Belgium to recognise Palestinian state, impose sanctions on Israel
- 02-Sep-2025
Brussels: Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, its foreign minister announced on Tuesday. “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed against the Israeli government,” Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot wrote on X. In July, French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Belgium freshen squad with three new call-ups for World Cup qualifiers
- 30-Aug-2025
BRUSSELS: Belgium coach Rudi Garcia continued his efforts to freshen up the squad with three newcomers named on Friday for World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein next week. Versatile midfielder Charles Vanhoutte has been rewarded for his form in helping Union St Gilloise win the Belgian title last season and replaces the injured Amadou […]
NADRA NICOP fee for Pakistanis living in Belgium, January 2025
- 09-Jan-2025
The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) is the authorised body to issue the National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) living abroad. The overseas Pakistanis must obtain the NICOP as it extends various benefits to them as they get exemption on property taxes and others. The overseas can also get protection of rights that all […]
Belgium holds drug mega-trial after covert apps cracked
- 18-Dec-2023
BRUSSELS: Belgium on Monday starts one of the biggest drug trafficking trials in its history, with over 120 defendants in the dock thanks in large part to investigators cracking encrypted messaging apps. Suspects from Belgium, Albania, Colombia and North Africa accused of involvement in a vast criminal operation face justice at the hearings in a […]
Belgium seizes fake weight-loss drugs containing insulin
- 31-Oct-2023
Belgium’s drug regulator said it had seized counterfeit versions of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s popular obesity drug Wegovy, in which the injector pens contained insulin. The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products told Reuters that this year it had detained nine mailed packages of GLP-1 medicines, the class of drugs that […]
Ryanair pilots’ strike in Belgium cancels almost 100 flights
- 29-Jul-2023
A strike by Ryanair pilots in Belgium in an ongoing dispute over working conditions has cancelled 96 flights to and from Charleroi this weekend, the airport said, in the midst of the busy summer travel season. The industrial action will affect 17,000 passengers due to leave or land in the southern city, around 28 percent […]
Hina Rabbani Khar to embark on four-state visit today
- 05-Jun-2023
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State (MoS) for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar would undertake official visits to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium today (Monday) to 13th of this month, ARY News reported. According to Foreign Office spokesperson, she will hold meetings at the ministerial level to discuss political engagement and cooperation in development, trade and climate […]
Belgium police arrests seven for plotting a “terrorist attack”
- 04-May-2023
Belgium police on Thursday arrested seven people suspected of supporting the Islamic State (IS) group and plotting a “terrorist attack”, prosecutors said. Almost all the suspects are ethnic Chechens, and three of them possess Belgian nationality, prosecutors said in a statement. “The exact target of the planned attack has not yet been determined,” they said. […]
Belgium starts trial into Brussels bombings
- 05-Dec-2022
Belgium begins proceedings on Monday in its largest ever trial to determine whether 10 men played a part in the Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300. More than six years after the attacks, presiding judge Laurence Massart will confirm on Monday the identity of all parties […]
World Cup riots in Brussels after Morocco beat Belgium
- 28-Nov-2022
BRUSSELS: Belgian police detained a dozen people and made one arrest on Sunday after Morocco’s victory over Belgium in the World Cup match in Qatar triggered riots in Brussels with a car and some electric scooters set on fire. Police said that 11 people had been arrested with one remaining in custody. Even before the […]