checkered backgrounds’
Revelations made in memo to State Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel The 2012 memo was written by a team leader in the IG’s Office The person asserts that the hiring process is flawed Previous memo revealed State Department called off… Read More ›
Millionaire businessman James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors
Shenai Raif Tuesday, 23 April 2013 A millionaire businessman is facing jail today after being convicted of selling fake bomb detectors. James McCormick, 56, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of three counts of fraud after jurors heard… Read More ›
Tax This! Depardieu gives up French Citizenship
Monday, 17 December 2012 The actor Gérard Depardieu will be French no more, so exasperated is he with French taxes and the French government, he declared in an angry open letter to France’s prime minister on Sunday, The New York… Read More ›
Actor Gerard Depardieu joins French tax exiles in Belgium
President Hollande blamed for driving out a ‘national treasure’ with planned 75 per cent top tax rate LAST UPDATED AT 16:06 ON Fri 9 Nov 2012 FRENCH President Francois Hollande is under fire after reports that his policy … Read More ›
Nicholas Mockford’s job at ExxonMobil provides few clues as to a motive for his assassination-style killing. (Work was in alternatives to phthalate )
Nicholas Mockford’s ExxonMobil role provides few clues as to a motive Image 1 of 2 Nicholas Mockford Nicholas Mockford, in the blue coat, with his successful ExxonMobil sailing team after claiming victory in a Channel race last year By Emily… Read More ›
British ExxonMobil oil chief ‘assassinated’ in Brussels street
Update: Nicholas Mockford’s job at ExxonMobil provides few clues as to a motive for his assassination-style killing. (Work was in alternatives to phthalate ) A British executive for the oil company ExxonMobil has been shot dead in front of his… Read More ›
Do sweeping election victories for Belgian separatists mean Belgium, Britain and Spain are headed for history’s scrap heap?
The Balkanization of Europe? Paul AmesOctober 16, 2012 06:15 Nationalist Bart De Wever votes on Sunday. The wave of separatist victories is being felt across Europe. (Mark Renders/Getty Images) What do you think? ANTWERP, Belgium — Europe’s rising tide of… Read More ›
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: I was naive to think I could get away with orgies: “You’d be surprised who turned up to them”.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has broken his silence to admit he had been “naïve” to think he could get away with attending orgies, but added: “You’d be surprised who turned up to them”. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, formerly of the IMF Photo: REX <!–… Read More ›
How far 20 Euros go in EU member countries? That Wild and Crazy Euro
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 The 17 Eurozone members use the same currency, the “Euro”, however 20 euros goes very far in certain EU members and it will get you nowhere in other EU member countries. For example, with 20… Read More ›
France’s richest man applies to become Belgian to escape 75 per cent tax rate
By Peter Allen PUBLISHED:05:13 EST, 9 September 2012| UPDATED:09:50 EST, 9 September 2012 Bernard Arnault has applied for Belgian nationality France’s richest man has applied for Belgian nationality – as the Socialist government in his home country raises the tax… Read More ›
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