Belgium News Archives

Tight on space in its jails, Belgium will start renting 500 cells at Tilburg prison in neighbouring Netherlands.

An Iranian inmate stabbed two guards and three fellow prisoners with scissors in a Belgian prison before being shot dead by police early on Friday.

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden's prime minister and standing president of the European Council listens as Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, speaks during a news conference at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday.

XBRL International Inc. announced that Mike Willis, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, has been re-elected as Chairman of the International Steering Committee for 2010.

An oil refinery is seen in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. EU leaders will hold two day summit talks beginning on Thursday.

The sixth a 1,500 + a 200 buy-in Belgium Open Poker Championships will be held in Casino de Namur in Belgium from Nov.

After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning attention to what they believe is a treatable complication developed by many who spend days or weeks confined to an ICU bed: ...

Heinrich Boere is seen in front of his house, in Eschweiler, Germany in this 2003 file photo.

Belgium got the better of fellow UEFA European Futsal Championship finalists Slovenia in two friendlies over the weekend.

From the Divisions of Experimental Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging , Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Clinical Cardiology , UZ Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Belgium; and Department of Cardiology , Medical University of Graz, Austria.

For renowned pianist Jeanne Stark, performing Olivier Messiaen's compositions is more than another recital; it's like visiting an old friend.

As part of the investigation, Olivier Collignon and a team from the Universit de Montral Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition demonstrated that women are better than men at processing auditory, visual and audiovisual emotions.

The evolution of armed conflict and the appearance or development of new forms of violence such as organized crime, piracy and terrorism represent new challenges for international humanitarian law.

Khalifa bin Ali Al Harthy, Oman's ambassador to Germany said that the number of German tourists visiting the Sultanate of Oman has always shown an upward trend.

The first United Nations human rights office in the European Union opened on Wednesday, according to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.

About 200 delegates attended here on Sunday the first joint conference of Confucius Institutes in Europe to share experience in promoting Chinese teaching and learning in each country and outline long-term plan for the development of CIs around the world.

Botswana's governing party is expected to prevail over a divided opposition in Friday's elections despite added pressure on leaders in the world's largest diamond-producing country amid the global recession.

Swedish rockers OPETH were caught up in a tragic suicide bid earlier this week when their tour bus crashed into a driver aiming to take his own life.

Later this month, Mediacite , a new shopping and entertainment center with some exciting green features will open up in the center of Liege, Belgium.

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko arrived in the Kingdom of Belgium on working visit.

Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters Sir Alex Ferguson has reportedly written a letter of sympathy to the injured Standard Liege captain Steven Defour to wish him a speedy recovery and assure him that Manchester United will continue to chart his progress, fuelling speculation that the English champions intend making a transfer bid for the 21-year-old. A ...

Six decades after surviving a battle in which many soldiers froze to death, World War II veteran John Swett still dislikes the cold.

HE SWITCHED prayer books for pints - " and the Reverend Gary Keith enjoyed every minute of it.

Ia m pleased to announce Ia ll be speaking at the Belgian SQL Server User Groupa s one-day conference, SQL Server Day 2009, which will be taking place in Mechelen on December 3rd 2009.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is paying a working visit to the Kingdom of Belgium on October 15-16, press secretary of the President of Ukraine Iryna Vannikova informed journalists.

Troubled Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke had been drinking and vomited before he died at a Senegalese seaside hotel, staff said here on Tuesday.

Pilgrims from Hawaii, in yellow clothes with floral patterns, take communion during a canonization ceremony in St Peter's Square, led by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY, 10 OCT 2009 - The Holy See Press Office published the following communique at midday today: "This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience King Albert II of the Belgians, accompanied by his consort Queen Paola.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday canonised five new saints, including a man who dedicated his life to lepers in Hawaii and another considered one of the greatest mystics of the 20th century.

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints Sunday, including a 19th century priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island, praising them as models of perfection for sacrificing themselves for others.

Mr. Bad Pour was here. You know, I hadn't intended to be Het Anker week but I had to add my love for this 6.5% Belgian pale ale that has lingered on the shelves of the government store.

Creator-producer Merv Griffin's classic game-show version of 'hangman' has kept on spinning for three decades.

Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said here on Friday that China was likely to achieve the targeted annual economic growth of 8 percent.

From President Obama: "I wish to express my deep admiration for the life of Blessed Damien de Veuster, who will be canonized on Sunday by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Belgian King Albert II on bilateral ties, vowing to enhance cooperation between the two sides in Brussels on Thursday.

"The way to get out of the downturn is to innovate," said Luc Van den hove, chief executive of IMEC , opening an annual press forum for the R&D center based here.

Yes, there is much to do in this overlooked nation October 08, 2009 Among European countries, Belgium is often overlooked as a tourist destination.

Casino de Namur is set to host the sixth annual Belgium Open Poker Championships from Nov.

China will work with Belgium to improve political trust and substantial cooperation to make new progress in bilateral ties, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday.

Joseph de Veuster was born January 3, 1840 in Tremelo, Diocese of Malines . Brought up in the Christian faith by his parents, he went to elementary school in Wechter and after four years of working on the family farm, in January 1859, he followed his brother Auguste , entering the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, in Louvain.

Brazil and Belgium signed a cooperation agreement on space technology in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology announced.

PARIS: Resistance is growing to the idea of Tony Blair securing the future EU president's post, with federalist Benelux countries loath to hand the job to the former prime minister of eurosceptic Britain.

ThromboGenics Announces Results From A Phase IIa Trial Evaluating Microplasmin For The Treatment Of Diabetic Macular Edema Main Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Conferences ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 06 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT ThromboGenics NV , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the ...

"I'm here because I have a vote and, basically, I've been told what to do with it," one Irishman told a reporter .

We are set to arrive in Belgium and meet a crew from VRT-TV who will be trailing us for the next 3 days.

Mayhem broke out Sunday at Emanuel Ungaro after starlet Lindsay Lohan made her debut as "artistic adviser" to the storied-but-floundering Paris fashion house with a spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear collection of teeny mini-bustier dresses and ultra-tight pants that appeared aimed at seducing 20-somethings and the teen set.

NEWARK, N.J. - The 12,000-mile trek to Rome for Father Damien's canonization won't be easy for the 11 Hansen's disease patients making the journey.

I had a Het Anker Margriet after supper, a beer that is on the shelves in Ontario at a incredibly reasonable price for the quality.

The IMEC research center and its 3-D integration partners have taped-out Etna, a 3-D chip that integrates a standard DRAM chip on top of a logic IC.

Honestly, there's nothing to say here. I just had 2 hours sitting around in a cafe waiting for the next train, the Thalys - the high speed network that runs out of Brussels to France and Germany.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 01 Oct 2009 ImThera Medical, Inc.