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Authorities hunt for missing spare keys to 180 cells at Belgium’s Leuven prison
Spare keys to 180 cells in Belgium’s Leuven prison went missing a week ago, raising fears one of the inmates may have laid hands on them, the daily Het Laatste Nieuws said Wednesday. Staff have been quietly on the lookout for the prison chaplain’s keys since last Thursday, one being…
Home to Tintin and Smurfs, Belgium looks to reinvigorate comic industry
Home to Tintin and Smurfs, Belgium looks to reinvigorate comic industry It may now be dominated by American superheros and Japanese manga, but the comic book industry was once associated with no country more than Belgium. Through much of the last century, this small, Western European nation played an outsized…
Striking Belgian firefighters hose down the cops
When Belgium’s firefighters were threatened with a government attempt to raise their retirement age, they fought back using the tools of their trade. According to Russia Today, “Several hundred firemen broke through police cordons and hosed down the prime minister’s office. The men, dressed in full gear, were smiling as…
Belgium says 674 people got PIP breast implants
At least 674 people were fitted in Belgium with potentially faulty breast implants made by French firm PIP, nearly seven times more than previously estimated, the health ministry said Monday. About 300,000 women in 65 countries are estimated to have received implants made by PIP, which allegedly used an illegal industrial-grade gel that investigators say has…
Five women in Belgium have had PIP implants removed
Five women in Belgium have had potentially faulty breast implantsmade by French firm PIP removed since the beginning of December, the country’s health watchdog said Saturday. The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AFMPS) had received the information because a royal decree obliged health professionals to keep it informed of such matters, spokeswomanAnn Eeckhout told AFP. To…
Belgian king names new government after 18-month crisis
BRUSSELS — Belgian King Albert II named Socialist Elio Di Rupo to head a new government Monday, turning the page on 540 days without a government — the longest political crisis in the country’s history. A palace statement said “the King this evening received Elio Di Rupo at Belvedere castle…
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